AFP: Iran will not dismantle its nuclear facilities, President Hassan Rouhani said in an interview with The Financial Times published Friday after a historic deal between Tehran and world powers. Rouhani meanwhile held out hope for further improvements in Iran’s relations with the United States.
No dismantling of Iran nuclear facilities: Rouhani to FT
Three women treated after hunger strike at US embassy
Evening Standard: Three women on hunger strike in London have been treated in hospital with chest pains, muscle spasms and other illnesses. They are among six Londoners who have refused food for three months in a protest against the treatment of an Iranian opposition group in Iraq.
European firms size up Iran’s post-deal potential
Reuters: The phone hasn’t stopped ringing at the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce since six world powers reached a deal with Tehran to curb its nuclear program, opening the prospect that Iran can begin to shake off its economic isolation.
Kerry: U.S. will ‘pause’ efforts to restrict Iranian oil sales
UPI: In a statement issued Friday by the State Department, Kerry said the United States will “pause for six months our efforts to further reduce Iran’s crude oil sales” but will “continue to vigorously implement our existing sanctions on Iran” as that country negotiates with the so-called P5-plus-1.
India accelerates Iranian port project after U.S.-Iran thaw
Reuters: India is sending a team to Iran to speed up work on a port that will provide access to resource-rich Central Asia and Afghanistan, officials said, moving quickly to take advantage of a thaw in Iran’s relations with the West.
IAEA not ready to verify Iran nuclear deal
AFP: The UN nuclear watchdog said Thursday it was not yet ready to verify Iran’s compliance with the recent deal with world powers, as Tehran invited inspectors to the key Arak site.
Democrat: Obama ‘fear-mongering’ on Iran
The Hill: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accused the White House late Wednesday of “fear-mongering” tactics to prevent the U.S. from laying additional sanctions on Iran after the two countries reached an interim deal on Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran shakes up foundation controlled by Ayatollah’s business empire
Reuters) – A multi-billion dollar organization controlled by Iran’s supreme leader shook up the management of its charity division, appointing as its new chief a man involved in the confiscation of thousands of properties from Iranian citizens.
Quake near Iran nuclear plant kills 8
AFP: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake on the Gulf coast near Iran’s sole nuclear power plant killed eight people and injured 190 on Thursday, emergency response chief Hassan Qadami told state media.
Iran seizes two Saudi fishing boats, arrests 9 sailors
UPI: “Yesterday, the coast guards deployed in the country’s southern waters came to spot two vessels in Iran’s protected waters in the south using electronic and optic tools and equipment,” the Fars News Agency quoted Qalandar Lashkari, commander of Bushehr province’s coast guard, as saying.
