Iran Focus – Editorial: The latest UN sanctions against Tehran were essential. They magnify the regime’s isolation and aggravate its multifaceted domestic challenges. However, sanctions should be a part of a wider strategy dealing not just with the political symptoms but with the fundamental source of the Iran crisis: the ruling theocratic regime.
Democratic solution to Iran crisis
Total says it has halted petrol sales to Iran
AFP: French oil group Total said Monday it had halted shipments of oil products to Iran following adoption by the United States of economic sanctions against Tehran.
Iran ready to resume nuclear talks in August, president says
CNN: Iran is prepared to resume talks over its nuclear program but will wait until late August as punishment for recently imposed U.N. sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday.
Iran bent on power, Khamenei says
UPI: The Islamic republic should be wary of attempts to push Iran from its path toward real strength, the supreme leader of Iran said.
Hundreds stage anti-France demo outside Iran embassy
AFP: Hundreds of people shouted slogans on Monday outside the French embassy in protest against the holding of a rally in France by Iran’s main exiled opposition group.
Activists call for renewed protests to mark student-led uprising
Iran Focus: Tehran, June 28 – Pro-democracy activists in Tehran have written graffiti, urging people to stage protests to mark the anniversary of the 9 July 1999 student-led uprising.
Prisoners transferred to Evin
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 28 – From the Grapevine… A number of prisoners in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, west of the capital, have been transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran.
UAE freezes 41 UN-banned Iran accounts: report
AFP: The central bank of the United Arab Emirates has ordered that 41 bank accounts targeted by the new UN sanctions against Iran be frozen, a local daily newspaper reported on Monday.
Spain’s Repsol pulls out of Iran gas project
Reuters: Spain’s largest oil company Repsol has pulled out of a contract it won with Royal Dutch Shell to develop part of the South Pars gas field in Iran, a spokesman said on Monday.
Iranian trade with Dubai hit by sanctions, says group
Bloomberg: Trade between Iran and Dubai, a key source of imports for the Islamic Republic, is being squeezed by sanctions over the Persian Gulf country’s nuclear program, an Iranian business group said.
