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Obama can’t change Iran policy: Ahmadinejad aide

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ImageAFP: US President Barack Obama is a "prisoner" in the hands of "extremist Republicans" and is unable to change American policy towards Iran, a top aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad charged on Monday.

Iran gains U.S. military technology through Malaysia middlemen

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ImageBloomberg: Iran increasingly is obtaining U.S. military equipment and technology through shipments to Malaysian middlemen that illegally circumvent trade restrictions, according to American officials and analysts.

Student leader in dock as Iran resumes protest trial

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ImageAFP: A student leader and five other protesters who opposed the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were in the dock on Monday as Iran resumed the mass trial of anti-vote demonstrators.

Iran opposition leader’s aide is freed

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ImageNew York Times: The main Iranian opposition leader’s top aide, who was arrested last week because of his investigations into the abuse of prisoners in the crackdown after the disputed election, has been released in what appears to be a sign of retreat by the hard-core conservative authorities running Iran.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad appoints new VP

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ImageAFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday appointed a new first vice president after his previous choice was rejected by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran will not discuss nuclear ‘rights’ – Ahmadinejad

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 13 – In defiant mode Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the new British Ambassador to Tehran that Iran's nuclear rights were not negotiable, state-run media reported.

Iran will not discuss nuclear ‘rights’ – Ahmadinejad

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 13 – In defiant mode Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the new British Ambassador to Tehran that Iran's nuclear rights were not negotiable, state-run media reported.

Iran frees Mousavi aide, human rights lawyer: report

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ImageAFP: Iran has freed a close aide to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and a prominent lawyer who belongs to Nobel prize winner Shirin Ebadi's rights group, the ILNA news agency reported on Sunday.

Iran again rules out talks on its nuclear “rights”

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ImageReuters: Iran will not negotiate about its nuclear "rights", President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, after the United States said it would focus on the Islamic state's atomic activities in upcoming talks with Tehran.

Iranian president to sue reformist cleric: report

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ImageAFP: Iran's presidency is to sue top reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Yusef Sanei for allegedly insulting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fars news agency reported on Sunday.