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COMMENTARY
> Will the European Union apply its own sanctions on Iran?
> A new round of negotiations?
> Any chance of success?
MONTH IN REVIEW
> Foreign relations: Obama signs tough sanctions
> Iran-Europe: EU approves Iran sanctions; Iran bars UN weapons inspectors
> Domestic issues: Conservative Ayatollahs meet; Prison guards get death
sentence; Two days off for extreme heat; Nuclear scientist back in Iran;
Suicide
attacks in the southeast
> Key risks and signs: Foreign Affairs; Domestic issues: Political
infighting; Subsidy reform; Street protests
SPECIAL FEATURE
> KOA withdrawal: Retreat or strategy?
> Why is KOA being pushes?
> Too little security; Too much economy; Tension in the ranks; What next?
> KOA Profile: Fields of activity
OIL & GAS
> Oil sector news: Leader spells out consumption policies; Mirkazemi visits
Moscow; NIOC articles of association; Developments in South Pars phases
> Gas sector news: NICG articles of association; Iran-Azerbaijan import
negotiations; Trying to hit 20 year old goals; Coal instead of Gas; South Pars
gets
funds
> Table 1: South Pars expenditures and commissioning costs
> Electricity news: Co-operation with Pakistan? Feasibility study on power
exports; Iran-Kuwait electricity line; Electricity exports to northern Iraq
> Upstream project update: Azar and Changuleh EPS tender
> Table 2: Project tracker
> Table 3: South Pars update
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
> Foreign company news: Germany criticised over Iran; Sanctions to hit
Japanese firms
> Banking in brief: Central Bank sets shares; Keeping mum on OFS;
Circumventing sanctions; Egyptian bank to open Iran branch
> Table 4: Iranian banking system
> International trade: UAE shuts down trade with Iran
> Economic reports: Digital economy ranking; Single digit inflation
confirmed
> Controversy over Iran Khodro
> Economy in brief: Private-sector participation; Tupolev 154 banned;
Value-added tax to be
increased
IRAN DIARY
> Mottaki attends disarmament conference in Ashkhabad
> Iran to co-operate with Interpol says Mostafa Mohammad Najjar
> Mottaki attends D-8 in Abuja
> Canada called on human rights and supression of demonstrators
> Shahram Amiri back in Tehran after going missing in Saudi Arabia
> Blast kills 27 in Zahedan, and leaves 270 injured
> Mirkazemi meets Turkish counterpart to discuss business