Iran Focus – Editorial: London, Jan. 01 – Nearly 150 billion dollars in oil revenues flooded Iran’s foreign reserves during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 30-month tenure as the Islamic Republic’s president. So, why have economic hardships actually increased for the Iranian people?
Cursed to be wealthy
Cursed to be wealthy
Iran Focus – Editorial: London, Jan. 01 – Nearly 150 billion dollars in oil revenues flooded Iran’s foreign reserves during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 30-month tenure as the Islamic Republic’s president. So, why have economic hardships actually increased for the Iranian people?
Turkmenistan stops gas exports to Iran
Reuters: Turkmenistan has stopped natural gas exports to Iran, causing winter shortages in some parts of its neighbour, Iranian officials said on Monday.
Iran says won’t retreat on Caspian Sea share demand
Reuters: Iran said on Monday it would not back down from its demand for a share of around 20 percent of the Caspian Sea, which boasts huge hydrocarbon reserves and valuable caviar stocks.
Oil rises as Iran to start reactor, cyclone shuts BHP fields
Bloomberg: Crude oil rose in New York, poised for its biggest annual increase since 1999, as Iran announced plans to start its first nuclear reactor next year, raising concern that the move will heighten a confrontation with the U.S.
Ahmadinejad ally to head Iran’s centre for dialogue with West
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 30 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday appointed a close ultra-conservative ally as the new head of the Centre for Dialogue among Civilisations, in a move that some analysts say jettisons the last remaining symbol of ex-President Mohammad Khatamis program for rapprochement with the West.
Ahmadinejad ally to head Iran’s centre for dialogue with West
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 30 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday appointed a close ultra-conservative ally as the new head of the Centre for Dialogue among Civilisations, in a move that some analysts say jettisons the last remaining symbol of ex-President Mohammad Khatamis program for rapprochement with the West.
Turkmenistan cuts gas supply to Iran by half-report
Reuters: Turkmenistan has reduced its gas deliveries to neighbouring Iran by 50 percent since Saturday, blaming it on technical and operational factors, an official at Iran’s national gas company was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iran nuclear plant to start summer 2008: FM
AFP: Iran on Sunday insisted its first nuclear power station would be launched in the summer of 2008, despite statements by the plant’s Russian constructors it will not go online until the end of the year.
Iraq attacks fall 60 percent, Petraeus says
New York Times: The top American military commander in Iraq said Saturday that violent attacks in the country had fallen by 60 percent since June, but cautioned that security gains were tenuous and fragile, requiring political and economic progress to cement them.
