AP: The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national security."

Reuters: Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a rival of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said on Saturday that post-election events had caused "bitterness," but denied there was a power struggle in the Islamic state.

New York Times: Iranian leaders say they have obtained confessions from top reformist officials that they plotted to bring down the government with a “velvet” revolution.

Reuters: Brazil's state oil company Petrobras expects exploration of an Iranian block will yield disappointing results, a company director said on Friday, adding another Iranian block has shown similarly dim prospects.

AFP: Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday he was "urgently seeking clarification" of Iran's announcement that local staff working at Britain's Tehran embassy will face trial.

Reuters: Total's negotiations with Tehran on a multi-billion dollar contract to develop a major Iranian gas field are at a standstill, the head of the French oil major said on Friday.

AP: A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday.