• Iranian television broadcasts ‘confessions’ of two American hostages.
  • Kayhan headline (left): “Complete Text of the Confessions of the Three Spies.”
  • Text (in Persian).
  • New Iranian UN ambassador arrives in New York.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister on 2nd round of US-Iran talks:
  • “At present the United States is entangled with a cumbersome situation in Iraq and Americans are seeking a way to get rid of their present conditions in Iraq.”
  • Ahmadinejad: Paramilitary (Basij) crackdown on all aspects of society will continue.
  • Flashback: Larijani- Little Children Will Not Undermine National Security”
  • Defense Minister: Iran self-sufficient in drones.
  • Ahmadinejad to Syria.
  • Iran expands energy exports to neighboring countries (e.g. Iraq, Afghanistan).
  • More details, especial about Iranian exports to Iraq.
  • Iranian trade union leader remains in prison after kidnapping
  • White House: No statement.
  • State Department: No statement.
  • Iranian nuclear progress is a reality.
  • Journalists will get a bigger gasoline ration.
  • Czech Aviation Company to sell planes to Iran.
  • Tokyo acquiesces to Iranian demand for Yen transactions only.
  • Tehran-Beijing sign coal mine deal.
  • Picture of the Day: Pigeon towers outside Isfahan.