PR Newswire: The National Council of Resistance of Iran announced today that it has received reports from inside Iran indicating that regime’s ambassador to Baghdad has ordered Iraqi groups affiliated with the Iranian regime to start again rocket attacks on Camp Liberty during the holy month of Ramadan.
Iranian Opposition warns of pending attacks on Camp Liberty
Renault profits plunge on Iranian charge
AFP: French auto group Renault reported a profit plunge on Friday owing to charges for halting its activities in Iran and for restructuring in France. The group reported a net profit for the first six months of the year of 39 million euros compared with 746 million euros at the same time last year.
Iran needs higher oil price for 2013 budget, Apicorp says
Bloomberg: Iran needs the highest oil price among OPEC members to balance its 2013 budget, according to an inter-governmental Arab energy lender. Iran requires an average crude price of $144 a barrel this year to break even, up from $127 last year.
North Korean delegate to visit Iran
UPI: The Iranian government said Friday it expected the president of the North Korean parliament to attend the August inauguration of President-elect Hassan Rouhani.
UTC reporting business with Iran despite sanctions
Hartford Courant: United Technologies Corp. disclosed in regulatory filings Friday that one of its foreign businesses worked on the security system for the Paris branch of Iran’s national bank, an entity singled out under U.S. economic sanctions against the Middle East country.
Iran is said to want direct talks with U.S. on nuclear program
New York Times: Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq told the Obama administration this month that Iran was interested in direct talks with the United States on Iran’s nuclear program, and said that Iraq was prepared to facilitate the negotiations, Western officials said Thursday.
Renault may scale back in Iran
Wall Street Journal: French car maker Renault SA, one of the last large European companies still active in Iran, is considering winding down its sales to the country as the impact of international sanctions deepens, according to people familiar with the matter.
Iran inflation accelerates, poses headache for Rouhani
Daily Star: Iran’s inflation rate surged to 45 percent in June, official data showed, adding pressure on squeezed Iranian households and an indication of the huge task President-elect Hassan Rouhani faces to repair the economy.
No boring old inauguration for this incoming Iranian president
Wall Street Journal: The inauguration ceremony of Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani, scheduled for Aug.4, is being carried out with unusual diplomatic fanfare. For starters, Iran decided to depart with its tradition of a low-key inauguration ceremony.
Schlumberger discloses Iran operations wind-down
Wall Street Journal: Oil field services giant Schlumberger said late Wednesday its non-U.S. subsidiaries provided oilfield services to the National Iranian Oil Co. in the first half of the year as the company completed its wind-down of the operations during the second quarter.
