AFP: Australia remained adamant Wednesday that its asylum-seeker policy was working, despite another boat sinking and nearly 3,000 people arriving since the ruling Labor party announced a new hardline stance last month.
Australia adamant boatpeople policy working
India seeks to break deadlock with Iran over tanker
Wall Street Journal: Indian government officials will meet Iranian diplomats in New Delhi on Wednesday in an attempt to resolve a dispute over an Indian oil tanker that Iranian naval authorities detained last week, alleging that the ship was polluting Iranian waters, an Indian executive said.
China’s July Iran crude imports down 12.6 pct on yr – customs
Reuters: China’s average daily crude imports from Iran fell 12.6 percent in July from the same month last year, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Wednesday.
Cornered Hamas looks back at Iran, Hezbollah
Reuters: Stunned by turmoil in neighboring Egypt and starved of funds, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is looking to repair damaged ties with its traditional Middle East allies, Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah party.
Iran boycotts people smuggling talks
Daily Telegraph: Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has downplayed the significance of the failure of Iran to turn up to people smuggling talks in Jakarta. The meeting, established under the so-called Bali Process, was aimed at deepening cooperation, Dr Natalegawa said.
Tankers used to carry Iran oil are being sold for scrap
Bloomberg: Three of eight tankers that the U.S. Treasury said helped Iran evade sanctions by shipping its oil were sold for demolition, according to data from IHS Maritime. Each of the vessels is capable of hauling 2 million barrels of oil.
Iran’s president still undecided on his nuclear negotiator
Reuters: President Hassan Rouhani is still deciding who will lead talks with world powers on Iran’s nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, more than two months after the moderate cleric was elected.
More than 300 rally in Anaheim for protection of Iranian refugees
Orange County Register: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa, joined more than 300 Iranian-Americans on Saturday at a conference calling on the United States to use diplomatic efforts to intercede on behalf of 3,100 Iranian refugees housed on a former U.S. military base in Iraq.
Iran oil minister hints at price war to win back market share
Bloomberg: Iran’s new oil minister, Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh, has released plans to raise oil production 70 percent to 4.2 million barrels a day to try to win back old customers, even if it means starting a price war.
Top Iran adviser reaches out to West
AP: A top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader says the election of centrist Hasan Rouhani as the country’s president gives an opportunity to world powers to reach a deal with Iran over its nuclear program – but that Tehran will never again suspend its nuclear activities.
