AFP: The United States held back Thursday from insisting on a strict deadline for Iran to give world powers a final answer to their incentives package to defuse a showdown over Tehran's nuclear program.
US holds back from imposing strict nuclear deadline on Iran
Iran-South Africa trade may reach $10b – minister
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran’s acting Economy Minister said on Thursday that trade between Iran and South Africa could reach an annual level of $10 billion.
Iran-South Africa trade may reach $10b – minister
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran’s acting Economy Minister said on Thursday that trade between Iran and South Africa could reach an annual level of $10 billion.
UK says “100 percent focused” on diplomacy over Iran
Reuters: Britain is "100 percent focused" on a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear dispute and does not want an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday.
Thailand to sell stockpiled govt rice to Nigeria, Iran
Reuters: Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, is in talks to sell at least 850,000 tonnes of rice to Iran and Nigeria after government stocks swelled this summer, helping dispel any lingering concern over world supplies.
Despite calls to halt, Iran says it will continue its nuclear program
New York Times: Speaking just days before a deadline set by world powers for Iran to reply to proposals to curb its nuclear ambitions, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, said Wednesday that Iran would “continue with its path” of nuclear development, which includes the enrichment of uranium.
EU agrees to go beyond U.N. sanctions on Iran
Reuters: The European Union has agreed to go beyond United Nations sanctions on Iran, instructing its financial institutions to exercise "restraint" on export credits and allowing its navies to inspect all Iran-bound cargoes, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday.
Iran vows to stay on ‘nuclear path’ as UN deadline looms
Guardian: Iran will continue its nuclear "path", the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisted yesterday, just days before a deadline set by world powers for Tehran to accept a deal that could defuse the dispute over its nuclear programme.
Iran again rejects nuclear deadline
AFP: Iran on Thursday rejected any deadline to give a final response to a package put forward by world powers seeking a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis, and said it had already responded.
With Palestinian talks going nowhere, Iran jumps to top of in-tray for new PM
Guardian: Ehud Olmert's announcement that he will step down from his party's leadership may be hardly surprising given the problems generated by corruption allegations and plummeting poll ratings.
