Bloomberg: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif got the backing of one of the biggest critics of his government’s stance in nuclear talks, as the country’s hardliners fall into line with the search for detente.
Iran’s hardliners fall into line backing Zarif in nuclear talks
End of mandate for EU’s Ashton raises questions over Iran talks
Reuters: As Iran and international negotiators work towards a July deadline to complete an accord with Tehran on its nuclear program, a practical issue may be on their minds: the looming changeover of the European Union’s foreign policy chief.
More than a million alcohol drinkers in Iran: report
AFP – More than a million Iranians drink alcohol, a participant in the country’s First World Congress on Alcohol Abuse was quoted Tuesday as saying. The ISNA news agency attributed the comments to the president of the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology.
China calls for new Asian security structure
AP: China’s president called Tuesday for the creation of a new Asian structure for security cooperation based on a regional group that includes Russia and Iran and excludes the United States.
Ex-Marine’s family seeks his freedom from Iran
AP: Two members of Congress and the family of a former Marine now detained in Iran called for his freedom Monday, on the observance of his 1,000th day in prison on spying charges. Iran arrested Amir Hekmati in August 2011 while he was on a trip to visit his grandmothers in Tehran.
Iran’s forgotten prisoners of conscience
Wall Street Journal: As Iran approaches the anniversary of Hasan Rouhani’s presidential victory, the Islamic Republic’s human-rights record, particularly its treatment of religious minorities, remains abysmal. This is especially true for the Baha’is, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority.
Iran throws monkey wrench into nuclear deal
Daily Caller: Three days of negotiations in the fourth round of Geneva discussions ended in arguments and confrontations when the Iranian team presented new “red lines,” diminishing any hope by the Obama administration to claim victory in its approach to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran voices tougher line on planned nuclear reactor
Reuters: Iran appeared to take a harder line in its nuclear dispute with world powers on Sunday by dismissing as “ridiculous” one idea that could allay Western concerns about a planned atomic research reactor.
U.S. warns ‘time is short’ as Iran nuclear talks make little progress
Reuters: Iran and six world powers made little progress this week in talks on ending their dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program, U.S. and Iranian officials said on Friday, raising doubts over the prospects for a breakthrough by a July 20 deadline.
Head of Iranian resistance calls on Canada to lead international investigation of attacks on Ashraf and Liberty
Iran News Update: Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran spoke before the Canadian parliament on Thursday and asked it to initiate an independent international investigation into recent killings carried out by the Iraqi government at the behest of Tehran.
