New York Times – Editorial: Iran made a big show this week of inaugurating President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a stolen second term.
Iran’s show trial
US slaps penalty on DHL over shipments to Iran, Syria, Sudan
AFP: US authorities said Thursday they had imposed a 9.4 million dollar penalty on German express delivery company DHL over shipments to Iran, Syria and Sudan in alleged violation of sanctions. Press federation slams Iran’s “campaign of intimidation”
AFP: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Thursday slammed Iran's "campaign of intimidation" against the media after offices of the main press association in Tehran were raided and closed. Iran shuts down journalists’ association
Reuters: Iranian authorities have shut down a leading journalists' organization, members of the group said on Thursday, a move condemned by international press groups. Russia ready to commission radar watching Iran: report
Reuters: Russia will commission within the next three months a radar with the capacity to monitor rocket launches from the Middle East, including Iran, Interfax news agency said on Thursday. Iranian dissidents trapped in no man’s land
Washington Times: Most Americans have never heard of Camp Ashraf, but recent events at the refugee camp tell us why President Obama's foreign policy toward Iran is heading for a train wreck of catastrophic proportions. Protection demand
Washington Times: A bipartisan group of House members Wednesday criticized Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for failing to demand protection for Iranian dissidents attacked last week by Iraqi security forces in apparent violation of promises to U.S. authorities. EU shuns Ahmadinejad re-election
AP: The European Union will not send a traditional note of congratulations to Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on being sworn in to a second presidential term. Iraqis bar food for Iranian exiles-Swiss activists
Reuters: Iraqi authorities are blocking supplies of food and water going into a camp east of Baghdad where Iranian exiles have been living for over 20 years, Swiss- based human rights activists said on Wednesday. Obama spokesman withdraws Ahmadinejad ‘elected’ remark
AFP: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Wednesday withdrew his remark that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been "elected," saying Iranians still had questions about his disputed victory. 