Embassy staff face Iran trials (Hartford Courant)
EU slams allegations against UK employees — A senior Iranian cleric said Friday that employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be put on trial on unspecified charges of acting against Iran’s national security, a move immediately denounced by members of the European Union.
Hardline Iran editor calls for Mousavi to face trial (The Star)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – An editor seen as close to Iran’s leadership said on Saturday opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi should go on trial and a lawyer said other reformists had already been accused of acting against national security.
Rafsanjani: No power struggle in Iran following crisis (EARTHtimes.org)
Tehran Irans ex-president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said on Saturday that there was no power struggle in Iran following the crisis triggered by alleged fraud in the June 12 presidential election, ISNA news agency reported. The election scene was a c…
Hardline Iran editor calls for Mousavi to face trial (The Star)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran’s top authority said on Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed “terrible crimes” which should be tried in court.
Iranian cleric says British embassy employees will be tried (San Jose Mercury News)
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A senior Iranian cleric said Friday that employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be put on trial for unspecified charges of acting against Iran’s national security, a move denounced by members of the European Union.
More tension in Iran as British Embassy worker charged (Times Online)
A detained Iranian employee of the British embassy has been charged with harming Iran’s national security, his lawyer said Saturday, in a move certain to increase tension with Europe.
Iran cleric: Embassy workers will be tried (Denver Post)
A senior Iranian cleric said Friday that employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be put on trial for unspecified charges of acting against Iran’s national security.
Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried (AP via Yahoo! News)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.
Britain awaiting news of Iran staff – The Guardian
Britain is still seeking clarification from Iran over the fate of detained British Embassy staff after one was said by his lawyer to be facing trial for “acting against national security”. Chief political analyst Hossein Rassam, an Iranian, was …
Nuclear issues of Iran, North Korea different: Medvedev – Thaindian.com
Moscow, July 5 (Xinhua) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the nuclear issues of both Iran and North Korea are different and Pyongyang’s activities have raise more concerns than that of Tehran. “I believe that the situation, say, in Iran …
