al collapsed because of opposition from Khamenei, who apparently is now ready to bargain. Jalili struck the same upbeat tone in comments printed in the Tehran Times. "We witnessed progress," he said, explaining that the supreme leader's religious edict renouncing nuclear weapons "created an opportunity for con

ercent and oil exports have dropped from 2.5 million barrels a day to about 1.5 mbd, Iran is not on the verge of an internal crisis. According to the Tehran Times, Iran's Ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee, told a press conference in New York on June 30, the day before the new sanctions were scheduled to