New York Times: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Iran’s leaders on Sunday that if they were seeking nuclear weapons, “your pursuit is futile,” and ruled out explicitly the possibility that the Obama administration would allow Iran to produce its own nuclear fuel, even under intense international inspection.
Clinton says nuclear aim of Iran is fruitless
Senate OKs funds to thwart Iran Web censors
Washington Times: Targeting the repressive methods of what one senator called a "cruel regime," the U.S. Senate has authorized up to $50 million to help Iranians evade their government's attempts to censor the Internet and to pressure foreign corporations not to help Iran clamp down on communication.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad sacks intelligence minister
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sacked his intelligence minister on Sunday, a day after he caved in to pressure from hardliners and forced his controversial first vice president to step down.
Iran’s Rafsanjani ignores hardliners’ call on vote
Reuters: Iran's influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Sunday defied a call by a group of hardline clerics to back the country's disputed presidential election result, a news agency reported.
Clinton: Iran pursuit of nuclear weapons ‘futile’
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday warned Iran that any pursuit of a nuclear weapons program is "futile," but acknowledged Washington is prepared to engage with whatever regime is in power in Tehran.
Revolutionary Guard tightens hold in Iran crisis
AP: The Revolutionary Guard tightened its already powerful hold over Iran during the post-election turmoil, raising alarm among some Iranians that it is transforming the Islamic Republic into a military state.
Another Iran protester dies in jail: report
AFP: An Iranian student arrested in protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election has died in jail, a newspaper said on Sunday, the second such death reported in recent days.
Iran looms over Gates visit to Israel
New York Times: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is to be in Jerusalem on Monday for the first time in two and a half years to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak in talks that a senior American military official said would be characterized by Israel’s growing anxiety over Iran’s nuclear program.
Crashed Iran plane ‘hit runway too fast’
AFP: An Iranian airliner which overshot the runway and hurtled into a perimeter wall killing 16 people appears to have hit the tarmac too fast, an aviation official said on Saturday.
Iran opposition urges clerics to fight ‘oppression’
AFP: Opposition leaders called on Iran's top clerics on Saturday to intervene to prevent "oppression" by the authorities, as a detained protester was reportedly killed in custody.
