[Thanks to Ali Alfoneh for his compilation; (E) signifies English link]
Diplomacy
- The first round of Jalili-Solana nuclear negotiations ends in Geneva with both parties expressing hopes for the next round of the negotiations.
- Ahmadinejad says every meeting is a “step forward.” (E) Summary.
- Former IRGC chief Rezai says the “Americans are afraid that Iran has gained the upper hand in the nuclear negotiations. Therefore they try to contaminate the negotiations atmosphere.”
- German foreign minister says the Islamic Republic has already agreed to stop uranium enrichment.
- (E) Iranian press interview with Solana’s spokeswoman
- Sa’ad Mortazavi, prosecutor of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, says his investigators have found important documents while searching homes of 13 individuals connected with the Palizdar case.
- (Abbas Palizdar disclosed several cases of economic corruption among senior Shi’a clergy in Iran).
- Football friendly between Iran and Egypt cancelled by the Egyptian government in response to the Iranian movie attacking assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat.
- Tabnak News Agency wonders why Kayhan has chosen silence in the face of vice president Rahim-Mashayi’s words that the people of Iran and Israel are friends.
- Mashayi’s comments reported by Tabnak, here.
- Mashayi’s denial and insistence he was misquoted.
- Tabnak News Agency analyzes three presidents, Rafsanjani, Khatami and Ahmadinejad’s records on the African continent.
Military and Security
- Two Revolutionary Guards members killed in skirmishes in East Azerbaijan province.
- Former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezai discusses the process leading to the end of the Iran-Iraq War.
Politics
- Three anti-corruption agents assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture.
- Parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani appoints Ahmad Tavakkoli to head the Research Institute of the Iranian parliament.
- Raoufinezhad, dismissed provincial governor of Kerman, says he will not cooperate with the current government anymore.
- Sharvand-e Emrooz weekly discusses the role of the Interior Ministry in changing bureaucracy, the relationship between acting minister Hashemi and Ahmadinejad, and the so-called security deputyships in certain governorates.
Economy
- Airline ticket prices to rise 25 percent.
Religion, Culture, and Society
- A book on “Signs of the End of the World in Different Religions” becomes bestseller.
- According to Shi’a News, “Wahabi activists” have distributed leaflets against the Shi’a foundations if the Islamic Republic in the Kurdish villages of Gharaveh and Dehgan.
- Executive director of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran (the war cemetery) complains about the capacity problems: “We pray to God that nothing special happens and people die less.”
- Saudi authorities prohibit the fortieth day ceremonies of mourning of Saudi Shi’a leader Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad-Reza Shirazi.
- At a ceremony hosting 3,000 people, the An-Namar clan for publicly announces that they are Shi’a but had hitherto practiced dissimulation out of fear of persecution by the Saudi Wahabis.
- According to Shi’a News, Saudi authorities are worried about spread of Shi’ism in Indonesia.
- Hojjat al-Eslam Seyyed Heidar Setari, Friday prayer leader in Bahrain, complains of persecution of Shi’a in Bahrain.
- Egyptian minster of Awqaf [Religious Foundations] says he will not allow Shi’ism to spread in Egyptian mosques.
Human Rights and Labor
- Eight women and one man condemned to be stoned to death in Iran.
Media
- The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting makes television programs available online: http://iribsima.com/
- (E) Iran claims U.S. is building jail to hold journalists in Afghanistan.
Photo of the Day
- Rollerblading in Tabriz.
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