Los Angeles Times: Iran's hard-line president Friday demanded the prosecution of top opposition leaders, raising the political temperature anew just a day and a half after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sought to cool tensions in a conciliatory speech. Iran’s Ahmadinejad urges prosecution of opposition leaders
Los Angeles Times: Iran's hard-line president Friday demanded the prosecution of top opposition leaders, raising the political temperature anew just a day and a half after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sought to cool tensions in a conciliatory speech. UAE reports ship seizure with NKorea arms for Iran
AP: The United Arab Emirates has seized a cargo ship bound for Iran with a cache of banned rocket-propelled grenades and other arms from North Korea, the first such seizure since sanctions against North Korea were ramped up, diplomats and officials told The Associated Press on Friday. German lawmakers act on behalf of Ashraf
UPI: A group of German lawmakers has urged Chancellor Angela Merkel to act on behalf of Iranian dissidents exiled in Iraq. Report shows Iran expands nuclear program-W.House
Reuters: The latest report on Iran's nuclear activities by the International Atomic Energy Agency shows Tehran continues to defy the international community and expand its nuclear program, an Obama administration official said on Friday. Iran is continuing uranium enrichment, UN watchdog agency says
Bloomberg: Iran is continuing to enrich uranium and has failed to address key nuclear issues raised by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, the agency said in a report. UN: Questions about military aspects on Iran nukes
AP: The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency is pressing Iran to answer lingering questions about "possible military dimensions" to Tehran's suspect nuclear program. Iran president wants opposition leaders punished
Reuters: Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday called for the prosecution and punishment of the leaders of unrest that erupted after his disputed June re-election. France and Germany warn of new Iran sanctions
New York Times: On the eve of the release of a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France have threatened tough new sanctions if Iran does not demonstrate a willingness to negotiate on its nuclear program. From a besieged camp
Washington Times: I've lived in a state-controlled country, in which one is careful what one says for fear of "disappearing."
Iran’s Rafsanjani accuses head of president’s office of conspiracy
DPA: Former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani accused the head of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's office of conspiring against Iran's leadership, the labour news agency ILNA reported Thursday.
