- Iran’s Ministry of Health announces that 16,090 Iranians are infected by HIV/AIDS virus in Iran, of which 15,150 are men.
- Imprisoned labor leader Mansour Osanlou’s eyesight failing.
- Revolutionary Court judge refuses family’s position
- State Department, White House remain silent on labor crackdown three months after Osanlou’s arrest.
- Vahed (Bus Drivers’) union website.
- Background in English from time of first arrest.
- Update on Khuzistan sugarcane factory strike.
- Etemad letter, translated into English, on bakery union.
- ISPA polling: “53 percent of those who voted for Ahmadinejad during the last presidential elections are considering voting for someone else.”
- Former presidential hopeful, now loyal opposition, Mehdi Karrubi criticizes “the heavy atmosphere at universities.”
- (Iranian reaction to student protests from yesterday)
- Supreme Leader sees “bright future” for universities.
- Supreme Leader: No to enemies and interruptions, yes to criticism.
- Yahya Rahim Safavi, former IRGC commander, now advisor to Supreme Leader: “Our answer to the intruder would be historical and unexpected.”
- Kish Air Boeing being repaired in Bulgaria has not been returned to Iran because of U.S. pressure and ban on spare parts.
- Head of the French Renault Pars Company: “Sanctions will not have any effect on our cooperation with Iran.”
- Tehran Times on resistance within France to French sanctions.
- Iran denies rumors of backchannel talks with Israel in Chile.
- Smart bomb story (referenced yesterday in Persian) translated into English.
- Awaiting Putin’s visit next week.
- Picture of the Day: University students meet the Supreme Leader.
(Compiled with the assistance of Ali Alfoneh)
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