AP: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is set to host Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres for talks expected to focus on the Middle East and the Iranian nuclear standoff.

CNN: There was a smile, a quick wave hello, a brief chat. Yet, despite the exchange of pleasantries, the simmering tensions between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and one of the nation's most powerful clerics became quickly evident at a major ceremony in Tehran on Monday.

New York Times: A group of Iranian clerics has issued an anonymous letter calling Iran’s supreme leader a dictator and demanding his removal, the latest and perhaps strongest rhetorical attack on him yet in the country’s post-election turmoil.

Reuters: Bank of AmericaMerrill Lynch has dropped Dubai state-controlled Dragon Oil as a client because of its ties with Iran, sources close to the matter said, in a sign the United States may be using its clout with bailed-out banks to achieve foreign policy goals.

AFP: Iranian police on Monday arrested demonstrators outside the newspaper offices of an opposition leader under fire over claims some election protesters were raped and tortured in custody, a witness said.

AP: The father of a French academic on trial in Iran said Monday he hopes she can come home within weeks as the government continued efforts to secure her unconditional release.

AFP: French researcher Clotilde Reiss, out of prison on bail after standing trial in Iran, was at the French embassy in Tehran on Monday awaiting a verdict on charges linked to the post-election unrest.

AFP: Iran's judiciary has banned defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi's reformist newspaper after it printed claims some election protesters were raped or tortured in custody.

Reuters: Iran began its third mass trial on Sunday of people accused of fomenting the unrest that erupted after the disputed June presidential election, Iranian media reported.