Iran woman's stoning suspended: foreign ministry (Reuters)
Reuters - Iranian authorities have suspended the sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after weeks of condemnation from around the world.
European Parliament condemns Iran stoning sentence (AP)

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. Ashtiani is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her, the woman's son said Monday. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - The European Parliament has condemned in a resolution Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery and says the punishment "can never be justified or accepted."
South Korea imposes independent sanctions on Iran (AP)

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Kim Young-sun announces the country's sanctions against Iran at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. South Korea said Wednesday it will ban unauthorized financial dealings with Iran as part of sanctions to join the U.S-led campaign to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear enrichment program. Seoul blacklisted 102 entities, which include the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, and 24 individuals for the sanctions, Kim said. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - South Korea said Wednesday it will ban unauthorized financial dealings with Iran and impose other penalties as part of a U.S.-led campaign to enforce sanctions against the country over its disputed nuclear enrichment program.
South Korea announces sanctions against Iran (AFP)

A pedestrian walks past a signboard of Bank Mellat, an Iranian state-run commercial bank, outside its Seoul branch. South Korea said Wednesday it would penalise a key Iranian bank and put all financial transactions with Tehran under strict government supervision as part of sanctions over its nuclear programme.(AFP/File/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - South Korea said Wednesday it would penalise a key Iranian bank and put all financial transactions with Tehran under strict government supervision as part of sanctions over its nuclear programme.
Report: Castro blasts Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic (AP)

A barber works in a saloon in Havana September 7, 2010. Cuba will soon turn some small-scale manufacturing and retail services into cooperatives as the state retreats from minor businesses in an effort to boost the island's troubled economy, government and Communist Party sources said. Earlier this year, President Raul Castro leased back small barber shops and beauty salons to individual employees and is doing the same with taxis. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS)AP - Fidel Castro criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes and questioned his own actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 during interviews with an American journalist he summoned to Havana to discuss fears of global nuclear war.
UN report underscores concerns about Iran nuclear plans: US (AFP)

The Iranian flag flutters over the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran in August 2010. The United States said Tuesday that a new report by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reinforces US concerns about Iran's nuclear program.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - The United States said Tuesday that a new report by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reinforces US concerns about Iran's nuclear program.
IAEA report: What's driving Iran's latest bout of nuclear obstinacy (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Iran reacted angrily Tuesday to charges from the United Nations nuclear watchdog that it was hindering an investigation of its nuclear programs by blocking experienced inspectors, and limiting access and design information.
Iran says it has the right to bar UN inspectors (AP)

An evangelical Florida church Tuesday vowed to press ahead with plans to burn the Koran to mark the anniversary of 9/11 despite mounting concern that it may endanger allied troops in Afghanistan. Language en Duration 00:00:38 Products PRWINT CodeName MMV131574 FileName MMV131574_TEN Pastor Terry Jones, Dove World Outreach Center Black Panther Member SOUNDBITE 1: Pastor Terry Jones, Dove World Outreach Center ? ?It would be tragical if because of this one person died, at the same time we do not feel responsible for that, we are not promoting that.AP - Iran's nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some U.N. inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear program, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported.
Iran's Khamenei vows to circumvent nuclear sanctions (AFP)

A handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows the latter speaking in Tehran in August 2010. Iran will circumvent international sanctions aimed at halting its controversial nuclear programme, Khamenei vowed on Tuesday.(AFP/KHAMENEI.IR/File)AFP - Iran will circumvent international sanctions aimed at halting its controversial nuclear programme, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Tuesday.
Iran says it is self-sufficient in gasoline: state TV (Reuters)
Reuters - Iran has raised its gasoline output to attain self-sufficiency in the strategic product and foil sanctions targeting its energy needs, the state television's website reported its oil minister as saying.
Iran audit body slams subsidy plan, privatisation work (AFP)

Iranians shop at Tehran's Bazaar. Iran's main audit body has slammed the government's plan to scrap subsidies from later this month and its policy of privatising state firms, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Iran's main audit body has slammed the government's plan to scrap subsidies from later this month and its policy of privatising state firms, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.
Iran says petrol self-sufficiency achieved (AFP)

Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said that Iran has attained self-sufficiency in producing petrol, a commodity targeted by world powers in new sanctions imposed against Tehran.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said on Tuesday that Iran has attained self-sufficiency in producing petrol, a commodity targeted by world powers in new sanctions imposed against Tehran.
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