Senior cleric says leaders of Iran are unfit to rule
New York Times: One of Iran’s most senior clerics issued an unusual decree on Saturday calling the country’s rulers “usurpers and transgressors” for their treatment of opposition protesters in recent weeks, in the strongest condemnation by a religious figure since the contested presidential election a month ago.
Iran preparing package for talks with West
AP: Iran is preparing a package of proposals to present to Western powers that could be a basis for future talks, the country's foreign minister said Saturday.
German embassy in Iran pelted with eggs over murder
AFP: Around 150 Islamist students pelted the German embassy in Tehran with eggs on Saturday in protest at the murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman in a Dresden courtroom, an AFP photographer reported.
Inside the Iranian crackdown
Wall Street Journal: When the protests broke out here last month, Mehdi Moradani answered the call to crush them. On the first day of the unrest, the 24-year-old volunteer member of Iran's paramilitary Basij force mounted his motorcycle and chased reformist protesters through the streets. On the fourth day, he picked up a thick wooden stick issued by his Basij neighborhood task force and beat demonstrators who refused to disperse.
Powers won’t wait for Iran to build nuclear weapon: Obama
AFP: US President Barack Obama cranked up pressure on Iran by saying Friday world leaders were "appalled" at post-poll violence and would not stand idly by while Iran builds a nuclear weapon.
Obama says G-8 leaders concerned about Iran
AP: President Barack Obama said Friday the international community is "not going to just wait indefinitely" for Iran to renounce an interest in developing nuclear weapons.
