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Wall Street Journal: "Iran held the number-one
spot for the third consecutive year in the Basel AML Index, an annual
ranking of countries assessing their money laundering
risk... Iran's top ranking comes as the country tries to clean up
its banking system in a bid to win foreign investment following the
implementation in January of the nuclear agreement with global powers.
Companies are wary of re-entering the market, Risk & Compliance
Journal reported earlier this month, due in part to lingering concerns
about the country's anti-money laundering rules." http://t.uani.com/2a4xdYU
Reuters: "Imports of Iranian oil by
four major buyers in Asia in June jumped 47.1 percent from a year
ago to the highest level in more than four years, evidence
Tehran's aggressive moves to recoup market share, lost
under international sanctions, is paying off. Iran is
regaining market share at a faster pace than analysts had
projected since sanctions were lifted in January, helped by
securing more tankers through a temporary shipping insurance fix." http://t.uani.com/2aDkcDD
RFE/RL: "Iran's promotion of its
brand of Shi'ite Islam across the Middle East has been obvious for
decades, but such activities in Europe largely managed to fly under the
radar. But its Balkans-centered efforts have come under scrutiny
in recent years, leading to the arrest this week of an Iranian cleric
in Kosovo on charges of financing terrorism and money laundering
through a nominally nongovernmental organization he operates. Kosovar
authorities claim Hasan Azari Bejandi, charged on July 26, ran five
Shi'ite organizations with links to Tehran. Bejandi is the most
high-profile Iranian cleric to be arrested and charged in the
predominantly Muslim country, potentially cutting off a rare avenue of
influence for Tehran in Europe, where charities believed to be tied to
Iran also operate in Albania, Macedonia, and
Bosnia-Herzegovina... Iranian charities launched their activities
in Kosovo soon after the war ended in 1999. The organizations built
schools and mosques, but also brought with them a conservative brand of
Shi'ite Islam. The groups also spread anti-Western and anti-Semitic
propaganda, and are seen to be tied to Tehran's long-standing effort to
export its Islamic Revolution." http://t.uani.com/2ahgMdj
Sanctions Relief
Reuters: "Total's CFO says currently
lifting about 150,000 to 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian oil
from trading operations, which is going to its European
refineries. Says Total understands working in Iran has some risks
and will only do so if there is the appropriate reward." http://t.uani.com/2ahvW1V
Human Rights
Independent: "Men in Iran are wearing hijabs
in a display of solidarity with women across the country who are forced
to cover their heads in public... women are leading protests
against enforced hijab across the country and some have resorted to
shaving their hair in order to appear in public without wearing a
veil... Over the last week, a number of men have appeared in
photos wearing a hijab with their wife or female relative next to them
who have their hair uncovered. The images come in response to a
call by Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist and journalist living in
New York, who is urging men to support her campaign against enforced
hijab." http://t.uani.com/2ajh1Sd
RFE/RL: "A major reformist Iranian
daily has created controversy by altering an iconic image of a
prominent deceased cleric to remove a cigarette he was
holding... The doctoring job has cast attention on media
censorship in the Islamic republic, where publications face tough state
restrictions while at the same time practicing self-censorship in order
to prevent being shut down by the authorities." http://t.uani.com/2alMF21
Opinion & Analysis
NY Post Editorial: "Iran is re-stocking its
larder of American and other Western hostages, clearly convinced the
Obama administration won't dare make it an issue. Tehran this week
arrested yet another US citizen and plans to place him on trial -
though on what charges, it won't say... The State Department says
it's 'looking into' the latest arrest, which is pretty much all it can
do. Iran doesn't recognize dual citizenship, so won't even allow
consular visits to those being held. And Tehran knows full well by
now that President Obama will never do anything that might jeopardize
the nuclear deal on which he hopes to base his foreign-policy
legacy. Some analysts suggest the Revolutionary Guard is insisting
on the arrests in order to deter Western businessmen from visiting Iran
with investment cash. Funny: Getting such investment was supposedly
Tehran's major motive for accepting the deal's supposedly tough
restrictions on its nuclear-weapons program in the first
place. Since it's unwilling to confront Iran, all Team Obama can
do now is to warn US citizens to be careful - that, and downplay yet
another example of American impotence." http://t.uani.com/2ahhQh7
Stratfor: "Iran received its first
delivery of Russian-made S-300 air defense systems in May, and it is
getting ready to put them to use. Satellite imagery provided by
AllSource Analysis shows intensive construction underway at an air defense
base near Tehran to accommodate the systems. The layout of the new
construction at the base appears to be notably different from those of
existing air defense positions in Iran, and the base's location
indicates that it may not be a permanent S-300 station, but a training
facility... the facility will be crucial to Iran's efforts to overhaul
its largely outdated air defense infrastructure, including the S-300
systems from Russia, almost a decade after the initial signing of the
contract in 2007. Iran also is not wasting any time: A month ago, the
construction had not even begun. As more S-300 systems are delivered to
Iran throughout the year, construction will likely start at other
military facilities across the country to provide a permanent home for
the air defense batteries. Those locations will shed more light on
exactly how Iran intends to establish its air defense posture in
relation to its population centers, the Persian Gulf, and its
political, military and nuclear facilities." http://t.uani.com/2alNTKE
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