• Mansour Osanlou, independent Iranian labor leader, beaten, kidnapped.
  • Background on Osanlou and his attempts to form Islamic Republic’s first independent trade union.
  • Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister: New U.S.-Iran talks not yet on agenda.
  • Iran accuses U.S. of sabotaging aircraft purchases.
  • Accuses U.S. of violating international law for detaining alleged “diplomats” (who did not have diplomatic credentials)
  • Iranian politicians—even reformers—still celebrate 1979-81 U.S. hostage crisis.
  • Iranian parliamentarian: U.S. “desperate” for Iranian assistance.
  • Iran makes new allegations against Haleh Esfandiari, other hostages.
  • Iran reaffirms its stance on uranium enrichment.
  • IAEA delegation in Iran.
  • Ahmadinejad: Iran to move forward on nuclear schedule.
  • IAEA chief ElBaradei: Iran willing to solve nuclear standoff.
  • Islamic Republic claims Iranian Jews being paid $10,000 to emigrate.
  • Ahmadinejad refuses to allow internal petroleum price to float out of fear it could spark inflation.
  • Tehran and Beijing to produce cheap cars jointly.
  • Plans to produce 2 million cars by 2015.
  • “Pragmatic” Rafsanjani endorses terrorism in meeting with Hamas.
  • “Islamic resistance is the only way for liberation of Palestine and freedom of the Islamic territories.”
  • Ahmadinejad heading to Syria on state visit.
  • Photo of the Day: Rafsanjani meets with Hamas Headquarter Commander Emud al-Elmi.