AFP: The son of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, pleaded Friday for sustained international pressure to save her life.
Son of Iranian ‘stoning’ woman urges global pressure
Iran’s Karroubi attacked, son says
Wall Street Journal: Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was attacked on Thursday night when a group of militiamen broke into his residential building and fired on his bodyguards, according to a family member.
Son of Iranian woman sentenced to death pleads to Lula
AFP: The son of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, pleaded Thursday for Brazil to keep up its campaign to try to save his mother’s life.
Iran stoning lawyer reunited with family
AP: The lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran has been reunited with his family in Norway.
Egypt halts Iran FM visit over peace talks comments
AFP: Egypt said Thursday it has postponed a visit to Cairo by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki over comments criticising the role of some Arab leaders in facilitating Middle East peace talks.
EU presses China on observing Iran sanctions
Reuters: The European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday she had pressed China to ensure that Chinese companies did not fill the void left by other firms leaving Iran due to U.N. sanctions.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Qatar
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to make a brief visit on Sunday to Qatar, Iran’s closest ally among the Gulf Arab states, the Iranian ambassador in Doha, Abdollah Sohrabi, said.
Iran hardliners attack opposition leader’s home: website
AFP: Hardline “thugs” surrounded the home of opposition Iranian leader Mehdi Karroubi, pelting the building with rocks to prevent the cleric from attending a rally, his website said.
Iranian filmmaker decries ‘mental imprisonment’
AFP: Prominent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, barred from attending the screening of his short film “The Accordion” at the Venice film festival, on Wednesday decried his “mental imprisonment.”
Tony Blair: West should use force if Iran ‘continues to develop nuclear weapons’
The Guardian: The west should use force against Iran if it “continues to develop nuclear weapons”, Tony Blair said today, aligning himself with US hawks who have called for strikes against Iranian nuclear sites.
