Reuters: Stunned by turmoil in neighboring Egypt and starved of funds, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is looking to repair damaged ties with its traditional Middle East allies, Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah party.
Cornered Hamas looks back at Iran, Hezbollah
Iran boycotts people smuggling talks
Daily Telegraph: Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has downplayed the significance of the failure of Iran to turn up to people smuggling talks in Jakarta. The meeting, established under the so-called Bali Process, was aimed at deepening cooperation, Dr Natalegawa said.
Tankers used to carry Iran oil are being sold for scrap
Bloomberg: Three of eight tankers that the U.S. Treasury said helped Iran evade sanctions by shipping its oil were sold for demolition, according to data from IHS Maritime. Each of the vessels is capable of hauling 2 million barrels of oil.
Iran’s president still undecided on his nuclear negotiator
Reuters: President Hassan Rouhani is still deciding who will lead talks with world powers on Iran’s nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, more than two months after the moderate cleric was elected.
More than 300 rally in Anaheim for protection of Iranian refugees
Orange County Register: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa, joined more than 300 Iranian-Americans on Saturday at a conference calling on the United States to use diplomatic efforts to intercede on behalf of 3,100 Iranian refugees housed on a former U.S. military base in Iraq.
Iran oil minister hints at price war to win back market share
Bloomberg: Iran’s new oil minister, Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh, has released plans to raise oil production 70 percent to 4.2 million barrels a day to try to win back old customers, even if it means starting a price war.
Top Iran adviser reaches out to West
AP: A top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader says the election of centrist Hasan Rouhani as the country’s president gives an opportunity to world powers to reach a deal with Iran over its nuclear program – but that Tehran will never again suspend its nuclear activities.
House Members reject myth of Rouhani’s moderation
PRNewswire: Hundreds of Iranian Americans in California attended a convention at the Anaheim Convention Center sponsored by California Society for Democracy in Iran, where several former senior US Government officials and sitting members of congress spoke.
CIA admits 1953 Iran coup: document
AFP: The CIA has admitted orchestrating the August 1953 coup that toppled Iran’s prime minister after he tried to nationalize his country’s oil wealth from Britain, according to a declassified document.
Iran’s President Rouhani is anything but a moderate
Conservative Home: Many in the western press and beyond have praised the recently-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as a moderate, suggesting he will make life better for his people and extend an olive branch to the rest of the world. So let’s look at his record.
