AP: An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country's most powerful man to his face.

Reuters: An Agence France Presse (AFP) reporter arrested while covering Wednesday's rally marking the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy may be released at the weekend, an Iranian official said on Thursday.

Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Washington Post: Thousands of Iranians took to the streets Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, but the annual state-sponsored anti-American rally turned into another sign of the deep divisions persisting in this country.

Reuters: Iranian security forces arrested an Agence France Presse reporter covering Wednesday's rally marking the anniversary of seizure of the U.S. embassy, the agency said on Thursday.

Reuters: Iran's Arabic-language television network Al Alam said on Wednesday that it had been taken off the air by Arab satellite operators based in Egypt and Saudi Arabia without explanation.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 04 – Thousands of Iranians on Wednesday rallied in central Tehran chanting anti-government slogans and clashing with state security forces and anti-riot troops.

Wall Street Journal: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, already an economic, political and military power, is quietly pushing into a new domain: the media.