• Parliamentary chairman says confessions by U.S. hostages defuses enemy plots.
  • Expediency council secretary echoes same line.
  • Leading cleric praises Iranian TV for broadcasting forced confessions.
  • British ambassador in Tehran: Calls for more confidence-building measures (i.e., incentives?) because Iran has lost confidence in the West.
  • West puts off efforts to toughen sanctions.
  • Iran’s new UN ambassador outlines his priority: “Maintaining Iran’s inalienable nuclear right.”
  • Imprisoned Trade Union leader Mansour Osanlou to be charged with “acting against Iran’s interests.”
  • White House response to date on labor union crackdown in Iran: none
  • State Department response on labor union crackdown in Iran: none
  • Ahmadinejad meets head of Hamas in Damascus.
  • Iran and Syria reaffirm strategic alliance.
  • Armenian leader “impatiently” awaits Ahmadinejad visit.
  • Iranian judiciary chief visits Africa.
  • How Iran is spinning the Michael Moore visit.
  • Banning the flying of the national flag at half-mast so as not to insult God.
  • Waiting list for Harry Potter in Iran, as publishers ready Farsi bootleg,.
  • Picture of the Day: Would-be martyrs listen to sermon, University of Tehran.