AFP: Iranian police waded into a crowd of mourners at a memorial service for dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in Isfahan Wednesday, beating women and children and firing tear gas, an opposition website reported.

Reuters: Iranian security forces clashed with supporters of the opposition in the central city of Isfahan and "many" demonstrators were injured, the pro-reform Jaras website reported.

The Times: Osama bin Laden’s closest relatives are living in a secret compound in Iran, members of the family said last night. They include a wife and children who disappeared from his Afghan camp at the time of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

Reuters: Iranian police shot dead two gunmen among a group of attackers who tried to rescue two convicted bank robbers from imminent execution in a southeastern Iranian town, a news agency reported on Wednesday.

The Times: Iran has emerged as the victor in secret war games that simulated an Israeli attack on one of its nuclear facilities.

AFP: Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was dismissed on Tuesday from his last remaining government position as president of the Academy of Art, the Fars news agency reported.

Reuters: A hardline aide to Iran's supreme leader accused the opposition on Tuesday of using the funeral of a dissident cleric to stir up "chaos" in a bid to undermine the Islamic Republic's ruling establishment.

AP: Three Americans arrested in July after crossing into Iran from neighboring Iraq are still under investigation, a prosecutor said Tuesday as he underlined Tehran's concern about 11 Iranians it says are being held in the U.S.

AFP: China and France share identical views on the Iranian nuclear issue and on Afghanistan, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday following talks with China's top leaders.