Wall Street Journal – By John Bolton: President-elect Barack Obama has promised major changes in U.S. diplomacy and repeatedly criticized the Bush administration on both substance and style. The diplomacy he favors is exactly what Condi Rice has been pursuing for years.
Obama promises Bush III on Iran
Iran students say ready to fight Israel
AFP: Hundreds of Islamist students marched in the streets of the Iranian capital on Thursday vowing their readiness to travel to Gaza to fight Israel over its onslaught against the Palestinian territory.
Iranian newspaper reportedly closed for Gaza article
Reuters: A newspaper close to former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been closed down for publishing an article the authorities said was sympathetic to Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Aids experts to stand trial in Iran
Press Association: Iran's judiciary spokesman has confirmed that two internationally renowned Iranian Aids physicians are in jail on charges of acting against national security.
Volunteer Iranian bombers ask to go to Israel
AP: Hard-line Iranian student groups are asking the government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip.
Iranian president proposes ending energy subsidies
New York Times: Faced with falling oil prices and a weakening economy, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented a plan to Parliament on Tuesday that would scrap energy subsidies, a significant change in a major oil-producing country where gasoline is sold for 36 cents a gallon.
Group storms UK embassy in Iran
BBC: Demonstrators stormed the compound of the British Embassy in Iran, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
In Iran, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi is targeted
Los Angeles Times: Plainclothes security officials stormed the private office of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi and seized confidential files and records regarding her clients, the human rights lawyer said Tuesday.
Iran sets up court to try Israelis over Gaza
Reuters: Iran has set up a court to try Israelis for its air attacks on Gaza and is ready to try in absentia any people who Tehran says have committed crimes, a judiciary official said on Tuesday.
Iranian students break into UK Embassy residence
AP: Iran's official news agency says dozens of hardline students have broken into the British Embassy residence in Tehran.
