Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 21

24-May-2010

Political Comment (24 May 2010)

Turkey and Brazil have brokered a deal under which Iran would swap low enriched uranium for reactor fuel in Turkey, but the agreement fails to deal with the issue of Iran's continuing uranium enrichment program, and the US has announced that the major powers have reached agreement on a draft UN resolution imposing fresh sanctions on Tehran. The results of Iraq's March parliamentary election remain unchanged...