AP: Iran has formed a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a clear attack on an opposition that relies almost exclusively on online means to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday.
Iran sets up Internet crime unit
Iran student gets 8 yrs over post-election protests
Reuters: An Iranian court on Saturday sentenced a student who took part in protests following Iran's disputed presidential election this year to eight years in prison, a website reported.
Iran MPs to vote on rest of Ahmadinejad cabinet
AFP: Iran's parliament will vote Sunday on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nominations for the final three posts in his cabinet after rejecting his initial candidates for being unqualified, media reported.
PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Nov 14
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.
Iran to try brother-in-law of opposition leader
AP: Tehran's prosecutor says the brother-in-law of Iran's top opposition leader will be put on trial before the country's Revolutionary Court.
EXCLUSIVE: Iran advocacy group said to skirt lobby rules
Washington Times: Shortly before Barack Obama took office, leaders of a prominent Iranian-American group in Washington began to fret.
Iran’s Supreme Leader cannot be removed
Reuters: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cannot be removed from his post because his legitimacy comes from God, an official close to Iran's most powerful figure was reported Friday as saying.
U.S. moves to seize mosques with Iran ties
Washington Times: The U.S. government moved Thursday to seize property and buildings, including a New York skyscraper and four mosques, from a group it says is nothing more than a front for the Iranian government.
Iran exile group: Khamenei tightens intelligence grip
Reuters: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has created a powerful new intelligence organization to try to quell any further public unrest following June's disputed election, an exiled Iranian opposition group said on Thursday.
Revolutionary Guard tightens security grip
Wall Street Journal: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard has sidelined the country's intelligence ministry, forming a new organization that reports directly to the Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.


