AFP: World powers have not formally agreed that Brazil and Turkey can sit in on talks over a nuclear fuel supply deal with Iran, but neither have they explicitly ruled out such an arrangement, diplomats said Monday.
World powers mull Brazil, Turkey’s presence in Iran talks
US shares Medvedev worries on Iran
AFP: The United States on Monday saluted Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s criticism of Iran and said it shared concerns that the Islamic republic could reach a “tipping point” in its nuclear drive.
Russia warns of Iran’s potential to build nuclear bomb
AFP: Iran is close to having the potential to build a nuclear weapon, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday in the clearest indication of Moscow alarm over Tehran’s atomic drive.
Looming deadline threatens to unhinge fragile Iraq peace
The Scotsman: With the West’s focus now firmly on the continuing carnage in Afghanistan, you could be forgiven for thinking that Iraq these days was a haven of peace and prosperity.
Iran vows to increase enriched uranium stock sixfold by 2011
Bloomberg: Iran said it can produce enough 20 percent-enriched uranium to power its Tehran research reactor, which needs six times the country’s current stockpile, by September next year.
Clerics to work within schools of Iran’s capital
New York Times: Iran’s educational authorities will send 1,000 religious clerics into schools in Tehran to tamp down Western influence and political opposition, newspapers reported on Sunday.
Iran claims to have produced 20kg of 20 per cent enriched uranium
Daily Telegraph: Iran has said it has produced around 20kg of 20 per cent enriched uranium, in defiance of the world powers who want them to suspend the controversial nuclear work.
Iran’s Grand Bazaar on strike in tax showdown
Reuters: With shops that sell everything from herbs and spices to carpets and gems now firmly closed, Tehran’s Grand Bazaar is on strike with merchants warning that higher taxes could force them to shut down for good.
Tehran Bazaar remains closed
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 12 – The Tehran Bazaar remained closed on Sunday. The strike, which began last week against proposed tax hikes, will continue until Thursday, some bazaaris have told Iran Focus.
Iran halts woman’s stoning ‘for now’
AFP: Iran’s judiciary chief has temporarily halted the execution by stoning of a woman accused of adultery, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, quoting a judiciary official.
