Guardian: Talks have provided no end of metaphors for negotiations that have got nowhere, but which neither side wants to declare dead.
Iran nuclear talks: staggering to a halt
Iran oil exports fall more in June, sanctions bite
Reuters: Iranian oil exports are falling further in June as more customers in Europe and Asia stop or scale back purchases ahead of European Union sanctions aimed at slowing Tehran’s nuclear program.
Cameron nuclear talks plea to Iran
UKPA: Prime Minister David Cameron has called on Iran to return to the negotiating table ready to talk seriously about international concerns over its nuclear programme.
More cleanup activity alleged at suspected Iranian nuclear site
CNN: Recent satellite imagery shows Iran continues to clean up areas of a controversial military site believed to be involved in its nuclear program, according to analysis of the images by a Washington-based think tank.
Iran officials assert defiance of West in aftermath of nuclear talks
New York Times: Iranian politicians and military commanders said Wednesday that their country would never relinquish what they called its nuclear rights.
Iran government unable to halt soaring costs, Jomhouri says
Bloomberg: Iran’s government may have to abandon efforts to rein in inflation by forbidding producers to increase prices, the Jomhouri Eslami newspaper reported.
Japan, China to import Iran oil after EU ban
Reuters: At least two of Asia’s four top buyers of Iranian crude will keep imports flowing, though at overall reduced rates, as they find ways around an EU ban on insuring tankers carrying the Islamic country’s oil.
Iranian car parts imports drop to $254 million, Shargh reports
Bloomberg: Iran’s imports of automobile parts decreased by 47.8 percent to $254 million in the first two months of the current Iranian year compared with the same period last year, Shargh reported.
Iran: World needs our natural gas
UPI: The international community can’t ensure basic energy security by shoving Iran out of the market, the country’s deputy oil minister said.
EU: Iran nuke meeting to continue on lower level
AP: High-level nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers fizzled Tuesday, creating increased opportunity for Israel to use the setback to argue military force is the only way to stop Tehran from developing atomic arms.
