Monday
Dec202010
The Latest from Iran (20 December): Gasoline, Bread, and Diplomacy
1754 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Detained attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has ended her hunger strike.
Sotoudeh's refusal of food and water was her third since she was detained in early September.
1750 GMT: Subsidy Cuts Watch. Fars reports that the "real" price of bread will be posted tomorrow.
1745 GMT: Policing Cyber-Knowledge. Peyke reports that Iranian authorities have blocked the websites of Google Books, 4Shared, and Dehkhoda Encyclopedia.
1615 GMT: Corruption Watch. Iran Prosecutor General Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei has said that 1st Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi will have to stand trial on corruption charges.