Banned Iranian state newspaper resumes publication (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A state-owned Iranian newspaper resumed publication on Saturday, more than five months after it was banned for insulting Iran's Azeri minority.
Iranian researcher develops new method for preparation of metal nanoparticals (Payvand Iran News)
An Iranian researcher succeeded in proposing a new method for the preparation of metal nanoparticals. The Iranian Scientist who is also an associate member of Kashan University of Iran and a researcher of the Electro Chemistry group of Liverpool University in Britain, Dr. Fakhroddin Mirkhalaf succeeded in proposing this method. -ISNA
Iranian embassy condemns meeting of Rajavi with Belgian senators (Payvand Iran News)
The Iranian embassy in Brussels has condemned a recent meeting between Maryam Rajavi, leader of the Paris-based terrorist grouplet MKO, and a few Belgian senators. -IRNA
US curbs hit Iranian businesses (AME Info)
Finance restrictions imposed by the US have made it increasingly difficult for Iranian businesses to conduct transactions, reported Gulf News. International trade partners of Iranian firms require letters of credit from international banks but many institutions, under US pressure, are not keen to provide such guarantees.
Iranian Nuclear Effort Defies U.N. Council Again (Washington Post)
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 27 -- Iran has once again defied the U.N. Security Council's repeated demands to halt its nuclear activities, firing up a second line of centrifuges to increase its ability to enrich uranium, according to a report by a semiofficial Iranian news agency.