AUSZUG AKTUELLER MELDUNGEN ZUM THEMA IRAN AUS UNSEREM TÄGLICHEN NAHOST-NEWSLETTER…

Brandaktuell…
1. STERN.DE – Iran legt „Beweise“ zur angeblichen Entführung von Atomphysiker vor‎
  Der Iran hat von den USA erneut Angaben zum Verbleib eines iranischen Atomwissenschaftlers gefordert, der vor einem Jahr angeblich vom US-Geheimdienst …
  - Tages-Anzeiger Online – Iran «Beweise» zur angeblichen Entführung von Atomphysiker vor
2. TAZ – Machtkampf im Iran – Ahmadinedschad will Uni kontrollieren
  Irans Präsident Ahmadinedschad will den Vorstand der größten Bildungseinrichtung des Landes mit seinen Anhängern besetzen – und stößt dabei auf Widerstand.
  
  Studentenproteste in den USA (University of Minnesota Twin Cities). Foto: Eric James MPLS – Lizenz: CC-BY-SA
  BERLIN – Der Machtkampf innerhalb des herrschenden konservativen Lagers im Iran wird derzeit auf einem neuen Schauplatz ausgetragen: dem der Azad-Universität, der größten Bildungseinrichtung des Landes. Kürzlich versammelten sich rund zweihundert Demonstranten in Teheran vor dem Parlament mit der Forderung, die „unfähigen Abgeordneten“ hinauszuwerfen. „Das Parlament der Aristokraten ist eine Schande“, stand auf den Plakaten. Sicherheitskräfte unternahmen keinen Versuch, die angeblich spontane Demonstration aufzulösen.
  Aktueller Anlass für die Protestversammlung war ein Beschluss der Mehrheit der Abgeordneten, der eine vom Obersten Rat der Kulturrevolution beschlossene Satzungsänderung der Azad-Universität (Freie Universität) rückgängig machte.
3. JTA – Iran supplied Syria with radar, report claims
  (JTA) — Iran has supplied Syria with a sophisticated radar system that could provide an early warning of an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities, The Wall Street Journal reported.
  Thursday’s report, which cites Israeli and U.S. officials, says the new radar also could benefit the Iran-backed Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon and is believed to receive arms from Syria.
  If Syria shares its radar information with Hezbollah, it could increase the accuracy of the terrorist organization’s own missiles, according to the report.
  The radar system reportedly was transferred in mid-2009 and disclosed in recent months by two Israeli officials, two U.S. officials and a Western intelligence source, and confirmed Wednesday by the Israeli military, according to The Wall Street Journal. Iran and Syria have denied the transfer.
  Israeli and U.S. officials told the newspaper that improved radar capability would give Syria and Iran better visibility of Israeli airspace and provide early warning of an Israeli strike.
  Israel bombed an alleged nascent Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, reportedly after jamming Syria’s radar. During the second Hezbollah war in 2006, Israeli planes flew in Lebanese airspace unimpeded, The Wall Street Journal quoted an Israeli pilot as saying. The pilot said he believes it will not be like that in a future war.
  - IKG – Israelische Kreise: Iran lieferte Radar-System an Syrien – Laut Bericht des „Wall Street Journal“
4. HA’ARETZ – Iran to halt 20 per cent enrichment if uranium swap implemented
  Parliament’s foreign policy chief says Iran willing to renegotiate fuel export agreement if UN drops sanctions
Zum Thema „Iranische Handelsbeziehungen und Wirtschaft“…
1. YNET – Iran gains $9B in currency reserve shift – Central bank governor says Tehran’s foreign currency reserves ’suitable‘
  Iran’s state TV quotes the country’s central bank governor as saying Tehran has gained the equivalent of $9 billion dollars by shifting its foreign currency reserves to euros and selling gold.
  Mahmoud Bahmani on Monday described Iran’s foreign currency reserves as very „suitable,“ but did not provide a figure or qualify over what period of time the currency transactions took place.
  The euro has been losing ground against the dollar amid concerns that Greece’s debt crisis could spill over to other euro zone countries. Gold, meanwhile, has been steadily increasing.
  Iran said last year it would shift its currency reserves from the dollar to the euro, as the US pushed to boost sanctions against the country over its controversial nuclear program.
Zum Thema „Menschenrechtslage“…
1. JP – Iranian woman faces death by stoning – Woman’s lovers accused of murdering her husband.
  An Iranian woman convicted of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning. If carried out the sentence would be the first known stoning to take place in the Islamic Republic in years.
  Sakineh Mohamamadi e Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, was accused of having extramarital relations with two men who ended up killing her husband.
  Infidelity is illegal in Iran, and usually punished with lashes and prison time. While the Iranian penal code allows for the death sentence in infidelity cases, execution by stoning is rare.
  The case, first leaked to Radio Farda by women’s rights activist Soheila Vahdati, began in 2005 when Ashtiani was arrested for having „illicit relationships.“ She was convicted by a local court a year later and sentenced to 99 lashes and an unknown amount of time in prison, where she has remained since.
  Following the original case, however, Ashtiani and her boyfriends were accused of murdering her husband. Ashtiani was convicted and sentenced to death by stoning.
  She has denied any wrongdoing but reportedly asked local authorities for a pardon, stating simply „If I have done any wrong, I repent.“ The request for clemency was denied.
  Mina Ahadi, an advocate for the International Committee Against Stoning, said the family has no news as to the status of the case.
1. TAGESANZEIGER –
  Obama unterschreibt hartes Gesetz mit Iran-Sanktionen
  Die US-Regierung hat neue Sanktionen in Kraft gesetzt, um den Iran zur Aufgabe seines Atomprogramms zu zwingen. Das Land soll «in seinem Herz» getroffen werden, so Obama.
  
  Unterzeichnet: Obamas neues Iran-Gesetz. – Bild: Keystone
  US-Präsident Barack Obama unterzeichnete am Donnerstagabend (Ortszeit) im Weissen Haus ein Gesetz, das vor allem die Finanzbranche und den Energiesektor betrifft. Zugleich drohte er Teheran, der Druck werde weiter steigen, wenn es an seinem Nuklearprogramm festhalte. Die USA und die internationale Gemeinschaft seien entschlossen, Iran von der Beschaffung von Atomwaffen abzuhalten.
  Zusammen mit anderen Sanktionen sollten die US-Strafmassnahmen die Fähigkeit der iranischen Regierung, ihr Atomprogramm zu finanzieren und zu entwickeln, «ins Herz treffen», sagte Obama laut einer vorab veröffentlichten Erklärung bei der Unterzeichnung.
  Benzin-Boykott
  Die neuen Sanktionen stellen ausländische Unternehmen vor die Wahl, ob sie mit dem Iran oder lieber mit den USA Geschäfte machen wollen. So werden Firmen vom US-Markt ausgeschlossen, die den Iran mit Erdölerzeugnissen wie Benzin für Autos und Flugzeuge versorgen.
  Strafmassnahmen drohen auch Firmen, die in den iranischen Energiesektor investieren, eingeschlossen sind ausländische Unternehmen, die bei der Finanzierung, mit Versicherungen oder beim Transport behilflich sind.
  1. SPIEGEL – Obama setzt neue Iran-Sanktionen in Kraft
    Washington will Teheran zwingen, sein Atomprogramm aufzugeben. Mit der Unterschrift von US-Präsident Obama ist nun ein Gesetz in Kraft getreten, das schärfe Sanktionen vorsieht. Die Strafmaßnahmen sollen die iranische Regierung „ins Herz treffen“.
  2. JP – Ahmadinejad scoffs at US sanctions
    Iranian president says new measures won’t stop nuclear program.
    - General-Anzeiger – US-Sanktionen gegen Teheran: Folgerichtig‎
2. YNET – Ayatollahs left all alone – Iran shocked to see American, European chokehold on Tehran’s economy
  The stunned Iran cannot believe it’s happening: The worst nightmare for the Ayatollah regime is taking shape right before its eyes, in the form of a complete chokehold on Iran’s economy within a few months. Iran’s soft underbelly is in the sights – oil and gas. The arrogant Ahmadinejad thought this day shall never come, yet the „higher power“ that guides him, in his view, apparently no longer works.
  The US and Europe have decided to suffocate Iran’s economy, no less. This is no longer about playing games here and there or about lukewarm sanctions against Iranian companies here and there. This time, the target is the whole Iranian economy. For Israel and most Arab states, there could be no greater success: The state behind everything that destabilized the Middle East is being threatened with collapse.
  At the end of June, the US Congress and Senate approved by a large majority a law banning global companies engaged in ties with Iran’s oil and gas industry from coming into the US. This is a comprehensive and strict law that will dry up Iran as it dried up Cuba. Once the law goes into effect, anyone in the most sensitive industry for the Iranians who goes into Iran will not be allowed to go into the US. (While Iran exports oil, it must import refined oil for cars and planes, and therefore its dependence on the world is high.)
3. YNET – Iran: Sanctions do not ban S-300 Russian missiles
  Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says deal for supply of sophisticated air defense missiles concluded before fresh UN sanctions approved
  A senior Iranian official says new UN sanctions would not prevent Russia from delivering sophisticated air defense missiles to Iran as agreed under a 2007 contract.
  Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the contract for delivery of the powerful S-300 air defense missiles to Iran was concluded before the UN Security Council approved new sanctions earlier this month and therefore had „nothing to do“ with the resolution.
  Speaking to reporters in Damascus Thursday, Larijani said there were some „fluctuations“ in Russia’s position toward Iran. He said UN sanctions would affect his country „very little.“ The new sanctions concern Iran’s nuclear program.
  Russia signed a deal to sell the missiles in 2007 but has delayed their delivery.
Internationale Reaktionen (z.B. Sanktionen) und iranische Gegenreaktionen…
MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Our Mission Is to Rescue the American People from Its „Non-Democratic Bullying Administration“

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MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iranian Website Calls For Trade Boycott With Saudi Arabia
The Iranian website Tabnak assesses that the background to Saudi King Abdallah’s statements to President Obama that sanctions would not be effective against Iran has more to do with Saudi Arabia’s fear of the rise of the Shi’ites strength than it does with fear of a nuclear Iran (see Iranian Daily Attacks Saudi King).
MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Warning About Iran Building Nuclear Reactor On Basra Border

The Gulf Studies Center has warned of the risks of Iran’s plan to build a nuclear reactor close its border with the Province of Basra (southern Iraq), because of the negative political and environmental consequences.
Source: Al-Sumaria.tv, July 1, 2010
MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iranian Daily: Afghanistan – A Second Vietnam For U.S.
The Iranian daily Jomhouri-e Eslami stated that Washington’s possible negotiations with extremist Taliban leader in Afghanistan Mullah Omar, as hinted at by U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, would constitute a retreat from the declared U.S. policy and another political failure for the U.S.
MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iranian Daily Attacks Saudi King
The Iranian daily Ebtekar states that the doubts voiced by Saudi King Abdallah to President Obama regarding the effectiveness of the sanctions on Iran were evidence of his desire to sow Iranophobia, presenting Iran as a dangerous state working towards obtaining a nuclear bomb (see Saudi Arabia Doubts Effectiveness Of Iran Sanctions).