Reuters: Iran’s parliament speaker called on Muslim nations on Sunday to boycott Dutch products in response to a film by a Dutch lawmaker that accuses the Koran of inciting violence, Iranian media reported.
Muslims should boycott Dutch goods over film: Iran
Iran says U.S. requests new talks on Iraq security
Reuters: Iran said on Monday it had received a request from the United States for a new round of talks on ways to improve security in Iraq and was considering it.
Iran to OPEC: Stop oil sales in dollars
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is urging OPEC members to form a joint bank and stop pricing oil trades in U.S. dollars.
Iranian minister admits inflation ‘failure’
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s economy minister on Sunday admitted Iran’s government had failed to control rampant inflation, which figures showed rose to 18.4 percent in the last Iranian year.
Bush cites Putin ‘leadership’ on Iran nuclear program
AFP: US President George W. Bush thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday for Moscow’s efforts to help ease international worries about Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran keeps mum on Sadr
AFP: Iran on Saturday declined to confirm reports that Iraqi Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr had taken refuge in the Islamic republic.
Iran vows to continue expanding nuclear programme
Scotland on Sunday: Iran said yesterday that it would press ahead with plans to expand its nuclear programme, after diplomats in Vienna said Tehran was installing advanced centrifuges at its key uranium enrichment plant.
Pentagon caught between exhausted US military, security in Iraq
AFP: The Pentagon is caught between the fragile security gains made in Iraq over the past few months and the need to give US soldiers weary of combat duty time to rest.
Iran joined militias in battle for Basra
Sunday Times: Iranian forces were involved in the recent battle for Basra, General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, is expected to tell Congress this week.
Britons seized in Iraq may now be held in Iran
Sunday Times: Five British hostages who were kidnapped in Iraq last year may be being held in Tehran, the Iranian capital, according to intelligence reports received by the Foreign Office.
