AFP: The US State Department has begun sending Twitter messages to Iranians in Farsi, alluding to the “historic role” social media have played in mass protests against Iran’s 2009 disputed presidential polls.
US sends Twitter messages to Iranians
Turkey’s Gul arrives in Iran on maiden trip
AFP: Abdullah Gul arrived in Tehran on Sunday on his first trip as Turkish president aimed at boosting economic and political ties with the Islamic republic.
Iran opens prosecutor’s office for media, culture
AP: Iran’s official news agency says the judiciary has set up a special prosecutor’s office for offenses related to media and culture.
Bomb attack survivor Iran’s new atomic chief
AFP: Iran has appointed nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi Davani, who survived a bomb attack in November, as the country’s new atomic chief, state television reported on its website on Sunday.
White House calls on Iran to allow rally
AFP: A senior White House official on Saturday criticized Iran’s refusal to let opponents of the regime hold a rally in support of Arab uprisings.
Iran hinders web searches before planned rally, sources say
CNN: Iranian authorities have blocked the word “Bahman” — the 11th month of the Persian calendar — from Internet searches within the country, according to an opposition website.
US: Iran scared of the will of its people
AFP: The United States pivoted from delight at Egypt’s revolt to hiking political pressure on arch-foe Iran Friday, charging that the leadership in Tehran was “scared of the will of its people.”
Iran, NKorea are Americans’ least favorite lands
AP: Americans are not too keen on Iran and North Korea, are all right with Canada and Britain, and are thinking better thoughts about France, according to Gallup’s annual World Affairs poll, released Friday.
Malware was aimed at five sites in Iran, report says
New York Times: The Stuxnet software worm repeatedly sought to infect five industrial facilities in Iran over a 10-month period, a new report says, in what could be a clue into how it might have infected the Iranian uranium enrichment complex at Natanz.
French PM calls for stronger sanctions on Iran
AFP: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon called in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for stronger sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme.
