Canadian Press: A Canadian-based filmmaker stuck in Iran appeared at a closed-door trial Saturday in Tehran, according to a group working for her release.
Montreal filmmaker stuck in Iran appears in Tehran courtroom
3 Iraqi soccer players seek asylum
AP: Three members of Iraq’s Olympic soccer team and their assistant coach left the team during a trip to Australia and are seeking asylum in the country, Iraq’s soccer federation said Monday.
Turkey, Iran to sign power line deal, official says
Reuters: Turkey and Iran will sign an agreement in Ankara on Tuesday under which power transmission lines will be built between the two countries, a senior Turkish energy ministry official said.
Edwards hits anew at Clinton on Iran
AP: Democrat John Edwards took a new slap at presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on the issue of Iran on Monday, but sidestepped a question on whether he thinks the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is a terrorist organization.
Chavez in Tehran: “Empire of dollar is crashing”
Reuters: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Monday the “empire of the dollar is crashing”, a day after his country and anti-U.S. ally Iran advocated action over the weakening U.S. currency during an OPEC summit in Riyadh.
Iran virtually free of U.S. dollar in oil revenues
Reuters: Iran, at odds with the West over its nuclear program, has effectively cut all ties with the dollar when it comes to oil revenues, a top Iranian oil official said on Monday.
Ahmadinejad in dog house over security sweep
The Guardian: Dog is supposed to be man’s best friend but it may not be the right mode of protection if you are a pious leader of an Islamic state with a reputation for forgoing luxuries.
Dusty Iraqi border post tries to stem Iranian flow
Reuters: At a dusty border speck on the map where tanks once fought a bitter war in a brutal landscape, trucks now stretch to the horizon, a sign of growing contact between former enemies.
China urges Iran to abide by U.N. resolutions
Reuters: China urged Iran on Tuesday to abide by U.N. resolutions calling for it to curtail nuclear activity while also saying there was space for negotiation.
The Democrats’ Iran dilemma
Washington Post: Sen. Barack Obama, desperate to cut down front-running Sen. Hillary Clinton, did not take advantage of one opening during Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas. Obama pulled his punches regarding Clinton’s September vote for a resolution that he had earlier said could be used to go to war against Iran. His reticence can be traced to his co-sponsorship of a similarly hawkish amendment in March.
