AFP: President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed the release Tuesday of a French embassy worker from a Tehran prison but called on Iran to free a young Frenchwoman still held there on spy charges.
Sarkozy presses Iran to release second French detainee
Iran MPs warn Ahmadinejad on cabinet choices
AFP: More than 200 Iranian MPs have told President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad he must have experienced ministers in his cabinet if it is to win a confidence vote in parliament, the ISNA news agency said on Tuesday.
Paris hopes for release of French woman in Iran
AFP: Paris was hopeful of an early release of a French woman, Clotilde Reiss, on trial in connection with post-election protests in Iran, French government spokesman Luc Chatel said on Tuesday.
Iran says 4,000 initially arrested in vote unrest
AFP: Iran's judiciary said on Tuesday that 4,000 people were initially arrested by security forces in the crackdown on protesters after June's disputed presidential election.
French student Clotilde Reiss’s confession at Iran court sparks outrage
The Times: Images of a French woman in an Iranian court confessing to spying for France sparked outrage in her homeland yesterday, with President Sarkozy coming under fire for allegedly neglecting her case.
Claims of savage rape emerge from Iran’s prisons
AP: An Iranian opposition leader said Sunday that detained protesters are alleging male and female prisoners were savagely raped by their jailers to the point of physical and mental damage.
Iran MP sees US hikers’ fate taking time to resolve
AFP: A leading lawmaker said it may take time to resolve the fate of the three American hikers arrested after apparently straying into Iran, state-owned Arabic language TV Al-Alam reported on Monday.
Sarkozy working for release of Frenchwoman in Iran
AP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy is working to secure the release of a French academic who is among the accused in a mass trial in Iran, the president's office said Monday.
Rafsanjani withdraws from Tehran Friday prayers
AFP: Powerful Iranian cleric and opposition supporter Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has decided not to lead Friday prayers this week to avoid "political abuse" of the event, an official said on Monday.
Iran’s president purges Intelligence Ministry
Los Angeles Times: Iran's president has conducted a purge of the nation's Intelligence Ministry, sweeping aside ranking officials with decades of experience in favor of loyalists, said a lawmaker, several news websites and a former intelligence chief's son.
