The Times: A group of Iranians in London vowed today to stay on a hunger strike to the death unless something is done to help thousands of fellow exiles living in a camp in Iraq following deadly clashes with the Iraqi security forces last week.
Exiled Iranians protest over Camp Ashraf
Iran: Spy charges considered against 3 Americans
AP: Iran has arrested three Americans for illegally entering the country from neighboring Iraq and a prominent Iranian lawmaker said Tuesday that authorities were investigating whether to charge them with spying.
Iran paper hails ‘divine’ Ahmadinejad presidency
AFP: Iranian hardline newspaper Kayhan, which has criticised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over a controversial political decision that put him at odds with the supreme leader, welcomed on Tuesday his endorsement as president for a second term.
US calls on Iran to release Iranian-American scholar
AFP: The United States called Tuesday on Iran to release immediately Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, who was put on trial last weekend with around 100 Iranians accused of rioting.
Clinton asks Iran to ensure return of missing Americans
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Monday on Iran to ensure the safe return of three missing Americans thought to have been detained by Tehran after straying across the Iraq border.
US will do what it takes to keep Iran from getting nuclear arms
AFP: The United States will "do what has to be done" to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the White House said Monday, declining to comment on a media report about possible new sanctions.
Iran is ready to build an N-bomb – it is just waiting for the Ayatollah’s order
The Times: Iran has perfected the technology to create and detonate a nuclear warhead and is merely awaiting the word from its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to produce its first bomb, Western intelligence sources have told The Times.
U.S. weighs Iran oil sanctions if nuclear talks are rejected
New York Times: The Obama administration is talking with allies and Congress about the possibility of imposing an extreme economic sanction against Iran if it fails to respond to President Obama’s offer to negotiate on its nuclear program: cutting off the country’s imports of gasoline and other refined oil products.
Iran’s leader approves Ahmadinejad presidency: TV
Reuters: Iran's supreme leader formally approved the second term presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday after a disputed election that leading reformists say was rigged to ensure the incumbent's victory.
Iran says oil prices expected to rise by January
Reuters: Iran's OPEC governor said crude prices were expected to reach $80 a barrel by January, the oil ministry website, SHANA, reported on Sunday.
