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Iraq FM fears ‘tension’ over Iran nuclear program

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AFP: Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Sunday urged Iran not to fan flames of confrontation with the West over its nuclear program, saying the conflict was leading to rising global tensions.

US weighs possible strikes on Iran’s military: report

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AFP: The US administration has shifted strategy and is drawing up plans for possible air strikes against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard instead of the country’s nuclear sites, the New Yorker magazine reported on Sunday.

Cleric in restive south-western Iran target of assassination

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DPA: An local cleric was the target of a failed assassination attempt in the south-western Iranian city of Ahvaz, the ISNA news agency reported Sunday.

US says Iranian-made missiles found in Iraq

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AFP: The US military in Iraq said Sunday it had seized sophisticated Iranian-made surface-to-air missiles that were being used by insurgents in the war-torn country.

US trains Gulf air forces for war with Iran

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Sunday Telegraph: The American air force is working with military leaders from the Gulf to train and prepare Arab air forces for a possible war with Iran, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.

14 die in bus collision in south-east Iran

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 30 – At least 14 people died when a fuel tanker slammed into a bus on a highway stretch in south-eastern Iran, state media reported on Saturday.

14 die in bus collision in south-east Iran

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 30 – At least 14 people died when a fuel tanker slammed into a bus on a highway stretch in south-eastern Iran, state media reported on Saturday.

Iran undecided about more talks with U.S. on Iraq

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Reuters: Iran needs to consider whether to hold further talks with the United States on security in Iraq after U.S. forces seized another Iranian there, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

Iran to sign gas deal with Pakistan in October

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AFP: Iran will sign a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal with Pakistan in the absence of India by the end of October, a top Iranian oil official said on Saturday.

Iraq official critical of Iranian move

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AP: Iraq’s foreign minister says Iran is punishing the Kurdish region for something the Kurdish authorities were not responsible for — the arrest of an Iranian official by the U.S. military on Sept. 20.