Bloomberg: Iran is ready to free the U.S. hiker Sarah Shourd on bail of $500,000, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said, the state-run Fars news agency reported.
Iran says ready to free U.S. hiker Sarah Shourd on $500,000 bail
Up to 10 killed in Iran pipeline blast – report
Reuters: Up to 10 Iranian workers died on Saturday in hospital after being badly burnt in an explosion in a gas pipeline, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Scott Brown: Greatest terror threat is Iran
AP: The world’s terrorists are patient and working on a long-term strategy that includes the troubling recruitment of U.S. citizens to help their extremist causes, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown said Saturday.
‘Brutal Iranian regime’ cited as consular official defects
AP: A ranking diplomat at the Iranian Embassy in Finland said he has quit his job to protest the Islamic Republic’s treatment of its citizens.
Free them all
New York Times – Editorial: After imprisoning three Americans for more than one year, Iran raised and then dashed hopes that it would release one of them, Sarah Shourd, on Saturday. All three should be freed. Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal and Ms. Shourd have lived lives of fear and depravation in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison for far too long.
Iran announces delay in release of jailed American woman
Washington Post: An American woman jailed in Iran will not be freed Saturday as anticipated, Iranian state media reported Friday, and a high-profile ceremony to mark her release appeared to have been canceled after objections from the judiciary.
Two killed in Iran gas pipeline blast: reports
AFP: Two people were killed and 16 others injured by an explosion at a gas pipeline near Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad on Friday, local media reported.
German gas giant Linde will pull out of Iran
AFP: The German industrial gas giant Linde said Friday that it would soon halt business operations in Iran owing to economic sanctions against the country.
Iran cancels release of detained American: report
Reuters: Iran has canceled the planned release of a detained American woman because the legal process has not been completed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted as saying on Friday.
Iran denies secret nuclear site claim
Reuters: Iran said on Friday it had no covert uranium enrichment facility after a dissident group claimed it had evidence of a new secret underground atomic site in the Islamic state, a news agency reported.
