Reuters: The editor of Iran’s leading pro-reform newspaper, Sharq, and two senior journalists have been arrested a few months after the daily reappeared following a three-year ban, opposition websites reported on Wednesday.
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Ahmadinejad sets nuclear red lines for January talks
Reuters: Iran is prepared to discuss a possible nuclear fuel swap at talks that resume next month, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, but he ruled out any slowdown of its atomic program.
Student protests in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 07 – From the Grapevine… A day before Students Day (7 December), hundreds of students staged a protest at International University in Qazvin (140km west of Tehran), chanting “Death to the Dictator,” “We will die, but will not accept humiliation.”
Iran will not discuss atom enrichment at next talks
Reuters: Iran and major powers agreed on Tuesday to meet again next month in their dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but the chief Iranian negotiator said there could be no discussion of any halt to uranium enrichment.
Iran shuts down News Corp. television office, arrests 4 employees
Fox News: Iran has shut down an office of television channel Farsi1, owned by News Corp. and Moby Group, and arrested at least four employees for “anti-revolutionary” activity, the Tehran prosecutor was quoted as saying Tuesday.
Gulf states urge Iran to be ‘positive’ on nuclear talks
AFP: Gulf Arab leaders meeting in Abu Dhabi appealed on Tuesday to Iran to “respond positively” to talks with world powers about the Islamic republic’s contentious nuclear programme.
Iran’s divorce rate stirs fears of society in crisis
New York Times: The wedding nearly 1,400 years ago of Imam Ali, Shiite Islam’s most revered figure, and Fatemeh al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is commemorated in Iran’s packed political calendar as a day to celebrate family values.
Iran’s capital city hit by heavy pollution
Washington Post: The Iranian capital is experiencing what officials say is the worst pollution in its history, prompting the government to shutter offices and consider placing air purifiers across the city as it seeks to combat the brown blanket of smog.
Iran talks were difficult: U.S. official
Reuters: Talks between six major powers and Iran over its nuclear program were “difficult and candid” but must lead to practical steps by Tehran to assuage global concerns, a senior U.S. administration official said Tuesday.
Iran considers release of German reporters
Reuters: Iran is considering a request from Germany to free two journalists who were arrested as they were interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
