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.
Iran seeks key position on U.N. disarmament committee
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.
Iran grants Syria $3.6-bln oil credit line: SANA
AFP: Iran has agreed to supply Damascus with $3.6 billion in oil in exchange for the right to invest in the country, Syria’s state news agency SANA said on Tuesday.
Did Iran’s president feign having PhD?
Huffington Post: As more facts from Rouhani’s past are unearthed, questions have been raised regarding who really is Iran’s new president, and more importantly, if he will be able to legally take office based on the new astonishing information released by few outlets.
Iranian officials call for rallies at end of Ramadan
UPI: Iranian lawmakers called on their constituents to take to the streets next week to counter Western efforts in the Middle East and North Africa. Iranians observe Quds Day next week, a day of solidarity with Palestinians that is also seen as an occasion to express formal frustration with Israel.
Are US and Iran in a secret alliance?
The National: Developments unfolding in the region since the start of the century indicate an active US-Iranian alliance in several places behind a transparent curtain of faked US and western animosity to fool Arabs and Turkey, Faisal Al Qassem argued in an opinion article in the Doha-based newspaper Al Sharq.
Was Iran involved in the Benghazi attack?
SpyGhana.com: Was Iran involved in the attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012? Too many would dismiss that question with a simple “no.” Benghazi was al Qaeda. It’s Sunni. They hate the Shiites in Iran.
Iran: Ahmadinejad granted license to start university
New York Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, whose tumultuous two-term tenure is in its final few days, will be moving to academia. The government’s Islamic Republic News Agency announced Monday that Mr. Ahmadinejad had been granted a license to start an international university in Tehran.
Saudi crude exports to U.S. rose in 2012, Iran sold more to Asia
Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia’s shipment of crude oil to the U.S. rose last year and Iran boosted Asian shipments to counter falling sales to its European customers, OPEC reported.
