AFP: A top European court rejected on Thursday a bid by an Iranian-owned bank to stop the EU freezing its assets under sanctions imposed against the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. EU court rejects Iran bank bid to avoid sanctions
AFP: A top European court rejected on Thursday a bid by an Iranian-owned bank to stop the EU freezing its assets under sanctions imposed against the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. US releases 5 Iranian officials
AP: U.S. forces on Thursday released five Iranian officials who were detained in January 2007 in northern Iraq on suspicion of aiding Shiite Iraqi militants, Iranian and Iraqi officials said. French envoy meets detained lecturer in Tehran prison
AFP: France's ambassador to Tehran on Thursday met a French woman lecturer who has been detained in Iran's notorious Evin prison on charges of espionage, a diplomatic source told AFP. Iran won’t back down “one step” in atom row
Reuters: Iran will not back down "even one step" over its nuclear work, a senior adviser to the country's top authority said in remarks published on Thursday, making clear Tehran's continued defiance in a row with the West. Iran ‘arrests prominent human rights lawyer’
AFP: Iran has arrested a founding member of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi's rights group amid a crackdown on critics following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election, a colleague told AFP on Thursday. G-8 deplores violence in Iran
AP: Group of Eight leaders said Wednesday that they deplored the violence in the aftermath of Iran's disputed election last month, but added they remained committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to Iran's contentious nuclear program. U.N. rights experts stress Iran concerns, seek visit
Reuters: United Nations human rights experts Wednesday sought permission to visit Iran and assess conditions there following the country's election unrest. Detained academic contacts French envoy in Iran
AFP: A French woman academic detained in Tehran's notorious Evin prison was able to contact the French ambassador in a brief telephone call on Wednesday, a diplomatic source told AFP. Barack Obamas deal puts pressure on Russia to help with Iran
The Times: It was clever of President Obama to tell Russia’s leaders that US missile defence in Europe was intended to counter a threat from Iran.
U.S. military chief says clock ticking on Iran nuke
Reuters: The top U.S. military officer warned on Tuesday that time is running out for dialogue with Tehran to avoid either a nuclear-armed Iran or a possible military strike against the Islamic Republic. 