Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran this week despite a warning by his secret service that an alleged plot to assassinate him has been in the works, the Kremlin press service said Monday.

  Oil hit a record over $84 a barrel Friday on mounting tensions between Turkey and northern Iraq and lingering supply concerns ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter. US crude rose 68 cents to $83.76 a barrel after trading up to a record $84.05 a barrel earlier. London Brent crude …

The second summit of the heads of the Caspian Sea littoral states is scheduled to kick off work here in Tehran tomorrow.