Friday Links

AlterNet: What a War on Iran Might Look Like [photo essay]
AlterNet: Our Most Important Mission: Prevent War with Iran
International Herald Tribune: Kouchner says France will continue dialogue with Iran over nuclear program
AP: Tehran: Split Between Liberal, Hard-Line
Guardian: PM using troop pullout to distance himself from Bush, Iran claims

Economy:
The Economist: Parallel purposes
Forbes: Financiers Cold to Turkey’s Iran Gas Deal
Turquie Europeenne: Energy deal with Iran dominates Turkish PM’s agenda
The Wall Street Journal: Turkey to Finance Iran Gas Project Without Partners

Thursday Links

Time: My Dinner with Ahmadinejad (By Richard Stengel)
Boston Globe: How to build US-Iran relations (By Abbas Maleki and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi)
Washington Post: D.C. Area Iranians Criticize Reception Of Ahmadinejad
Washington Post: Iran Reformist Warns Democracy at Stake
Detroit free Press: Rival: It’s best to ignore Iran leader
The Salt Lake Tribune: The Bronx cheer: Columbia University welcomes Iran's president
New York Times: The ‘Crazies’ and Iran
Guardian: US, Russia Spar Over Iran’s Sanction
Independent Online South Africa: Iran’s Reformers have learned
TV New Zealand: Aust tells Iran to stop weapons supply
Tehran Times: French declarations on Iranian N-issue

Economy:
AFP: Iran warns India over Pakistan gas deal
AFP: Iran border closure costs Kurdish region a million a day: Iraq
Reuters: France's Total says decision on Iran LNG far off
Tehran Times: Iran Air to be privatized in 2008

Links

Iran:
BBC: Iranian firm brings cashmere jobs
UAE:
7Days: A Room with a view
Business Wire: The Uae Acts as a Trading Post
Khaleej Times: Dubai's economy to cushion UAE's diminishing oil reserves
Aviation:
AME: Are the (Persian) Gulf's skies becoming too crowded?
Aviation & Aerospace: Etihad to start flights between Abu Dhabi and Milan
IranMania: Ilyushin purchase planned: Iranian Minister

News Articles

USA Today: Iran's kayakers take crash course in America
IPS News: Plan Against Iran May Trigger Arms Race
Interfax: Iran may invest 100 mln euros in Belarus hydro plants
MehrNews: Iran Carpet Company to be Privatized

Some Articles

Washington Post: Blair on Iran
IRNA: Abducted Iranian Diplomat Released
President Ahmadinegad News Conference Today
Reuter: Interesting Summer!

Undersecretary Burns Testimony to Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Iran:

My notes: he got to be kidding on citizens’ exchange! Iranian students still have the most difficult time obtaining visa to go home and visit their families.