Iran Focus: London, Feb. 17 – Sane’ Zhaleh, one of two Iranians killed during anti-government protests on Monday, was not a member of the paramilitary Bassij force as the authorities have claimed, his brother has revealed.

Bloomberg: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that two Iranian gunboats are planning to sail tonight to Syria through Egypt’s Suez Canal in what he called a “provocation.”

AFP: Amid anti-government protests in Iran, a group of US lawmakers said late Tuesday they would introduce legislation aimed at tightening economic sanctions on the Islamic republic.

BBC: Fresh clashes have erupted in Tehran during the funeral of a student killed in anti-government protests on Monday, Iranian state television says.

AP: An Iranian opposition group has rejected accusations that it fired on an opposition protest in Tehran, calling the report a lie.

AFP: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that the “enemies” who planned the anti-government protests in Tehran on Monday will fail to achieve their goals.

AFP: Spain has protested to Tehran over a “very serious” incident in which Iranian authorities detained a Spanish diplomat for four hours, the Spanish foreign ministry said Tuesday.

AP: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has expressed support for the tens of thousands of protesters in Iran’s capital, saying they “deserve to have the same rights that they saw being played out in Egypt and are part of their own birthright.”