AFP: Iran's envoy to Brussels on Thursday accused the European Union of supporting protests in his country and urged the bloc not to interfere in the Islamic republic's internal affairs.

AFP: US Senators bluntly charged Thursday that Iran's presidential vote was rigged and vowed to help the opposition defeat curbs on news and the social networking Internet sites it has used to organize.

BBC: I had to leave Iran last Sunday, when the authorities refused to renew my visa. But before I left, a former senior Revolutionary Guard came to our hotel to see us. "Remember me," he pleaded. "Remember that I helped the BBC." I realised that even a person so intimately linked to the Islamic Revolution thinks that something will soon change in Iran.

AFP: The White House Thursday accused President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad of trying to make Iran's political crisis "about the United States" in a first reaction to his latest fiery speech.

AFP: The White House Thursday named veteran Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross to a key policymaking job overseeing a region encompassing the Middle East, the Gulf, Afghanistan, Pakistan and South Asia.

The Times: At about 9pm each day Nushin, a young housewife, performs the same curious ritual. She climbs up the stairs to the roof of her Tehran home and begins shouting into the night. Allahu akbar,” she cries, and sometimes “Death to the dictator”.

Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Barack Obama on Thursday of behaving like his predecessor toward Iran and said there was not much point in talking to Washington unless the U.S. president apologized.

New York Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has maintained a markedly low profile since Iran’s disputed presidential election erupted into bloody street protests.

Washington Post: So much for "hot dog diplomacy." The White House announced yesterday that it had withdrawn invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend Fourth of July festivities at U.S. embassies around the world.

New York Times: In his first public comments in the aftermath of Iran’s elections, President Obama pledged early last week to “continue to pursue a tough, direct dialogue” between the United States and the Iranian government.