AFP: Photographs were released on Thursday of a Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning while on home leave last week but without any official Iranian confirmation of a report that she had been freed.
Sakineh photos emerge in Iran without release confirmation
A sterile conversation
Washington Post – Editorial: The talks with Iran in Geneva this week appear to have produced little. Delegations from Iran, the United States and its Security Council allies mostly appear to have delivered statements; Iran did not respond substantively to the concerns raised about its nuclear program.
Iran confirms seizure of three ships in Singapore, Arman says
Bloomberg: Three Iranian ships were seized several days ago in Singapore waters in a move linked to financial sanctions against Iran over the country’s nuclear program, Arman reported, citing the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines Managing Director.
Iran reformist arrested, students held
Reuters: A prominent Iranian reformist was arrested on Thursday and five students were reported detained following anti-government protests, in the latest moves against opponents of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran says poor fuel not to blame for choking Tehran
Reuters: Acute air pollution in Tehran cannot be blamed on gasoline produced in an emergency plan to foil sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme, officials said on Wednesday, instead blaming the weather and domestic heaters.
Little progress seen as talks with Iran come to end
Washington Post: When two days of talks between Iran and major powers ended here Tuesday, with few signs of progress except an agreement to meet again next month in Istanbul, the dueling news conferences by both sides laid bare the difficulties ahead.
Editor of Iranian pro-reform daily arrested-website
Reuters: The editor of Iran’s leading pro-reform newspaper, Sharq, and two senior journalists have been arrested a few months after the daily reappeared following a three-year ban, opposition websites reported on Wednesday.
Ahmadinejad sets nuclear red lines for January talks
Reuters: Iran is prepared to discuss a possible nuclear fuel swap at talks that resume next month, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, but he ruled out any slowdown of its atomic program.
Student protests in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 07 – From the Grapevine… A day before Students Day (7 December), hundreds of students staged a protest at International University in Qazvin (140km west of Tehran), chanting “Death to the Dictator,” “We will die, but will not accept humiliation.”
Iran will not discuss atom enrichment at next talks
Reuters: Iran and major powers agreed on Tuesday to meet again next month in their dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but the chief Iranian negotiator said there could be no discussion of any halt to uranium enrichment.
