TEHERAN: A usually reliable Iranian source said on Friday [June 15] that the Iranian Government was considering stopping all oil supplies to British tankers if the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company does not give a satisfactory reply to Iranian demands for … 75 per cent of all oil revenues since the nationalisation of the industry. The Iranian Government has made Tuesday the dead-line for a reply to their Thursday’s demand. The source said if a satisfactory reply was not handed … by Tuesday evening all petrol and oil deliveres to British tankers might be stopped on Wednesday.
No firm decision has yet been taken by the Iranian Government, the source added, but the stoppage order is … under “active consideration”.
[Meanwhile, according to news agencies in Karachi,] Cool showers are expected to greet the heat-burn citizens of [the city] by the end of this month. The Federal Capital, which was the second hottest town in Pakistan on Friday [June 15] had a comparatively cooler atmosphere on Saturday when the mercury dropped down to 102 degrees Fahrenheit. The weather prophets said though the heat wave had spent its force, dry weather would prevail during the next five days. The nights would, however, be cloudy… .
Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2026