Reuters: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Sergei Kislyak, a deputy Foreign Minister who represents Moscow in nuclear talks with Iran, as Russia's new ambassador to the United States.
Medvedev names Iran pointman as U.S. ambassador
Commander of Gulf hostage warship HMS Cornwall loses his job
The Times: The commanding officer of the frigate involved in the Iranian hostage drama, when 15 sailors and Marines were captured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, has been removed from his post.
Bye bye, captain
The Sun: The captain of the Royal Navy warship that lost 15 hostages to Iran has been fired.
Barak urges US to keep all options open against Iran
AFP: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has urged his US counterpart Robert Gates to keep all options open in dealing with Iran's nuclear programme, his ministry said on Tuesday.
Capital markets in Iran nuclear row firing line
Reuters: Global markets already live in fear of an escalation of the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions which could shake an already fragile world economy.
Video clip: Protest in Arak against Iran’s nuclear projects
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 28 – Residents of the central Iranian city of Arak, famous as the site of a heavy-water reactor the authorities are building, held a protest last week against the government's suspected nuclear weapons projects, Iran Focus has learnt.
Video clip: Protest in Arak against Iran’s nuclear projects
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 28 – Residents of the central Iranian city of Arak, famous as the site of a heavy-water reactor the authorities are building, held a protest last week against the government's suspected nuclear weapons projects, Iran Focus has learnt.
Iran orders jail for journalist over “lies”
Reuters: An Iranian court has sentenced the former head of a news agency to jail for publishing lies and also fined him, another news agency reported on Monday.
Iran’s c.bank sees no need to change rial rate policy
Reuters: Iran's central bank sees no need to change the country's managed floating exchange rate policy, media reported on Monday, after a minister said the government was studying strengthening the rial against the dollar.
Reliance resumes fuel supply to Iran – trade
Reuters: Indian refiner Reliance Industries has resumed fuel supplies to Iran from July after halting it in the last quarter of 2007 over credit issues, four trade sources familiar with the deal said.
