Reuters: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, seen by campaign groups as Iran’s highest profile political prisoner, was freed on Wednesday, in another sign that hardline policies may be easing under a new president.
Iran frees prominent rights lawyer Sotoudeh
US to seize New York skyscraper secretly owned by Iran
AFP: The United States is set seize control of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper prosecutors claim is secretly owned by Iran, the justice department said, though the ruling is to be appealed.
Obama pledges to test Iran’s willingness for dialogue
AFP: US President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to test the sincerity of signs that new Iranian President Hassan Rowhani may be ready for a newly productive nuclear dialogue with the West.
‘Technical glitch’ brings down Iran firewall
AFP: A technical glitch allowed some Iranians temporary access to banned social networking websites Facebook and Twitter, an Iranian Internet official said on Tuesday.
Iran’s Khamenei touts flexibility ahead of talks
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that flexibility was sometimes necessary in diplomacy as his negotiators prepared for new talks on his government’s controversial nuclear drive.
Iran confirms exchange of letters with Obama
Reuters: Iran said on Tuesday that President Hassan Rouhani had exchanged letters with U.S. President Barack Obama, confirming a rare contact between leaders of the two nations at loggerheads over Iran’s nuclear program, the Syrian war and other issues.
Lawmaker from Humble seeks U.N. action for Iranian exiles
Houston Chronicle: Texas GOP Rep. Ted Poe prepared a letter to U.N. Secretary General on Monday asking the international organization to consider deploying blue helmeted U.N. peacekeepers to Iraq to prevent further attacks on Iranian exiles who had been promised protection by the United States.
Iran restores blocks on Facebook, Twitter
AP: Iranian authorities have restored blocks on Facebook and Twitter after a “technical glitch” briefly removed filters from the social networks overnight.
Iran: In letter to Obama, Rouhani offers his views
AP: Iran’s foreign ministry says the letter exchange between Washington and Tehran included White House’s congratulations on the election of Iran’s new moderate-leaning president.
Iranian offer of deal on nuclear program met by doubts
Bloomberg: Iran’s offer to negotiate a deal on its suspected nuclear weapons program with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the five permanent United Nations Security Council members and Germany, is being met with skepticism.
