Reuters: Iranian police on Sunday raided and closed the office of a watchdog group led by Iran's Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi ahead of a celebration to mark International Human Rights Day.

UPI: A European court in Luxembourg issued a ruling in favor of the People's Mujahedin of Iran, declining a challenge to maintain the group on state terrorist lists.

AP: The president of a foundation that co-owns a Manhattan building allegedly linked to a bank accused of supporting Iran's nuclear program was arrested Friday.

Washington Times: The incoming Obama administration plans to create a new position to coordinate outreach to Iran and is considering a number of senior career diplomats, State Department officials and Iran specialists say.

New York Times: Federal authorities moved on Wednesday to seize assets from a company suspected of being a front for an Iranian bank that has ties to terrorism, assets that include the company’s 40 percent stake in a sleek Midtown Manhattan office tower.

Washington Post: A Fifth Avenue building in Manhattan that houses a Charles Schwab branch, a trendy espresso boutique and Juicy Couture's flagship store is secretly co-owned by an Iranian bank that helped finance that country's nuclear program, the Justice Department alleged yesterday.

Wall Street Journal: The U.S. government is attempting to seize a piece of a storied Manhattan skyscraper, alleging it is owned by a front for the Iranian government.