AFP: Iranian police on Monday arrested demonstrators outside the newspaper offices of an opposition leader under fire over claims some election protesters were raped and tortured in custody, a witness said.

AP: The father of a French academic on trial in Iran said Monday he hopes she can come home within weeks as the government continued efforts to secure her unconditional release.

AFP: French researcher Clotilde Reiss, out of prison on bail after standing trial in Iran, was at the French embassy in Tehran on Monday awaiting a verdict on charges linked to the post-election unrest.

AFP: Iran's judiciary has banned defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi's reformist newspaper after it printed claims some election protesters were raped or tortured in custody.

Reuters: Iran began its third mass trial on Sunday of people accused of fomenting the unrest that erupted after the disputed June presidential election, Iranian media reported.

AFP: Iran will put on trial seven members of the banned Bahai religion on charges of spying for arch-foe Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Reuters: Iran's Supreme Leader appointed on Saturday Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani as the new head of the country's judiciary, state television reported.

Wall Street Journal: In a daring move, a group of former reformist lawmakers, now supporters of the opposition, have challenged whether the Islamic Republic's top man in power is fit to rule.