Washington Times: In September 1988, the Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie published "The Satanic Verses," a novel containing what some saw as an irreverent depiction of the prophet Muhammad. In February 1989 – exactly 10 years after leading Iran's Islamic Revolution – the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling the book "blasphemous" and offering a bounty for Mr. Rushdie's murder.

AFP: Finland summoned Iran's ambassador in Helsinki Friday to express concern at the execution of a juvenile offender and its plans to execute two others, the Finnish foreign ministry said.

AFP: Mehdi Karroubi, the ex-parliament speaker of Iran, has formally registered to stand in the June 12 presidential election, according to an AFP correspondent.

Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday officially declared his candidacy for a second term in an election that is expected to pit him against a moderate former prime minister.

Iran Focus: London, May 8 – Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) confiscated 84,000 satellite dishes during the Persian calendar year that ended March 20.

AFP: Iran said on Friday it has 1.2 million drug addicts and the average age of victims is 32 years, the official IRNA news agency reported.

AP: More than 100 members of the European Parliament are urging President Barack Obama to remove an Iranian opposition group from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations.