Reuters: Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday called for the prosecution and punishment of the leaders of unrest that erupted after his disputed June re-election.
Iran president wants opposition leaders punished
France and Germany warn of new Iran sanctions
New York Times: On the eve of the release of a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France have threatened tough new sanctions if Iran does not demonstrate a willingness to negotiate on its nuclear program.
From a besieged camp
Washington Times: I've lived in a state-controlled country, in which one is careful what one says for fear of "disappearing."
Iran’s Rafsanjani accuses head of president’s office of conspiracy
DPA: Former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani accused the head of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's office of conspiring against Iran's leadership, the labour news agency ILNA reported Thursday.
Iran MP says rape of some vote detainees proven
Reuters: The rape of some Iranian reformers who were jailed after a disputed presidential election has been proven to a parliamentary committee, a lawmaker was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Irans factional disputes grow increasingly bitter
New York Times: On Wednesday, aides to Iran’s president lashed out publicly at two former presidents, the nation’s most influential dissident cleric said government officials had taken a “deviant path” and a government-aligned Web site reported that the Tehran prosecutor had been fired.
Iran’s top dissident cleric warns against regime ‘fall’
AFP: Top dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has renewed his criticism of Iranian authorities, warning their handling of the post-election unrest could lead to the fall of the regime.
France’s Sarkozy raises Iran sanction threat
Reuters: French President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened on Wednesday to press for tougher sanctions on Iran and repeated his call for broad international action to curb financial market abuses.
Iran ‘pragmatists’ proposed nuclear halt-diplomats
Reuters: Iranian leaders received and rejected in May a proposal from domestic "pragmatists" to halt Iran's nuclear enrichment program to resolve its feud with the West and avoid new U.N. sanctions, Western diplomats said.
Sarkozy criticizes Iran’s leaders, al-Qaida
AP: President Nicolas Sarkozy criticized Iranian leaders for their handling of contested elections and their nuclear program, and pleaded for a new push for peace in the Middle East in a sweeping diplomatic strategy speech Wednesday.
