1. A small news item appeared in one Iranian newspaper. 2. Few Iranian newspapers have weighed in with comment, which is expected over the next several days. 3. Iranian newspapers reported Thursday that Mokhtari had died of suffocation, and one of them quoted a relative saying his body bore bruises around the neck. 4. Over the past month, there have been numerous reports in Iranian newspapers of secret talks between American and Iranian officials in Cyprus and other locations in Europe. 5. Resistance of that sort used to be unthinkable, and perhaps for that reason, there has been no mention of the incident in Iranian newspapers. 6. The Iranian newspapers are more open. 7. Over the past two months, Iranian newspapers have reported talks had been held with American diplomats in Cyprus and elsewhere in Europe. 8. Parliament has denounced a hard-line cleric who described lawmakers opposed to public floggings as animals, Iranian newspapers reported Sunday. 9. A British man has been arrested in western Iran for alleged spying for Britain, an Iranian newspaper reported Sunday. 10. A deranged man assaulted a cleric during prayers in central Iran, an Iranian newspaper reported Saturday. |