Iran News Roundup: June 26, 2012
South Korea to Halt Iran Oil Imports South Korea has announced it will be the first major Asian importer of Iranian oil to halt oil imports after a July 1st EU ban on insuring tankers carrying Iranian oil goes into effect. During the first five months of this year, South Korea imported about 192,000 barrels […]
Iran News Roundup: 18 June 2012
Talks Resume in Moscow In what Reuters calls a “nervous atmosphere,” talks between the P5+1 and Iran resumed today in Moscow. A western diplomat said, “Ashton is willing to stay in Moscow as long as it takes,” although the climate inside the meetings was “tense and tough,” according to another unnamed Western source (Al-Monitor 6/18; Reuters […]