AFP: Iran's conservative clerics have objected to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to include three women in his new cabinet, a report said on Saturday, dealing a blow to the hardliner's bid to secure parliament's nod for his ministerial line-up.
Iran clerics object to women ministers
Iranian boy who defied Tehran hardliners tells of prison rape ordeal
The Times: The 15-year-old boy sits weeping in a safehouse in central Iran, broken in body and spirit. Reza will not go outside — he is terrified of being left alone.
Ahmadinejad nominee is wanted in 94 bombing
New York Times: The man nominated to serve as Iran’s defense minister is wanted by Interpol in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, confronting Iran with yet another challenge to its international reputation after an electoral dispute undermined its legitimacy at home and abroad.
Argentine outrage as Iran names bomb suspect minister
AFP: Argentina expressed outrage over Iran's nomination of a man wanted in connection with a 1994 Buenos Aires bombing that killed 85 people as the next defense minister.
Iran’s Rafsanjani urges factions to end turmoil
AFP: Powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged Iran's warring political groups on Saturday to follow the orders of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for ending the present political turmoil.
Senators seek info on Iran’s gasoline suppliers
Reuters: Two U.S. senators have asked the Government Accountability Office to update its list of companies that export gasoline to Iran just in case Congress moves to impose sanctions on the suppliers to punish Tehran for its nuclear program.
Iran cleric urges arrest of post-vote “riot leaders”
Reuters: A hardline Iranian cleric called on Friday for the arrest of leaders of post-election unrest in what appeared to be a reference to defeated moderate presidential candidates Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi.
Merkel threatens energy sanctions against Iran
AFP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time on Friday threatened energy sanctions against Iran if it fails to step up cooperation with the international community on its nuclear programme.
Iran still not fully cooperative on nukes: U.S.
Reuters: Iran is still not fulfilling obligations related to its nuclear activities, despite allowing U.N. inspectors to visit a reactor and upgraded monitoring at a uranium enrichment plant, a U.S. official said on Friday.
President Ahmadinejad nominates Cabinet of inexperienced cronies
The Times: President Ahmadinejad faces a confrontation with Iran’s disgruntled Parliament after packing his proposed Cabinet with inexperienced cronies and purging it of critics.
