Bloomberg: Hamed Mousavizadeh is pushing 30 and still has to ask his parents to have a friend over for dinner.

New York Times: An Iranian-American academic jailed for more than 100 days on suspicion of promoting a “velvet revolution” in the Islamic Republic was released on hefty bail on Tuesday, looking tired and much thinner from her ordeal but pronouncing herself well.

AFP: Iran on Tuesday released on bail US-Iranian academic Haleh Esfandiari, whose detention for the past three months on security charges further inflamed tensions with arch enemy the United States.

Reuters: Dresdner Bank has decided to wind up its remaining business in Iran, a spokesman for the German bank said on Tuesday.

AP: A detained Iranian-American academic accused of conspiring against the government will be freed from prison within hours if bail is posted in her case, a top judiciary official said Tuesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 – The Speaker of the Syrian Parliament has arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran for an official visit, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday appointed Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari as the new commander of the Islamic Republic’s regular navy.