Reuters: An Iranian Baha’i missionary has been arrested in northern Iran for allegedly having an “illicit sexual relationship”, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Monday without giving a source.
Iran arrests Baha’i for “illicit” relations – report
Ahmadinejad voices doubts about 9/11 attacks
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned the accepted narrative of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, saying it was still not clear who was behind them.
Bahrain implicates Iran in plot to overthrow government
Daily Telegraph: Bahrain has indicated Iran was implicated in an alleged plot to overthrow its government after 23 prominent opposition leaders were charged with terrorism offences in the US-backed Gulf kingdom.
Iranian woman said to be lashed over photo
New York Times: A mix-up over a photograph led to a sentence of 99 lashes for the Iranian woman whose earlier death sentence by stoning from Iranian authorities caused an international outcry, a lawyer for the woman said Sunday.
Mubarak concerned over ‘new dangers’ in the Gulf
AFP: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Sunday he was concerned about “new dangers” in the Gulf, in an apparent allusion to Iran, whose nuclear ambitions concern numerous Arab countries.
French minister pledges to help save Iranian woman
AP: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he is willing to “do anything” to save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction and has offered to travel to the Iranian capital to plead her case.
U.A.E. studies impact of Iran sanctions
Wall Street Journal: The United Arab Emirates central bank is studying the economic impact of United Nations sanctions against Iran and has asked lenders in the U.A.E. to declare remittances sent to Iran on a monthly basis, bankers said Monday.
Hit on Iran would spell Israel’s ‘eradication’: Ahmadinejad
AFP: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any such action would result in Israel’s destruction.
Iran Guards deny siege on Iran opposition leader
AFP: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday denied they and Islamist militiamen had besieged opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s home, but urged that the cleric and “seditionists” like him be tried.
Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case “brutal”
AP: The Vatican is raising the possibility of a diplomatic effort to try to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned for adultery.
