AP: Iran’s official news agency, IRNA quotes Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear department, as saying machines which were earlier producing 20 percent enriched uranium will be engaged in producing low-level enriched uranium.
Iran says to produce more low-enriched uranium
Iran nuclear deal seen pushing Indian rice sellers to cut prices
Bloomberg: Rice exporters from India, the biggest supplier to Iran, may cut prices to retain market share as easing of sanctions on the Persian Gulf nation opens doors for increased supplies from Thailand and Pakistan, traders said.
UN women’s rights resolution passed despite backlash
AFP: A UN General Assembly committee has agreed a landmark first resolution on women’s rights defenders such as Malala Yousafzai. Iran, Russia, China and conservative Muslim states had sought to weaken the resolution passed by the assembly’s human rights committee.
Syria’s Assad hails Iran ‘resilience’ on nuclear deal
AFP: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hailed the “resilience” of Iran in striking a landmark nuclear deal with world powers, according to his Facebook page on Wednesday. The posting on Assad’s page said the deal was “the result of the Iranian people’s resilience”.
Iran says to continue building at Arak nuclear site despite deal
Reuters: Iran will pursue construction at the Arak heavy-water reactor, Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif was quoted as saying on Wednesday, despite a deal with world powers to shelve a project they fear could yield plutonium for atomic bombs.
Iran six-month nuclear freeze period not started
AFP: Iran’s six-month temporary rollback of its nuclear activities agreed to in the recent deal has not begun and the start date has not yet been set, a spokesman for world powers’ chief negotiator said Wednesday.
Iran deal gives UN more _ but not full _ overview
AP: The U.N. will probably not begin expanded inspections under last weekend’s Iranian nuclear deal until early next year, officials said Wednesday. Even then, they will be limited to sites the Iranians have confirmed and not those critics suspect may exist secretly.
Iran, US to open joint chamber of commerce
AFP: Iran and the United States are to establish a joint chamber of commerce within a month, with direct flights also planned, an Iranian official said Wednesday in a newspaper report. Flights would connect Kish Island in southwest Iran with New York, he said.
Iraq says no success tracing killers of Iranian dissidents
Reuters: “From the onset, the Iranian resistance had announced that the purported investigation by the government of Iraq has been devoid of any legitimacy and nowhere in the world would the culprit and suspect be in charge of investigation,” NCRI spokesman Shahin Gobadi said in a statement.
Crude traders skeptical Iran deal will bolster oil supplies
Bloomberg: Crude traders are skeptical that the accord loosening some economic sanctions against Iran in return for limiting nuclear work will lead to a surge in oil supply from what was once OPEC’s second-biggest producer.
