AFP: US hiker Sarah Shourd, freed on bail last year, has been summoned for trial in Iran along with her two American friends who remain in custody, the prosecutor general said on Monday.
Freed US hiker summoned for Iran trial: prosecutor
Egyptian protests inspire opposition in Iran
Wall Street Journal: Egypt’s uprising has captivated the Arab world, but in Iran—fresh from its own outpouring of antigovernment unrest—backers of the regime and supporters of the beleaguered opposition are competing for credit for inspiring the demonstrations in Cairo.
Nigeria trial of alleged Iran arms shipper postponed
Reuters: The trial in Nigeria of an alleged member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards over an arms shipment seized last year in the West African country has been postponed until later this week, lawyers said on Monday.
Iran’s weapons smuggling ring
Wall Street Journal Europe: Tehran’s attempt to arm Islamists in West Africa has intensified the regime’s diplomatic isolation.
EU parliament chief denounces Iran’s hanging of Dutch woman
AFP: President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek on Sunday denounced Iran’s hanging of a Iranian-Dutch woman arrested after anti-government protests in 2009 then convicted of drug trafficking.
Germany urges Iran to free two journalists
AFP: Germany on Sunday urged Iran to immediately release two journalists arrested for covering the case of a woman whose sentence to death by stoning provoked international condemnation.
More news websites blocked in Iran
Reuters: Iranians have found their access to major news websites even more restricted than usual as more foreign sites were blocked by a government filter, Reuters witnesses observed on Monday.
Iran could have nuclear weapon by 2012: Britain
Reuters: Western powers should work on the assumption that Iran could have a nuclear weapon by next year and an Israeli intelligence assessment of 2015 could be over-optimistic, British Defense Secretary Liam Fox said on Monday.
Iran arrests ‘hundreds’ in suspected scam: reports
AFP: Iranian police have arrested hundreds of people allegedly involved in running a pyramid scheme in an operation in the west of the capital, media reports said on Sunday.
Iran MPs back Ahmadinejad ally as foreign minister
Reuters: Iran’s parliament on Sunday narrowly approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s choice of Ali Akbar Salehi as foreign minister after his predecessor was abruptly sacked during an official visit to Africa last year.
