Seth Mydans (NYT) MIDDLE EAST IRAN: INDISPUTABLE AUTHORITY Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that his authority is indisputable, apparently rejecting criticism from reformists who say he is not above the law.
'9/11' IN IRAN -- The Iranian authorities intend to begin showing the Michael Moore anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" on Monday.
Suzanne Daley MIDDLE EAST IRAN: TEHRAN RECOUNT -- Election authorities are recounting a third of the votes cast in Tehran amid persistent charges of irregularities in last month's parliamentary vote.
Simin Behbahani, neé Siminbar Khalili, also called Simin Khalatbari (born July 20 , 1927 Tehrān, Iran died August 19 , 2014 Tehrān) Iranian poet who earned the sobriquet "the lioness of Iran" for eloquently challenging national authorities and expressing her steadfast opposition to oppression and violence in more than 600 poems.
The handwritten letter from the former Marine, Amir Hekmati, 30, an American of Iranian descent, also asserted that he had been told by his Iran-appointed lawyer that the authorities might release him in exchange for two Iranians held abroad.
After stepping down as attorney general in 1979 to return to King & Spalding, Mr. Bell's notable legal work included representing Eugene Hasenfus, whose capture by the Nicaraguan authorities exposed the Iran-contra scandal.
Abbas Araqchi, deputy foreign minister, said Iran wanted immediate recognition of its authority to enrich uranium and quick easing of the West's tough sanctions on its oil industry and banking.
But when I wanted to document the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, the authorities stopped me from going.
(Reuters) IRAN: WOMEN ALLOWED TO LEAD PRAYERS -- Muslim authorities have lifted the prohibition on women leading congregational prayers by members of their own sex, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
The approach taken by the authorities means that most comic books published in Iran are either about religious themes or the Iran-Iraq War, Mr. Tavakoli said.
