New York Times: The wife of a former F.B.I. agent who has been missing since March 8 and was last known to have been on a Persian Gulf island that belongs to Iran left the country on Sunday morning after unsuccessfully seeking clues to her husbands whereabouts.
In Iran, search for American yields little
US envoy cautious on Iran role in Iraq unrest
AFP: The US ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, expressed caution on Sunday on whether Iran was trying to curb bloodshed in Iraq, but acknowledged Tehran could trigger chaos if it wanted to.
Ambassador skeptical of Iran’s plan for Iraq
Los Angeles Times: The U.S. ambassador expressed wariness Sunday about Iranian intentions in Iraq, saying that even if Iran-backed militias had decreased activities here, he was not yet convinced the Islamic state was committed to helping stabilize Iraq.
Iran arrests dozens in video crackdown: police
AFP: Iranian police in overnight raids arrested dozens of suppliers of illegal DVD movies and other videos deemed to be “decadent and immoral,” they said on Sunday.
Iran says gets 90 pct of oil income in euros, yen
Reuters: Iran has boosted oil export earnings in non-U.S. dollar currencies to 90 percent, a senior official said on Sunday, making clear the world’s fourth-largest crude exporter would continue to reduce its dollar exposure.
Iran says in talks on selling gas to Italy’s Edison
Reuters: Iran is in talks with Italian power utility Edison about exporting gas to the European Union country, Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said on Sunday.
Iran expects nuclear electricity in 2009
UPI: The first nuclear power plant in Iran is expected to generate its first electricity by March 2009, a government spokesman said Saturday.
Iran’s oil income $52 bln in Jan-Nov, official says
Reuters: Iran’s oil revenue amounted to about $52 billion in the first 11 months of 2007, Iranian media on Saturday quoted a senior oil official as saying.
Iran: Bushehr plant ready by March
CNN: Iran’s first nuclear power plant will be operational within three months, providing electricity to Iran’s national power grid by the summer, according to Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah.
Iraqi villagers battle to hold off Al-Qaeda
Sunday Times: This is the front line of the war with Al-Qaeda. In other parts of Iraq their fighters are like ghosts, using car bombs and remotely triggered mines to deadly effect but rarely revealing themselves. In Diyala, Al-Qaeda troops are seizing villages in house-to-house battles that have plunged the province into an unacknowledged war.
