Iran�news headlines on Sunday include landing�U.S. plane in Iran for repairs�3 weeks ago;�Iranian Navy�s Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Bigham rejecting�report of Yemen capturing Iranian arms ship; Iran court removing ban on reformist Sharq newspaper;�Iran showcasing special forces during naval drills; Iran's�Foreign Ministry remarks over�Patriot batteries in Turkey meant to protect Israel and�Maryam Amir Kamali becoming�Iran's first female football club-owner.
 
U.S. plane stuck in Iran for repairs after emergency landing
A small U.S. commercial plane has been stuck in�Iran�for nearly three weeks after making an emergency landing near the city of Ahvaz, the country's airports director said on Sunday.�The plane was forced to land because of technical problems, Mahmoud Rasoulinejad said, quoted by the Mehr news agency.


Iran rejects report of Yemen capturing Iranian arms ship
Iranian Navy�s Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Bigham has rejected claims about the detention of an Iranian arms ship in Yemen�s port of Saleef.��I do not confirm this report and I think that many such reports are political games,� Khadem Bigham said on Sunday.


 
Iran court removes ban on reformist Sharq newspaper
The jury of Iran�s press court has removed ban on the Iranian daily,�Sharq, and found its manager Mehdi Rahmanian not guilty of publishing�false material.�Following its session on December 23, the jury of the Iranian press�court also acquited Sharq newspaper of the allegation of insulting�Iranian forces who fought during the eight-year of imposed war by Iraq�against Iran.


Iran showcases special forces during naval drills: report
Iranian special forces and military diving units practiced defending their ports and coastline against attacks on Sunday, state-linked media reported during naval war�games�meant to warn off states threatening the Islamic republic.�The highly-publicized "Velayat 91" exercises are taking place across a wide area from the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil and gas shipping route, to the Gulf of Oman and northern parts of the Indian Ocean.

 
Iran says Patriot batteries in Turkey meant to protect Israel
NATO-backed Patriot missile batteries stationed on Turkey�s border with Syria are actually meant to protect Israel from Iran, Tehran�s Foreign Ministry said Saturday.�The six long-range missile-defense batteries, which Ankara requested after Turkey was shelled on several occasions from inside Syria, are meant to keep Syria�s civil war from spilling across the border into Turkey, NATO officials say.


Maryam Amir Kamali becomes Iran's first female football club-owner
Maryam Amir Kamali has become the first woman in the history of Iranian football league who owns a soccer club, while�Iranian women are�not allowed�to enter the�stadiums�to watch football matches.�As the first Iranian female team-owner, Maryam Amir Kamali has taken over "Nassaji Mazandaran" which is currently in the First league.

 

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