Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 02 – In a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, former presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei says Mir-Hossein Mousavi has now retreated from his previous stance towards the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state television reported.
Former Revolutionary Guards chief hails Mousavi’s “retreat”
Iran warns West it will make its own nuclear fuel
AP: Iran is warning it will produce nuclear fuel on its own if there is no deal to have the West deliver the fuel in exchange for Tehran's enriched uranium by the end of January.
PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Jan 2
Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Saturday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Standoff in Iran deepens with new show of force
New York Times: Iranian authorities sent police officers into the streets to deter protests on Friday as Mir Hussein Moussavi, the main opposition leader, said in a statement that he did not fear giving his life as “a martyr.”
Gulf of mistrust
The Times: The principal foreign policy challenge of 2010 will be to deal with an Iranian regime that destabilises its neighbours and suppresses its dissidents
Briton Moore spent part of captivity in Iran: U.S.
Reuters: British computer programer Peter Moore, freed this week 2-1/2 years after his kidnapping in Iraq, spent at least part of his captivity in Iran, according to U.S. intelligence assessments.
Gordon Brown to ask Iran to stop Taliban support
Daily Telegraph: Gordon Brown will make a personal appeal to Iran over Afghanistan, asking the Iranian regime to cut off military support to the Taliban.
The world must neutralise Tehrans toxic threat
The Times: Iran’s aggression, whether through its pursuit of the bomb or its sponsoring of terror, has to be met with sanctions that bite
Iran’s Mousavi calls for end to crackdown
AFP: Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi urged the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to halt its crackdown on his supporters to enable a way out of the "crisis," his website reported on Friday.
Calls for end of trade with Iran
PA: Peers and MPs from across the political spectrum have declared their solidarity with "the brave millions of Iranians" demanding regime change.
