Bloomberg: Iran, facing international sanctions over its nuclear energy plans, is likely to reduce gasoline imports by 75 percent by 2015 as it expands refining capacity and tackles subsidies, the International Energy Agency said.
Iran may cut gasoline imports by 75%, IEA says
Clinton says Iran scientist free to come and go
Reuters: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri had been free to come and go from the United States.
Iran says Russian nuclear weapon claim ‘totally false’
AFP: Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki rejected Tuesday as “totally false” Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s statement that Iran is close to having the potential to build a nuclear weapon.
Iran-backed group eyed attack on US bases in Iraq: general
AFP: Iranian-backed militants recently received specialist training inside Iran to help mount an attack on American military bases in Iraq, the top US commander in Baghdad said on Tuesday.
Iran delays local elections
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 13 – Iran’s hard-line constitutional watchdog has approved a bill in the Majlis, or Parliament, for local council elections to be held more than two years later than originally planned, state television reported.
Iran Guards can ‘cut hands’ of Western bullies
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and its army have the strength to “cut off the hands” of Western powers.
Iran sells 18 pct stake in carmaker – bourse
Reuters: Iran’s government has sold an 18 percent stake in Iran Khodro, the Middle East’s biggest carmaker, for the equivalent of about $430 million, the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) said on Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad in flap over wearing of ties in Iran
AFP: Iran’s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has run into trouble with a conservative cleric over whether men are allowed to wear ties in the Islamic republic, the news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday.
BP, Iran Air end contract at Hamburg
Reuters: Oil major BP has ceased supplying jet fuel to Iran Air at Germany’s Hamburg airport, both parties confirmed on Tuesday.
Shutters still down at Tehran bazaar despite compromise
AFP: Many shops in Tehran’s main trade hub remained closed on Tuesday, even after a government compromise in a row over taxes.
