PR Newswire: Last month, Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei orchestrated yet another sham presidential election through which Hassan Rouhani was chosen to serve as the next President of Iran. A feverish attempt is now underway in the United States and elsewhere to portray Rouhani as a moderate and a reformer.
Iranian-Americans laud Congress sanctions legislation
Iraq seeks to promote tourism despite violence
AFP: As it trundles down busy roads, the minibus packed with tourists would be unremarkable except for two things — its passengers are Westerners and the city they are in is Baghdad. Iraq is no stranger to tourism, with countless pilgrims visiting its religious shrines.
Britain says open to talks with Iran on a ‘step-by-step’ basis
Reuters: Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday he was willing to meet his Iranian counterpart to discuss the two countries’ frosty relationship, following the election of a new president in Iran.
House approves tough new Iran sanctions
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.
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.
