• Nine striking teachers put on trial in Hamadan for “disturbing public order,” “issuing announcements,” and holding an “illegal gathering.”
  • Bush, Rice remains silent amidst escalating labor crackdown.
  • Ahmadinejad interprets Bush’s decision to not address Iran at UN as sign that Washington may be willing to accept Iran’s nuclear program as is.
  • Wants U.S. withdrawal not only from Iraq, but from all Persian Gulf littoral states (Bahrain, UAE, etc.).
  • Iranian Foreign Ministry annoyed by Argentine claims that Iranian judiciary is not cooperating with the investigation of Iranian involvement into the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
  • Complains that Senate Resolution blacklisting IRGC is “irresponsible and illegal.”
  • Iran seeks German wedge against EU, U.S. nuclear pressure.
  • Birds of a feather… Iran and Zimbabwe to expand ties.
  • “Coalition of Peace” against “Global Bullies.”
  • Ahmadinejad in Bolivia.
  • Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan, whom Rice considers an ally, backs Iran.
  • Gary Sick, former Carter aide and discredited conspiracy theory, bolsters Iranian confidence.
  • Iran Air to be privatized?
  • Privatization plans in the petrochemical industry.
  • Picture of the Day: New border crossing opens between Basra (Iraq) and Khoramshahr (Iran).
  • “Certainly Believers are Brothers.”