Iran diplomat quits over protests (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A diplomat at the Iranian embassy in Norway told Norwegian television on Wednesday that he had resigned in protest over a crackdown on demonstrators in Iran but the government in Tehran denied the report.
More than 180 arrested in Iran, opposition says – Washington Times
TEHRAN | Iran has arrested more than 180 people in recent days, including journalists, students and human rights campaigners, after anti-government demonstrations late last month, a banned opposition Web site said Wednesday. Rahesabz named 92 people …
Iraq and Iran to meet to draw border: Mottaki (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iraq and Iran will hold talks from next week to formally mark their borders, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Thursday, weeks after a dispute between the two countries over an oil well.
Iran president opens new Turkmenistan-Iran gas link (Malaysian Mirror)
ASHGABAT -Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday inaugurated a new gas pipeline link to Iran from its energy-rich neighbour Turkmenistan, which he said would take ties to a “new level.”
Widespread Arrest of Students and Protesters in Iran (Payvand Iran News)
Government crackdown continues on protesters of Iran’s June presidential election that was allegedly rigged to secure Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election. Eighty students from Mashad Universities have been detained by Iranian security and intelligence forces and bail for some of them is set at 1 billion rials ($100, 000).
Iranian solidarity activists slam Tehran (Morning Star)
A British-based solidarity group has called on Western governments to press Tehran to end “flagrant violations of human rights” being perpetrated against Iranian opposition activists.
Iran accepts Clinton non-deadline on nuclear talks – Salon
Iran said Tuesday it welcomes Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton … comments “We share the same idea with her. Deadlines are meaningless. We hope other countries return to their natural path, too,” said Ramin Mehmanparast, a foreign ministry …
Interview: Embassy Hostage-Turned-U.S. Envoy Compares ’79 To Iran Today (Payvand Iran News)
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran John Limbert tells RFE/RL that there are similarities between the current postelection unrest in Iran and the events that led up to that country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Limbert, who was among the 53 Americans held hostage for 444 days after Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 in support of the revolution, talks to RFE …
Iran, Pakistan, Russia to talk Gazprom’s entry to IPI (Zawya)
07 January 2010 TEHRAN – Iran, Pakistan and Russia are scheduled to meet in January to discuss Russian Gazprom’s cooperation in the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project, a senior official with the National Iranian Oil Company said on Friday.
