AFP: Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani and over 100 MPs refused to attend a victory dinner party hosted by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, newspapers reported on Thursday.

Reuters: Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country is set to take over the EU presidency next week, cautioned on Thursday against European sanctions towards Iran, saying they could be counterproductive.

AFP: Iran's envoy to Brussels on Thursday accused the European Union of supporting protests in his country and urged the bloc not to interfere in the Islamic republic's internal affairs.

AFP: US Senators bluntly charged Thursday that Iran's presidential vote was rigged and vowed to help the opposition defeat curbs on news and the social networking Internet sites it has used to organize.

BBC: I had to leave Iran last Sunday, when the authorities refused to renew my visa. But before I left, a former senior Revolutionary Guard came to our hotel to see us. "Remember me," he pleaded. "Remember that I helped the BBC." I realised that even a person so intimately linked to the Islamic Revolution thinks that something will soon change in Iran.

AFP: The White House Thursday accused President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad of trying to make Iran's political crisis "about the United States" in a first reaction to his latest fiery speech.

AFP: The White House Thursday named veteran Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross to a key policymaking job overseeing a region encompassing the Middle East, the Gulf, Afghanistan, Pakistan and South Asia.

The Times: At about 9pm each day Nushin, a young housewife, performs the same curious ritual. She climbs up the stairs to the roof of her Tehran home and begins shouting into the night. Allahu akbar,” she cries, and sometimes “Death to the dictator”.

Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Barack Obama on Thursday of behaving like his predecessor toward Iran and said there was not much point in talking to Washington unless the U.S. president apologized.

New York Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has maintained a markedly low profile since Iran’s disputed presidential election erupted into bloody street protests.