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Two women walk past a reflection of a mural with pictures of ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Two women walk past a reflection of a mural with pictures of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and a member of the Basij militia with a quote from Iran's Supreme Leader that reads, 'The breeding of Godly Basij youth is the victory of Imam (Ayatollah Khomeini)', near a university during Tehran's Friday prayers, July 3, 2009. A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed 'terrible crimes' which should be tried in court. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi waves ...

(AFP) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi waves to supporters during last month's opposition rally in Tehran's Imam Khomeini Square. A leading Iranian daily has called for Mousavi to be tried for treason, as hardliners stepped up their attacks on the opposition leader over the unrest that followed the election on June 12. Photo:/AFP

People take part in a protest against the presidential election ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People take part in a protest against the presidential election in Iran in front of Iran's embassy in Brussels July 4, 2009. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM POLITICS)

Iranian students burn mock flags during a demonstration last ...

(AFP) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian students burn mock flags during a demonstration last month outside the British embassy in Tehran. Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari and a number of Iranian reformist leaders are to face trial after being accused of 'acting against national security,' their lawyer Saleh Nikbakht has told AFP. Photo:Maryam Hasanzadeh/AFP

Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, delivers a sermon ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, delivers a sermon during Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Vahid Salemi

Iranian worshippers at the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian worshippers at the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday he was 'urgently seeking clarification' of Iran's announcement that local staff working at Britain's Tehran embassy will face trial. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Newly-elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Newly-elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano of Japan briefs the media at Vienna's UN headquarters July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer

Iranians chant anti-US and Israeli slogans during weekly prayers ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranians chant anti-US and Israeli slogans during weekly prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric says local British embassy staff -- who were arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest -- will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Ahmad Jannati -- the head of Iran's Guardian Council -- delivers ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Ahmad Jannati -- the head of Iran's Guardian Council -- delivers his speech during weekly prayers at Tehran University. The powerful Iranian cleric has said local British embassy staff who were arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest will be put on trial. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

An Iranian woman holds a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iranian woman holds a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

An Israeli Dolphin-class submarine docks in a file photo. REUTERS/File ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli Dolphin-class submarine docks in a file photo. REUTERS/File

Police in full riot gear walk past residents in this undated ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Police in full riot gear walk past residents in this undated photo uploaded to Twitter July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Twitter

Iranian demonstrators outside the British Embassy in Tehran ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian demonstrators outside the British Embassy in Tehran in 2006. A powerful Iranian cleric said that some local British embassy staff will be put on trial for allegedly stoking post-election violence, a move set to put further strain on their frayed ties. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Iranian students burn mock flags during a demonstration outside ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian students burn mock flags during a demonstration outside the British embassy in Tehran on June 23. A powerful Iranian cleric has said that some local British embassy staff will be put on trial for allegedly stoking post-election violence, a move set to put further strain on their frayed ties. Photo:Maryam Hasanzadeh/AFP

An Iranian cleric prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Iranian cleric prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati -- the head of Iran's Guardian's Council ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati -- the head of Iran's Guardian's Council -- delivers a sermon at Tehran University in 2006. Jannati has said that some local British embassy staff will be put on trial for allegedly stoking post-election violence, a move set to put further strain on their frayed ties. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and Israel slogans during ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and Israel slogans during weekly prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric has said that British embassy staff arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Iranian demonstrators trying to pull down the British embassy ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian demonstrators trying to pull down the British embassy sign near the compound's gate in Tehran during unrest several years ago. A powerful Iranian cleric has said some local British embassy staff will be put on trial for allegedly stoking post-election violence, in a move set to put further strain on their frayed ties. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Iranian riot policemen stand guard outside the British embassy ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian riot policemen stand guard outside the British embassy in Tehran. A powerful Iranian cleric has said some local British embassy staff will be put on trial for allegedly stoking post-election unrest, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said that local British embassy staff arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Two women walk past a reflection of a mural with pictures of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and a member of the Basij militia with a quote from Iran's Supreme Leader that reads, 'The breeding of Godly Basij youth is the victory of Imam (Ayatollah Khomeini)', near a university during Tehran's Friday prayers, July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian cleric (C) prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. A man prays as he sits in his wheelchair during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian cleric sits as worshippers pray during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

A security personnel monitors an area as worshippers pray during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A security personnel monitors an area as worshippers pray during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

A woman waits to enter to a university to attend Friday prayers ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman waits to enter to a university to attend Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

Head of the Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati prepares for Friday ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Head of the Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati prepares for Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

Iranian officials pray during Friday prayers in Tehran July ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iranian officials pray during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

Head of the Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati (bottom L) prays ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Head of the Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati (bottom L) prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian worshippers shout anti-U.S. slogans during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Head of the Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati delivers a sermon during Tehran's Friday prayers, July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, top, and Ayatollah Ahmad ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:16:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, top, and Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads Iran's Guardian Council, on Friday Sept. 19, 2008. (AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters the room before meeting with Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum, in Tehran July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

A view of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department said it ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - A view of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department said it froze the assets of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to the commander of Iran's Qods Force, an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Shiite 'extremist' group Kata'ib Hezbollah for being a security threat in Iraq Photo:Karen Bleier/AFP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pictured during a meeting ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pictured during a meeting with Venezuelan Energy and Petroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez in Tehran. Ahmadinejad cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia and a continental government. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

An Internet user tries to log onto social networking site Facebook ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Internet user tries to log onto social networking site Facebook in Tehran May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

In this photo taken Monday, June 15, 2009, an Iranian woman ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:39:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo taken Monday, June 15, 2009, an Iranian woman uses her mobile phone in front of hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi who turned out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ben Curtis)

Iranian police beat a demonstrator with batons during a protest ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian police beat a demonstrator with batons during a protest against the election results in Tehran on June 14. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has likened events in Iran to the oppression at the hands of the Stasi secret police in communist East Germany. Photo:/AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her government statement ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her government statement during a session of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin, July 2, 2009. Merkel said on Thursday she wanted next week's G8 summit to send a strong signal to Iran,but also stressed it was important to keep open the possibility of talks on its nuclear programme. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY POLITICS HEADSHOT)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) speaks to Foreign Minister ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) speaks to Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier before delivering her government statement in the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin, July 2, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she wanted next week's G8 summit to send a strong signal to Iran,but also stressed it was important to keep open the possibility of talks on its nuclear programme. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY POLITICS)

A member of the Palestinian security forces walks past a mural ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A member of the Palestinian security forces walks past a mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) and the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the West Bank city of Jenin January 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Police in full riot gear walk past residents in this undated photo uploaded to Twitter July 1, 2009. Iran's police chief said on Wednesday that 1,032 people were detained during unrest in Tehran sparked by last month's disputed presidential election, but that most had since been released. REUTERS/Twitter (IRAN POLITICS CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Iranian-Americans and supporters march to protest against the ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian-Americans and supporters march to protest against the government of Iran in Los Angeles in June 2009. Responding to Iran's political crackdown and nuclear program will be 'at front and center' of President Barack Obama's visit to Russia and the G8 summit in Italy next week, a US official said. Photo:David Mcnew/AFP

Newsweek magazine on Wednesday repeated a call on Iran to immediately ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Newsweek magazine on Wednesday repeated a call on Iran to immediately release its correspondent and rejected charges made against him. Photo:/AFP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a meeting in Tehran. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a meeting in Tehran. Iran on Wednesday stepped up its campaign against dissenters, shutting down a reformist newspaper, but presidential election runner up Mir Hossein Mousavi continued to challenge the results. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

A picture obtained last month shows Iranian riot police in Tehran ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - A picture obtained last month shows Iranian riot police in Tehran in June 2009. Iran on Wednesday stepped up its campaign against dissenters, shutting down a reformist newspaper, but presidential election runner up Mir Hossein Mousavi continued to challenge the results. Photo:/AFP

Iranian demonstrators outside the British Embassy in Tehran ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian demonstrators outside the British Embassy in Tehran in 2006. Britain said Wednesday that two more staff members from its embassy in Tehran had been released and it was checking reports that a third had also been freed. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

An Iranian woman demonstrator holds a poster with pictures of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iranian woman demonstrator holds a poster with pictures of slain protester Neda Agha-Soltan outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 28, 2009. The White House on Wednesday dismissed as 'misinformation' a reported Iranian police claim that the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, who emerged as an emblem of the political uprising, was staged. Photo:Gabriel Bouys/AFP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) has cancelled ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) has cancelled a visit to Libya, where he was due to have a addressed a summit of African leaders in seaside town of Sirte at the invitation of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP