Reuters: President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday he wanted Iran to do a better job of explaining its nuclear program to prevent “evil-minded” people misleading world opinion, two days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers on its disputed atomic activity.
Rouhani calls for more open, better-informed nuclear debate
U.N. nuclear agency seeks detonator clarification from Iran
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog has received an explanation from Iran about the development of detonators that can help set off an atomic explosive device, and has asked for further clarification, diplomatic sources said on Friday.
Iran to become regional UNESCO representative
FrontPage: Iran announced plans to become a regional representative of UNESCO. Who better than a representative of an Islamist regime currently at war with both the Muslim and non-Muslim parts of the region to act as a cultural representative of the Middle East?
Iranian oil minister vows to keep increasing crude exports
Wall Street Journal: Iran vowed to increase its crude exports despite a cap agreed upon with the international community. Responding to a question from on whether Iran would have to reduce its oil exports, oil minister Bijan Zanganeh said, “We are trying to increase exports.”
Iran’s brain drain is the West’s gain
Businessweek: Tens of thousands of Iranians have left the country of 77 million in recent years, largely for Europe and North America, in search of jobs and higher salaries. During the past two years, at least 40 percent of top-performing students left the country…
“Change” under Rouhani is a mirage
Fox News: The nuclear negotiation between Iran and the West is among the most important foreign policy issues facing the Obama Administration. In the U.S. government’s own assessment, Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
Washington’s strategic mistake in Iraq: Abandoning Iran’s exiled opposition
History News Network: Tehran has been outmaneuvering the West, particularly the United States, in regards to its long term strategic goals. Iran has been practicing this astute deception for years, particularly since 9/11 and the subsequent invasion of Iraq.
Can a nuclear Iran and war be stopped?
Washington Post: The world’s attention is focused on Russia, but a critical deadline in the nuclear talks with Iran is fast approaching. On July 20, time will be up — or will it? — for a final deal on Iran’s illicit nuclear program.
China may lose out if Iran oil sanctions lifted
AFP: As Western corporations headed for the exits when sanctions took effect and international distrust over Iran’s nuclear activities deepened, Summer Lee, an energetic thirty-something from Shanghai, was among those who filled the vacuum.
Rice reassures Israel on Iran nuclear ambitions
AFP: “The US delegation reaffirmed our commitment to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,” said a White House statement released after talks in Jerusalem between Rice, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials from both sides.
