AFP: Iran has arrested a founding member of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi's rights group amid a crackdown on critics following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election, a colleague told AFP on Thursday.
Iran ‘arrests prominent human rights lawyer’
G-8 deplores violence in Iran
AP: Group of Eight leaders said Wednesday that they deplored the violence in the aftermath of Iran's disputed election last month, but added they remained committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to Iran's contentious nuclear program.
U.N. rights experts stress Iran concerns, seek visit
Reuters: United Nations human rights experts Wednesday sought permission to visit Iran and assess conditions there following the country's election unrest.
Detained academic contacts French envoy in Iran
AFP: A French woman academic detained in Tehran's notorious Evin prison was able to contact the French ambassador in a brief telephone call on Wednesday, a diplomatic source told AFP.
Barack Obamas deal puts pressure on Russia to help with Iran
The Times: It was clever of President Obama to tell Russia’s leaders that US missile defence in Europe was intended to counter a threat from Iran.
U.S. military chief says clock ticking on Iran nuke
Reuters: The top U.S. military officer warned on Tuesday that time is running out for dialogue with Tehran to avoid either a nuclear-armed Iran or a possible military strike against the Islamic Republic.
Iran security agents in spotlight for plainclothed brutality
Washington Times: They wear no uniforms and, so far, they have not been held accountable for their deeds. But in the aftermath of Iran's disputed June 12 presidential elections, the spotlight is focusing on security agents known in Farsi as Lebas Shakhsiha – plainclothes security agents.
Berlusconi: G-8 divided on Iran
AP: The leaders of Group of Eight countries have yet to forge a common position on Iran's violent crackdown on post-electoral protests, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday on the eve of the summit.
Clinton calls for ‘even stricter’ Iran sanctions
AFP: The United States will call for "even stricter sanctions on Iran to try to change the behavior of the regime," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a TV interview broadcast here.
Iran on the menu at G8 summit dinner
AFP: Iran's defiant stance over its nuclear programme will dominate dinner table talk on the first night of the G8 summit of the world's most powerful leaders, diplomats said Tuesday.
