AP: The House approved tough new sanctions Wednesday on Iran’s oil sector and other industries, brushing aside the Obama administration’s concern about undercutting the Islamic republic’s incoming president ahead of new nuclear negotiations.
House approves tough new Iran sanctions
Iran wheat imports seen sliding by UN amid increased stockpiles
Bloomberg: Iran’s wheat imports may drop by 67 percent this season amid ample stockpiles in the country and increasing production, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said.
Iran gives Gazans aid, but bypasses Hamas
Los Angeles Times: Already under pressure from the new military-led government in Egypt, the militant group Hamas took another public-relations blow Tuesday when Iran began distributing food aid to Gazans, but delivered the charity through Hamas’ rival, Islamic Jihad.
International conference in Paris on August 3
PR Newswire: On Saturday, August 3rd, representatives from Muslim countries will gather at an international conference in Paris to strongly condemn the clerical regime’s warmongering in Syria and Iraq, and its criminal meddling in other countries in the region.
Iran seeks key position on U.N. disarmament committee
Reuters: Iran is campaigning for a key position on a U.N. General Assembly committee that deals with disarmament and international security amid strong criticism from Israel and others who accuse Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
Welspun Maxsteel pleads to RBI against ‘illegal’imports from Iran
Economic Times: A leading domestic manufacturer of sponge iron has written to the central bank asking it to look into what it terms a spike in illegal imports of the steel industry ingredient from Iran.
Iran may achieve nuclear breakout capability in mid-2014
Bloomberg: Iran may achieve the “critical capability” to process low-enriched uranium into fuel for a nuclear weapon without detection by international inspectors by mid-2014, according to a report by a research group.
Iran grants Syria $3.6-bln oil credit line: SANA
AFP: Iran has agreed to supply Damascus with $3.6 billion in oil in exchange for the right to invest in the country, Syria’s state news agency SANA said on Tuesday.
Did Iran’s president feign having PhD?
Huffington Post: As more facts from Rouhani’s past are unearthed, questions have been raised regarding who really is Iran’s new president, and more importantly, if he will be able to legally take office based on the new astonishing information released by few outlets.
Iranian officials call for rallies at end of Ramadan
UPI: Iranian lawmakers called on their constituents to take to the streets next week to counter Western efforts in the Middle East and North Africa. Iranians observe Quds Day next week, a day of solidarity with Palestinians that is also seen as an occasion to express formal frustration with Israel.
