The Latest from Iran (10 December): After the Drone Show
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:57See also Iran Analysis: Will the European Union Ban Imports of Tehran's Oil? (Probably.)
The Latest from Iran (9 December): The Return of the Hidden Drone
2110 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, detained in September, has been released from prison.
Mirtahmasb was one of six directors seized on charges that they worked for BBC Persian.
1630 GMT: Surveillance Watch. Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, has said on its website that it will voluntarily restrict business in Iran because of the “increasingly complex situation” there.
Huawei declared it will not seek new customers will limit business activities with existing clients.
The company did not give a reason for the the pull-back but it has come under pressure on the Internet for the potential use of its technology for repression.