World Press on Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus (June 10, 2011)

The Washington Post reported that an OPEC report suggests that world demand for its oil is outstripping the present supply. The report was published Friday, two days after an OPEC meeting ended in disarray, with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf members unable to push through demands to lift production ceilings. OPEC members opposed were led by Iran. The monthly demand forecast from the Organization of The Petroleum Exporting Countries says estimated OPEC crude production last month averaged 28.97 million barrels a day. It also says that demand this year for OPEC oil is expected to average a daily 29.9 million barrels.

The Turkish information agency Hurriyet published the article headlined “Initial Anonymous attack on Turkish institutions fails.” It says that Internet hacking and activist group Anonymous appeared unsuccessful in their initial online attack Thursday against Turkish institutions that condone Internet filtering as three of its members were arrested Friday in Spain. Anonymous had earlier issued a statement "warning" the Turkish government that it should stop its acts of Internet censorship which, according to the group, were "in violation of basic right and freedoms." The launched distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks on Thursday at 6 p.m., attempting to render the Turkish Telecommunications Directorate, or TİB, website inaccessible.

“Iran to take legal move on EU sanctions” is an article published by Press TV. It says that Iran is taking legal actions at European courts over the European Union's (EU) unilateral sanctions levied against the Islamic Republic, says a senior official at the Iranian presidential office. So far, 20 complaints have been filed at the European courts of law over the EU sanctions against Tehran for its civilian nuclear program. Referring to cases of human rights violations resulting from the EU restrictions on Iran, Ja'afarzadeh said Tehran is also taking drastic measures to follow up the matter at both national and international levels, and expressed optimism that the efforts “will bear fruit in the near future.”

The same agency reported that Iran has criticized a resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reporting Syria's nuclear case to the UN Security Council, saying the agency faces a “legitimacy crisis.” The resolution was passed on Thursday by 17 votes to 6, with 11 abstentions and an absent member to refer Syria to the Security Council over allegations that it built a nuclear reactor that was destroyed in 2007 by Israel. Soltanieh added that there is a need to change the structure of the agency's Board of Governors.