AFP: Toyota has suspended auto exports to Iran indefinitely in line with global sanctions against Tehran’s nuclear programme, the company said Wednesday.
Toyota suspends auto exports to Iran
Iran to arm own ‘Bladerunner’ boats: commander
AFP: Iran will mass produce replicas of the Bladerunner 51, often described as the world’s fastest boat, and equip them with weapons to be deployed in the Gulf, a top commander said Tuesday.
Exclusive: Sick livestock imported, budget diverted in Iran ministry
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 10 – Some of the funds allocated in the Iranian government’s budget for the purchase of livestock from abroad have gone missing and are believed to have been stolen by government officials, Iran Focus has learnt.
Brazil signs on to UN sanctions against Iran
AFP: Brazil Tuesday signed on to UN sanctions against Iran despite misgivings over the measures following its efforts to negotiate a nuclear-swap deal with the Islamic state.
Activists report commotion in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 10 – From the Grapevine… Saturday night, government opponents set fire to a large garbage bin in Qazvin Street in Tehran, activists say. Security forces arrived at the scene after the bin was completely burned.
Turkey-Iran gasoline sales dive as sanctions bite
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.
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.
