Reuters: High oil prices will help Iran to cope with any new U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, Iranian Economy and Finance Minister Davoud Danesh-Jafari was quoted on Monday as saying.
Oil price helps Iran cope with sanctions: minister
Explosion rocks Iranian city of Tabriz
AFP: A loud explosion shook Iran’s northern city of Tabriz on Monday, local officials said, without giving details of the cause of the blast.
Iran’s great missile leap
Washington Times: Leave it to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the erratic president of Iran, to antagonize his few international supporters. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his yes-men spent months attacking the U.S. plan to put missile defenses in Europe, claiming there was no missile threat from Iran. But now the Iranian leader has hosted a TV spectacular showing the world Iran is indeed developing long-range missiles.
Oil rises above $99 on Iran warnings, Turkish raids
Reuters: Oil extended gains to above $99 a barrel on Monday, bolstered by Iran’s warning that more U.N. sanctions would be “costly” to Western powers, and after Turkey’s incursion into northern Iraq.
Banks probed over dealings with Iran
New York Sun: Two British banks are under investigation for potential violations of American sanctions that forbid Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism from transferring money through New York.
Iran says construction work caused blast in Tabriz
Reuters: An Iranian official said on Monday construction work caused a blast in the northwestern city of Tabriz, but no casualties were reported.
Time against U.S. in Iran nuclear row – diplomat
Reuters: Time is working against the United States in its dispute with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme, Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview published on Monday.
U.S. weighs sanctions on Iran’s central bank
Wall Street Journal: The Treasury Department is gathering evidence it says shows that the central bank of Iran is helping other Iranian institutions elude U.S. economic sanctions, in what could be a prelude to penalties against the central bank.
Iran says more U.N. sanctions “costly” for West
Reuters: Iran warned Western countries on Sunday that they would be the ones to suffer if they pass a new U.N. sanctions resolution on the Islamic Republic.
Iran says work plan closed, U.S. intelligence fake
Reuters: Iran said on Sunday it had cleared up all past outstanding issues over its nuclear programme with the United Nations nuclear watchdog and accused the United States of providing intelligence that was fake.
