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GENEVA, July 14 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator called on Tuesday for an immediate lifting of sanctions and "unilateral coercive measures" on Iran that he said had hurt the Iranian people's right to food, health and development.

BRASILIA, July 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian police carried out their first search and seizure operations involving politicians suspected of taking bribes in a scandal involving state-run oil firm Petrobras on Tuesday, local media and prosecutors said.

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told lawmakers on Tuesday the Iran nuclear deal "is worthy of support," two U.S. congressmen said.

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi King Salman and European allies about the Iran nuclear deal, U.S. officials told reporters on Tuesday.

ABUJA, July 14 (Reuters) - The four grey towers that form the headquarters of Nigeria's state oil company in the dusty capital, Abuja, feature tinted windows as opaque as the organisation inside, accused of failing to account for tens of billions of dollars.

DUBAI, July 14 (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday a nuclear deal with major powers would open a new chapter of cooperation with the outside world after years of sanctions, predicting the "win-win" result would gradually eliminate mutual mistrust.

VIENNA, July 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he does not expect the U.S. Congress to definitively reject the nuclear deal reached by Iran and six major powers on Tuesday.

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own.--

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