Reuters: Turkey’s gasoline sales to Iran fell by 73 percent in July as U.S.-led sanctions came into force, data from the Istanbul Exporters Association of Chemical Materials showed on Tuesday.
Turkey-Iran gasoline sales dive as sanctions bite
New Iran envoy says sanctions won’t affect Iraq trade
AFP: Iran’s new envoy to Baghdad said on Tuesday that the latest round of sanctions imposed on his country would not affect growing trade with Iraq which is now worth billions of dollars.
Iran forces’ head rejects President’s aide over Islam
Bloomberg: Iran’s armed forces joint chief of staff, General Hassan Firouzabadi, said comments by a top aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that suggested Iran was superior among the world’s Muslim countries were a “crime against national security.”
Iran’s Khamenei aide denies comments on US talks
AFP: An advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied on Tuesday expressing Tehran’s readiness for nuclear talks with the United States, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Brazil offers asylum to Iranian woman facing death
AP: Brazil has formally offered asylum to a woman sentenced to death in Iran on an adultery conviction.
Iran plans help to Lebanon army, as U.S. blocks aid
Reuters: Iran has offered support to Lebanon’s army, a week after a deadly cross-border clash between Lebanon and Israel which prompted U.S. lawmakers to block funding to the Lebanese military.
Iran digging graves for US troops if they attack
AP: Iran has dug mass graves in which to bury U.S. troops in case of any American attack on the country, a former commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard said.
Iraq’s Sunni militia faces loyalty test
BBC: Recent attacks on fighters in Iraq’s Sunni Sahwa militia could drive some back into insurgency despite the militia playing a key role in reducing violence across Iraq since 2006, its leaders have told Newsnight.
Iran says will host regional meet on Afghanistan
AFP: Iran said on Tuesday it will soon host a regional meeting on stabilising Afghanistan to be attended by the neighbours of the war-ravaged country.
IAEA: Iran activates enrichment equipment
AP: Iran has activated equipment to enrich uranium more efficiently in a move that defies the U.N. Security Council, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.
