Bloomberg: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought his campaign against the Iran agreement to Europe, saying in Rome yesterday sanctions intended to rein in the Islamic republic’s nuclear program are already crumbling.
Netanyahu says sanctions against Iran in danger of collapsing
Iran’s ‘reforming’ Rouhani has fooled the West once again
The Telegraph: One of the more dangerous fairy stories of our time, popular with politicians and journalists, is that Iran’s new president, Dr Hassan Rouhani, is somehow a “reforming moderate” we can do business with.
Iran, Russia in talks on new Bushehr nuclear plant
AFP: Iran and Russia are in talks to build another nuclear plant at Bushehr, with construction set to begin in 2014, media Sunday reported nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as saying. Under the interim Geneva agreement, Iran agreed to roll back some parts of its nuclear programme.
Iran, powers to meet next week on carrying out nuclear deal
Reuters: Envoys of Iran and six world powers will meet next week to start working out steps to implement a deal under which Tehran is to curb its nuclear program in return for some respite from sanctions, a top Iranian negotiator said.
Iran to produce more gas from Qatari-shared field
AP: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says his country intends to increase production from a giant gas field shared with neighboring Qatar. The Sunday report by state TV quotes Rouhani as saying Iran that intends to match Qatar’s production by 2017.
Iran has final say on nuclear enrichment, says Zarif
AFP: Iran will decide the level of uranium enrichment in its nuclear programme based on its energy and other civilian needs, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in remarks reported Saturday.
In Iran, human rights cannot be sacrificed for a nuclear deal
Washington Post: Under the shadow of negotiations, however, Iran’s appalling human rights situation has hardly changed. The alarming rate of executions seems to have increased in recent weeks. An authoritarian regime without legitimacy will invariably rule through militarization.
China, India cut back Iranian crude, duck US sanctions
AFP: China and India are among countries that have dodged US sanctions by cutting back on Iranian crude, Washington said Friday as it pledged to “aggressively” enforce such punitive measures despite a recent nuclear deal with Tehran.
French carmakers poised for scramble to reclaim Iran
Reuters: Peugeot (PEUP.PA) and Renault (RENA.PA) are among Western firms sending executives to an automotive conference that opens in Iran on Saturday – firing the starting gun on a more overt race for post-sanctions business.
Iran nuclear freeze to start by January
AFP: Iran’s six-month freeze of its nuclear programme agreed with world powers in Geneva will start by early January, Tehran’s envoy to the UN atomic watchdog indicated Friday. The accord struck last weekend between Iran and the P5+1 foresees Tehran rolling back some of its nuclear programme.
