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AP: "The EU on Tuesday banned most of Iran Air's jets
from flying to Europe because of safety concerns, emphasizing that the move was
not related to U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. The 27-nation bloc also relaxed restrictions
on two airlines from Indonesia and put a Suriname airline on its blacklist of
carriers the EU believes do not meet international safety standards." http://bit.ly/9TJduG
WP: "Inspections of Iranian vessels by the United States
and its allies in accordance with a new U.N. sanctions regime could worsen
tensions in the Persian Gulf, Iranian leaders and commanders have warned in
recent days." http://bit.ly/95Nb6y
Dow Jones: "BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) has instructed its European
operations not to refuel Iranian airlines after U.S. President Barack Obama
signed sanctions targeting Iran's gasoline supplies, people familiar with the
matter said Monday. The ban by one of
Europe's largest aviation fuel suppliers comes as Iranian media said airports
in the U.K., Germany and the United Arab Emirates had refused to refuel Iranian
passenger jets." http://bit.ly/bQmVNw
Nuclear Program
Reuters: "Sanctions imposed on Iran over the past four
years are having a direct impact on its nuclear program and causing widespread
bank liquidity problems, according to an exiled Iranian opposition group." http://bit.ly/9hdya6
AP: "Iran said in a letter to the European Union that
it's ready for talks on the country's nuclear program but that the EU must
first guarantee there would be no threats against Tehran, state TV reported on
Tuesday. The TV said the letter was sent
by Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, to EU's foreign policy chief,
Catherine Ashton, detailing Tehran's conditions for the talks." http://bit.ly/brmyd3
AP: "China said Tuesday that the United States and other
countries should not expand on the latest U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran over
its nuclear program. China did not
exercise its veto power last month when the U.N. Security Council approved
sanctions that target Iran's Revolutionary Guard, ballistic missiles and
nuclear-related investments." http://bit.ly/aRz5UD
AFP: "Iran, OPEC's second largest oil exporter, has
discovered two new natural gas fields, Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi announced
on Monday. The combined gas reserves of
the two fields amount to around 800 billion cubic metres (28 trillion cubic
feet), he told reporters." http://bit.ly/bkcK1B
Human Rights
LAT: "A quiet battle is being waged on the streets of
Tehran between opposition activists and authorities in preparation for the
anniversary this Thursday of the student protests of 1999, which is
commemorated yearly and which was, before last year's disputed presidential
election, the largest outpouring of antigovernment sentiment since the 1979
Islamic revolution." http://bit.ly/a4yD0C
Radio Farda: "A former Iranian parliament deputy has
called for the government to examine its handling of an investigation into
abuse at a Tehran prison, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. Ali Akbar Mosavi Khoeni spoke to Radio Farda
on July 1 about the case at Kehrizak prison, the site of the alleged abuse of
hundreds of protesters arrested in the aftermath of Iran's disputed
presidential election in June 2009." http://bit.ly/9kPVHV
Radio Farda: "Iran has unveiled haircuts that according
to officials are in line with Iranian and Islamic principles. The new haircut models approved by Iran's
Culture Ministry are aimed at preventing haircuts deemed 'Western' among
Iranian youth. Barbers and men with haircuts
considered 'Western' and fashionable have been warned in recent years." http://bit.ly/a5ehxS
Domestic Politics
AP: "Iranian helicopters scattered flowers into the
Persian Gulf waters on Saturday as family members and relatives remembered the
290 passengers killed when a U.S. warship shot down an Iranian airliner 22
years ago. About 250 relatives of
victims and officials sailed from the southern port city of Bandar Abbas to the
spot where the Iran Air A300 Airbus was downed on July 3, 1988 - just a month
before the end of the Iraq-Iran war." http://bit.ly/bdklq7
Reuters: "Iran's inflation level fell to 9.4% in June
from 9.9% in the previous month, its central bank governor said Saturday,
according to a Reuters report. Mahmoud Bahmani told state broadcaster IRIB that
Iran aimed to bring inflation down to between 4% and 5%, but he didn't give a
time frame." http://bit.ly/cu5rQG
Opinion
NYT Editorial Board: "The legislation, which President
Obama signed into law on Thursday, is part of an intensifying international
campaign to pressure Tehran into abandoning its illicit nuclear program - a
goal we strongly support. Extraterritorial sanctions are always problematic.
They can open American companies to retaliation and provoke a political
backlash." http://nyti.ms/cw7Kg3
Meir Javedanfar in Real Clear World: "Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suddenly found himself reassessing his
government's burgeoning ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran - and sooner
than expected. One of the reasons Turkey
agreed to Iran's demands and voted against new UN Sanctions was because the
Iranian government promised that it would continue to negotiate with the West.
However, it did not take long for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to break his
promise." http://bit.ly/9kivv0
Yoel Guzansky in The Jerusalem Post: "To attack or not to
attack Iran? That is the question - or rather, one of the questions - asked as
part of a "global attitudes survey" conducted by the Pew Research Institute in
Washington. And the results? Surprising, especially with respect to attitudes
toward Iran and its nuclear program. The
survey canvassed 22 countries, was conducted in the mother tongue of the
respondents, and included relatively large sample groups. Eight out of 10
Germans, seven out of 10 Frenchmen and six out of 10 Britons hold negative
views about Iran." http://bit.ly/c7zosq
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