AFP: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Friday called on Iran to release French student Clotilde Reiss, saying Tehran's accusation against her of spying "doesn't hold up."

Washington Post: Thousands of anti-government demonstrators were attacked with batons and tear gas by security forces Thursday as they tried to gather around Tehran University for the first protests in about two weeks, defying warnings from the authorities that they would crush any demonstrations.

New York Times: Thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran on Thursday, clapping, chanting, almost mocking the authorities as they once again turned out in large numbers in defiance of the government’s threat to crush their protests with violence.

AP: The family of an Iranian-American scholar says he has been arrested by Iranian authorities for the second time in two years.

The Guardian: The son of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has taken control of the militia being used to crush the protest movement, according to a senior Iranian source.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 09 – Thousands of residents of Tehran clashed on Thursday with state security forces who tried to break up a rally to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9 July 1999 student-led nationwide uprising.

AFP: US President Barack Obama expressed solidarity with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over the "unacceptable" jailing by Iran of a British embassy employee, their governments said Thursday.

AFP: A unilateral attack by Israel against Iran to thwart the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions would be an "absolute catastrophe", French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Thursday.