UN Security Council (UNSC)
COMMENTARY
> In the ring for another round: UN approves more sanctions
MONTH IN REVIEW
> Foreign relations: France ready for Iran talks; US hikers meet mothers
in
Tehran; Iran and Russia at loggerheads
> Nuclear issues: UNSC passes fourth round of sanction, Obama's letter to
Lula; Iran-Turkey-Brazil fuel swap
> Domestic issues: Tehran mayor meets Grand Ayatollahs; At odds over hijab
campaign; Parliamentary infighting heats up
> Key risks and signs: Foreign sanctions; Subsidy reform; Street protests
SPECIAL FEATURE
> Interview with Mohammad Foruzandeh reveals him as a real threat 'to
investment and exports'
> Profile: Mohammad Forouzandeh
OIL & GAS
> Oil sector news: Alireza Zeighami is new managing director of NIORDC;
NIOC's new articles
of association; Energy Fund credits $16bililon to NIOC and NIORDC
> Gas sector news: NIGEC becomes a unit of NIGC; KOA gets $10 billion in
projects; Government needs $8.5 billion investment to complete projects in gas
sector
> Table 1: Allocations for gas projects
> Gas export update: No Iranian gas for E.ON; Export deal with Pakistan;
Gas
agreement with Turkmenistan
> Pipeline news: Direct gas pipeline to Europe; Iran–Iraq working group;
Iran–Azerbaijan pipeline flows again
> LNG news: Shipping company, power plant; Negotiations with
Asian,European
corporations; Terminals launched in Persian Gulf
> Electricity in brief: Exporting excess electricity; Increase in
electricity
swaps; Georgia to export
electricity to Iran
> Table 2: Upstream project update; Investing in North Pars;Developing
Forouzan > Table 3: Project tracker; Azar and Changuleh oil fields, Jofeyr
oil
field; North Azadegan oil field
> Table 4: South Pars update; North Pars; Golshan & Ferdowsi
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
> Economic update: Iran and Brazil boost economic relations; Iran to
increase
trade with China; Inflation figures
> Banking briefs: CBI denies report on selling reserves; IC Bank opens
Tehran
branch; Investment fund for Iranian diaspora
> Unemployment news: Nebulous figures; jobless in Assalouyeh
> Petrol at the pump, semi-subsidised petrol through smart fuel cards
IRAN DIARY
> Ahmadinejad stresses close ties between Iran and India
> Ali Larijani and Jasim al-Kharafi, sign an MoU on promotion of
parliamentary ties
> Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appoints Brigadier-General Akbar Ebrahim-Zadeh as
new deputy chief of staff of Armed Forces for Basij
> Ali Larijani reinstated as Speaker of the Iranian Parliament for another
term
> Iran defensive on human rights
> Abdulmalek Rigi hanged
> UN nuclear inspectors banned
> Mottaki meets Nigerian envoy