Thursday, May 27, 2010

Eye On Iran: Iran and Russia Exchange Acerbic Barbs on Sanctions






























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NYT:
"Russia and Iran publicly traded barbs on Wednesday,
showing strains in their longstanding alliance because of Moscow's support for
a new set of American-backed sanctions over the Iranian nuclear program." http://nyti.ms/ckUIdd

AP: "Russia's foreign minister on Thursday brushed off
Iran's recent criticism as an emotional outburst and expressed frustration with
Tehran in the standoff over its nuclear program." http://bit.ly/aLDalj

WSJ: "China's Ministry of Commerce described as 'not true'
a report in The Wall Street Journal on April 3 that equipment used in enriching
uranium that reached Iran had been handled by a representative of a Chinese
company." http://bit.ly/cJISEd

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Bloomberg:
"Stricter United Nations sanctions against
Iran, backed by the U.S. to curtail the country's nuclear program, won't
succeed in isolating its Shiite Muslim rulers, a leading opposition figure
said." http://bit.ly/9G63wT

Forbes: "American companies worried about tighter
sanctions on Iran can breathe easy--at least for a few weeks. The top U.S. lawmakers putting the finishing
touches on a sanctions bill in Congress indicated Tuesday that it could be the
end of June before they send the final bill to President Obama's desk because
they'll let the United Nations' action on sanctions play out." http://bit.ly/a7RTIe

Reuters: "The United States has said Russia and China,
Iran's allies, had agreed to a draft resolution that would expand U.N.
sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt nuclear enrichment. Tehran has said its
nuclear work is peaceful. 'It will
create difficulties but it is not going to kill them,' Shokri Ghanem, the
chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation, said. 'We had sanctions for 20
years. What did it do to us? Not very much.'" http://bit.ly/a1q8Kg

Commerce

Daily Times: "Iran is expected to receive its first
shipment of gasoline from Turkey in at least 18 months in June, industry
sources said on Tuesday. The deal
followed an agreement concluded last week between Turkey and Brazil with Tehran
over a nuclear fuel swap designed to quell international fears over the Islamic
Republic's atomic ambitions and avert fresh sanctions. The gasoline shipment
arriving from Turkey is set to discharge in Iran by mid-June, two industry
sources said." http://bit.ly/dhozZr

Domestic Politics

Radio Farda: "Iran has been able to increase its
authority in recent months sufficiently to 'break the world record for
intelligence- and security-related work,' says a deputy interior minister for
political affairs, Seyed Solat Mortazavi." http://bit.ly/c9SJzP

Radio Farda: "Iranian news websites, including
khabaronline, are reporting that Iran's Intelligence Ministry is due to release
a documentary in the next few days 'to complete the removal of ambiguities
surrounding the murder of Neda Agha Soltan' and provide 'new evidence' about
the West's version of events." http://bit.ly/93ERT6

Opinion

WSJ Editorial Board: "When the Obama Administration last
week secured the Kremlin's support for U.N. sanctions on Iran, the White House touted
a big dividend from its 'reset' in relations with Russia. Now the price for
Moscow's cooperation is becoming clearer, and the only ones who should be
cheering are the Russians and Iranians." http://bit.ly/d3fxyW

Scott Peterson in CS Monitor: "But behind the usual
high-pitched pokes from Tehran, analysts say several Iranian actions signal a
serious desire to resolve the nuclear standoff - and perhaps even to find a
limited rapprochement with arch-enemy America." http://bit.ly/d8ioDl

Roger Cohen in NYT: "A year ago, in the weeks before the
tumultuous June 12 election, Iran was a nation of festive hope and vibrant
debate. Charges and counter-charges
filled the airwaves as large crowds, for and against President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, filled the streets. A late Green wave surged behind Mir Hussein
Moussavi, the opposition candidate." http://nyti.ms/a10Dl4

Hossein Aryan in Radio Farda: "Acting on orders from
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to counter the 'soft war' launched by
Iran's enemies after last year's disputed presidential election, the Basij
militia have beefed up their ideological indoctrination of schoolchildren." http://bit.ly/bcCl1b





















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