Iran
No sign election of Raisi as Iran’s president will derail efforts to restore nuclear deal
Now that they have presidency in the bag, hardliners may tolerate agreement with US that would give country sorely needed economic lift.
Raisi to be Iran's next president
Hardline cleric moves into unassailable lead in vote count.
TEHRAN BLOG: On election eve Iranians ask if regime has unwittingly engineered its own demise
Faced by vetted slate of candidates excluding top moderates, reform camp split by “Don’t vote” and “Vote for outsider” arguments.
Why Iranians won’t vote: new survey reveals massive political disenchantment
Findings from the Netherlands-based Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN) ahead of the Islamic Republic’s June 18 presidential election.
bneGREEN: IEA calls for $1 trillion of annual investment into clean energy in developing economies
Private finance is crucial if emerging economies are not to be left behind in the race to net zero, the IEA warns.
TEHRAN BLOG: Second presidential debate leaves country doubting itself
Most potential voters left scratching their heads.
TEHRAN BLOG: The outsider, Abdolnaser Hemmati
Little-known moderate grabs attention when his wife appears in state TV interview not wearing the expected chador. Might he spring a surprise in the presidential election?
Agreement to revive Iran nuclear deal ‘now not expected until August’
Hopes it could be in place ahead of June 18 Iranian presidential election may have been dashed.
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Iran’s supreme leader refuses president’s appeal to allow leading moderates to contest election
Stance of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei risks triggering a low turnout at the ballot box.
Iran’s election vetting body bars top moderates from running for presidency
Even hardline frontrunner Ebrahim Raisi appears to object to large number of disqualifications.
bneGREEN: GECF rejects IEA call to end upstream investment
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) has rejected the findings of the IEA report released last week, instead projecting that gas will increase its share in the global energy mix to 28% from 23% today.
bneGREEN: The EU’s Green Deal: Putting a carbon price on imports
The EU’s journey to net zero threatens a carbon price war with its trading partners
bneGREEN World needs immediate and massive deployment of green tech to fight climate change
World needs immediate and massive deployment of green tech to fight climate change, warns IEA in its latest report.
Signs mount Iran, US will seal nuclear deal revival within month
Negotiators agree to return to national capitals to receive final instructions on red lines before definitive round of talks.
China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway: Who is going to pay?
Kyrgyzstan is flogging its section of the would-be track, but how successfully?
LONG READ: The first thing the emerging middle classes of New Europe do is buy a better car
A middle class is emerging in New Europe but to get a handle on how far the process has gone and what the differences are between each country bne IntelliNews took a look at the icon of middle-class status: car ownership.
Armenia asks Moscow-led CSTO to respond to Azerbaijan’s ‘provocative troop incursions’
France’s president Macron and US congressman Schiff express support for Yerevan.
Azerbaijani forces 'advance 3 km into Armenia'
Armenian security council meets. Acting PM stresses there have been no exchanges of fire as Yerevan works to resolve situation peacefully.
Iran’s president hits out at vetting body’s tightening of criteria for election candidates
Guardian Council wields ultimate power in deciding who can stand. Anyone cleared to run must, for instance, be deemed sufficiently pious.
Outrage in Armenia as Azerbaijan’s Aliyev threatens force to secure land corridor
Analyst says comments meant for domestic audience as well and that there are no credible military threats to “back up rhetoric” reminiscent of “Saddam Hussein”.
