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India, the second biggest crude customer for Iran, may
cut its imports from the Islamic republic by half to secure a waiver
from the U.S. to continue with shipments, people familiar with the
matter said.
Iran is "categorically" rejecting a report by
U.N. experts which says al-Qaida's leaders in Iran "have grown
more prominent" and have been working with the extremist group's
top leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to influence events in Syria.
The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah movement said
Tuesday that U.S. sanctions against Iran and his Iran-backed group
will not have major effects on them and will not lead to regime
change in Tehran.
NUCLEAR DEAL & NUCLEAR PROGRAM
For the first time since he became Supreme Leader of
Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, described by Arab media as the supreme
leader of the regime, recognized what he considered as his mistake in
allowing Iran to join the nuclear negotiations a few years ago, which
led to the nuclear deal and the eradication of international
sanctions.
SANCTIONS, BUSINESS RISKS, & OTHER ECONOMIC NEWS
British group Quercus, an investor in renewable energy,
said Tuesday it will halt work on a major solar plant in Iran after
the country was hit by US economic sanctions. "Following the US
sanctions on Iran, we have decided to cease all activities in the
country, including our 600 MW (megawatt) project," Quercus chief
executive Diego Biasi said Tuesday in comments later confirmed by a
company spokesman.
South Korea imported 788,651 tonnes of crude oil from
Iran in July, down 43.5 percent from a year ago, preliminary data
from Korea Customs Service showed on Wednesday.
Iran will send its oil minister, Bijan Zanganeh, to a
September meeting of the monitoring committee overseeing OPEC's
supply accord with Russia and other allies, in another bid to
preserve the sanctions-hit country's crude market share.
Iranian Auto parts manufacturers says 450 thousand
workers in this industry are likely to lose their jobs as a result of
Iran's foreign currency crisis. At the same time, Iranian media
report that rising prices of foodstuff and cost of housing on a daily
basis make life harder for most Iranians.
Iran's health ministry spokesman has admitted that the
country is currently suffering from shortages of foreign-made
medications, but, insisted that "it can be overcome."
The United States is trying to make Iran surrender
through the imposition of sanctions, Iranian vice president Eshaq
Jahangiri said on Wednesday.
MISSILE PROGRAM
The United States is aware of the anti-ship missile
tests Iran conducted last week, said Commander Rebecca Rebarich, a
Pentagon spokeswoman.
PROTESTS & HUMAN RIGHTS
An Iranian Kurdish journalist who has been summoned for
questioning by Iran's security and judicial authorities twice this
year says he has been ordered to face a third round of questioning in
the coming days.
U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS & NEGOTIATIONS
The National Defense Authorization Act that US President
Donald Trump signed on Monday contained an unprecedented focus on
Iran as a threat to both the Middle East and US national
security.
Britain should support the US move instead of clutching
to the European idea that the flawed nuclear deal was a unique piece
of statecraft that has to be saved at all cost.
IRANIAN INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS
A treaty signed by Iran and the four other countries
bordering the Caspian Sea has been met with a skeptical reception
inside Iran, with some domestic critics saying Tehran appears to have
ceded a significant part of its claim to the Caspian. Iran, along
with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan, signed the
Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea on August 12 in the
port city of Aktau, Kazakhstan.
RUSSIA, SYRIA, ISRAEL, HEZBOLLAH, LEBANON & IRAN.
The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah, Sayyed
Hassan Nasrallah, said on Tuesday his group was stronger than ever
and would "very soon" celebrate victory in Syria, where it
has been fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad. Nasrallah was
speaking on live television to mark the anniversary of a 2006 war it
fought with Israel, which regards Iran as its biggest foe and
Hezbollah as the top threat on its borders.
IRAQ & IRAN
Iraq is reducing visa charges for Iranian pilgrims who
visit to mark a major religious occasion later this year.
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