While in conversation with an industry source based in Iran, a polymerupdate team member was told today that the refineries of Lavan and Bandar Abbas have to be privatized by the Iran Oil Ministry by January 20th.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has ruled out his country’s involvement in any United States-led military action in Iran.

KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber boarded a police bus just after a woman and her two children got on, setting off a blast Tuesday that blew the roof off the bus and killed at least 12 people, including several children, officials and witnesses said.