New cyber police; Govt wants control of Metro; Swap for hikers?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's response to a question at a recent press conference about three detained Americans in charged with espionage in Iran, appeared to hint that his government was ready to negotiate.
Iran police chief says launching cyber police
Iran's chief of police, Esmail Ahmadi-Moghadam, said there will soon be a special police unit to fight crimes committed on the internet, according to Fars News Agency.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his administration plans to take over the control of the Tehran Metro Company from the municipality.
IRGC wins $2.5bn railway deal
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's engineering arm, Khatam-ol-Anbia, won a $2.5 billion tender Wednesday to build a railroad network in the country's Chabahar free zone, the Iran Daily newspaper reported Thursday, citing Iran's minister of Roads and Transport.
Russian gas firm to finance 10% of Iran-Armenia Oil Pipeline
Russian energy giant Gazprom will help finance the construction of a 300-kilometer oil pipeline slated to run from Iran to Yeraskh in Armenia, the Iran Daily newspaper reported Thursday.
Iran Central Bank to inject 5 million new gold coins into market.
Iran's Central Bank will inject 5 million newly minted gold coins into the country's domestic market in an effort to control rising gold coin prices, the state IRNA news agency reported Thursday.
Nobel Laureate taxed on prize
Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi said that the Iranian government has told her to pay taxes on her 2003 peace prize, which amounts to 410 million tomans, or about $410,000 USD.
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