Bloomberg: Iran will sell rial bonds worth $2.3 billion on Nov. 6 to finance the second development phase of its South Pars gas field, Mehr reported, citing a senior energy official.
Iran to sell bonds worth $2.3 billion for gas-field development
Obama set to offer stricter nuclear deal to Iran
New York Times: The Obama administration and its European allies are preparing a new offer for negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program, senior administration officials say, but the conditions on Tehran would be even more onerous than a deal that the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected last year.
Iran deputy seeks transparency on subsidies cut plan, Mehr says
Bloomberg: A member of Iran’s Parliament has criticized the government for its lack of transparency in implementing a plan to cut energy and food subsidies and direct part of the cash to poorest Iranians, Mehr reported.
World powers still waiting for Iran response on fresh talks
AFP: Six world powers seeking to persuade Tehran to rein in its nuclear program have yet to receive a formal reply from Iran on their proposal to resume long-stalled talks, US officials said Wednesday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards recruiting “terrorists”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 28 – The “Mohammad Rassoul-o Allah Garrison” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been recruiting among villagers in various regions, in particular in the oil-rich southwestern Province of Khuzistan.
BP, Statoil’s Shah Deniz gas field exempt from EU Iran sanctions
Bloomberg: BP Plc and Statoil ASA’s Shah Deniz natural-gas field off the coast of Azerbaijan was exempted from European Union sanctions on Iran, clearing the way for a project designed to reduce the continent’s reliance on Russia.
Iran allowed to keep Namibian uranium mine stake, Rio Tinto says
Bloomberg: Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, said Iran can maintain a 15 percent stake in its Rossing uranium operation after a United Nations ruling barred the country from investing in mines of the fuel.
After mending leak, Iran begins loading fuel into nuclear plant
Washington Post: Iran started to fully load fuel into its only nuclear reactor Tuesday, after a leak in the Russian-built reactor’s basin delayed the process for months, state media reported.
U.S. tries restart of talks with Iran
Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is pushing to revive a failed deal for Iran to send some of its nuclear stockpile overseas in exchange for assistance with peaceful nuclear technology, according to senior U.S. officials. The aim is to try to reduce Tehran’s ability to quickly produce an atomic weapon.
EU’s sanctions on Iran hit BP
Wall Street Journal: BP PLC will likely have to shut down a natural gas field in the North Sea that it jointly owns with Iran, a sign that tough new European sanctions are beginning to affect the Islamic Republic’s oil and gas sector.
