AFP: Iran has arrested Mehdi Khazali, the son of a prominent conservative cleric who has been fiercely critical of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an opposition website said.
Iran ‘arrests son of prominent conservative cleric’
FEATURE-Iran currency drop, strikes show unease over reforms
Reuters: In Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the vaulted alleys that normally ring to the hammers of goldsmiths, have been quiet recently; the doors of the gold merchants shut.
Iran faces fuel policy fears: IEA
AFP: Iranian energy policy is seriously constrained by several dilemmas over petrol rationing and concern about social unrest if fuel subsidies are reduced, the IEA said on Wednesday.
US: Ahmadinejad visit to Lebanon is “provocative”
Reuters: The White House said on Wednesday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon showed he was continuing his “provocative ways” while leading his country to economic distress and international sanctions.
Dollars are scarce in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 13 – From the Grapevine… Large numbers of Iranians have started to take funds out of their banks accounts to convert into US dollars. Long lines at foreign exchange retailers have become a common sight in recent days.
EU refutes Iran ‘inactive’ charge in nuclear talks
AFP: European Union Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton has received no written response from Tehran to offers to resume talks on its nuclear programme, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Iran to put on trial five ‘spies’: prosecutor
AFP: Iran will soon put on trial five people accused of spying for “enemies” on the Islamic republic’s defence, aerospace and cyber programmes, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Wednesday.
Iran arrests top reformist from banned party: report
AFP: Iran has arrested a top reformist from a banned political party which backed opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in last year’s presidential election, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Arrests of 2 Germans in Iran take on political overtones
New York Times: Germany and Iran faced off Tuesday over the case of two Germans arrested in Iran over the weekend while interviewing the son of a woman whose sentence to death by stoning raised an international uproar.
18 Guard members killed in Iran base blast Tuesday
AP: Iran’s state news agency says 18 members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard force were killed in Tuesday’s explosion at a military base in the country’s northwest.
