• The Islamic Republic prepares for city council elections.
• Javan Online releases the names of parliamentarians who will be disqualified by the Guardian Council for the next parliamentary election because of their proximity to the Green Movement. Go to AEI.

Ahmad Khatami, temporary Tehran Friday prayer leader: “In the realm of politics, the politicians should realize that one can have opposing tastes but remain united. Opposing tastes are not a crisis. It is an opportunity…” Go to AEI.

Domestic:

Zamaneh:  Mousavi warns against Islamic Republic’s loss of credibility

GVF:  Mousavi: Regime problems ‘far deeper’ than just street protests

ICHR Iran:  Pressure on Dr. Ali Akbar Soroush for Confession

Other:

Gozaar:  What Went Wrong on 22 Bahman

CS Monitor:  Press freedom vs. state security: Israel’s Anat Kam faces jail for leaking army files

Nuclear & Sanctions:

Reuters:  Obama and Medvedev sign arms treaty, press Iran

Economist:  Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev sign a new strategic arms-reduction treaty in Prague

WP:  Iran will not beg to avoid sanctions: Ahmadinejad

Reuters:  Obama expects “tough” Iran sanctions this spring

CFR:  Obama’s Speech in Prague on New START Treaty, April 2010

BW:  Obama’s Nuclear Accord Seeks to Add Pressure on Iran

WP:  Key countries to meet at U.N. for talks about Iran sanctions

BW:  Obama Aims to Use Russia Nuclear Deal to Build Pressure on Iran

WP:  Obama hails closer cooperation with Russia on Iran

LAT Editorial:  A path to unity on Iran sanctions

JPost: Did Swiss gov’t okay Iran nuclear deal?

Human Rights:

Times:  Iran is still holding 35 journalists after crackdown, human rights group says

Rooz: Kianush Asa’s Mother in Interview with Rooz: I Will Not Stay Silent Until My Son’s Murder is Punished

Homylafayette:  Close-up: Islamic regime’s rape victims?

RAHANA:  Haft Tapeh Labor Leaders Return to Jail following the Nowrooz Break

RFE:  A Trial In Tehran: Their Only ‘Crime’ — Their Faith

Zamaneh:  Iranian activist nominated for Student Peace Prize

Other:

AFP:  Top Iran general warns against U.S. attack

BBC:  Behind France’s Islamic veil

FP:  What’s on the menu for Erdogan’s visit to the U.S.

Ahamdinejad:

Zamaneh:  Ahamdinejad vice-president defends himself against corruption charges

GVF:  MP names Ahmadinejad VP as head of massive corruption ring

Reuters:  Iran’s president attacks Obama on nuclear “threat”

TB:  Ahmadinejad’s Cultural Priorities

GVF:  Photo: ‘Supporters’ of ‘President’ Ahmadinejad

Inside Iran:  Ahmadinejdad: Obama is an Amateur

Sanctions:

WSJ:  Germany Charges Two Over Iran Equipment Deal

Fox:  U.S. Needs Russia’s Help with Iran

Reuters:  China to join New York talks on Iran on Thursday

Israel:

BBC:  Turkish PM Erdogan says Israel is ‘threat to peace’ & at WSJ

AFP:  Mideast conflict ‘more explosive’ than Iran crisis: Hariri

Ynetnews:  Iran: If Israel attacks, nothing will remain of it

Other:

CFR:  Academic Conference Call: Deterring a Nuclear Iran (Audio)

TB:  Martyrs of the Green Movement

Gozaar:  The Green Movement in Transition

Sanctions:

BW:  Iran’s Mottaki Rejects Further UN Sanctions as ‘Failed Policy’

BW:  New Iran Sanctions Won’t Work, Ex-Envoy Bolton Says

VOA:  Clinton On Iran And Engagement

BW:  4 arrested for alleged illegal exports to Iran

Reuters:  Iran could radicalize with UN sanctions-Brazil

Afghanistan:

Times:  Afghan president Hamid Karzai ‘may be taking illegal drugs’

NYT:  How to Save Afghanistan From Karzai

WSJ:  The Karzai Fiasco

TheHindu:  India and Iran’s Afpak policy

Iraq:

WSJ:  Iraqi Premier Loses Key Shiite Supporters

AP:  Who succeeds top Iraqi cleric not just about piety

CNN:  Allawi aims to quickly form Iraqi government

BBC:  US military ‘trying to retrieve’ Iraq killings video

Other:

BBC:  US ‘approves killing’ US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki

WP:  Obama weighs new peace plan for the Middle East

Nuclear:

Guardian:  Barack Obama’s radical review on nuclear weapons reverses Bush policies

ABC:  New U.S. Nuclear Policy Sends ‘Strong Message’ To Iran, North Korea, Officials Say

AP:  Defense secretary warns Iran and North Korea, Also AFP

Telegraph:  Barack Obama pledges to limit nuclear attacks

InsideIran:  How Likely is an Iranian Nuclear Counterstrike?

CS Monitor:  Nuclear weapons: Is full disarmament possible?

CS Monitor:  Nuclear weapons: a political strike on the big screen

Political Prisoners:

RFE:  Rights Groups Petition For Release Of Jailed Journalists In Iran CPJ Report here

HuffingtonPost:  Prisoners in Tehran

P2E:  He Spent the New Year in a Solitary Cell – Interview with Koohyar Goodarzi’s Mother

Sanctions:

Inside Iran:  Campaign Against Iran Sanctions Grows Within Political Right and Left

Persiahouse:  Will China Choose Iran or the International Community?

Other:

Telegraph:  Iran demands Fifa lifts Olympic games football hijab ban

RFE:  On Film, The Trials Of An Iranian Lesbian Activist

TB:  ‘Whatever You Want’

Haaretz:  Neighbors / Washington bites its nails over who will lead Iraq

AEI:  Iran News Roundup April 6, 2010

Revolutionary Guard and a CIA Agent, but Reza Kahlili (a pseudonym) recently wrote a book, A Time to Betray

Nuclear:

NYT:  Obama Limits When U.S. Would Use Nuclear Arms

NYT Blog:  Early Word: New Thinking About The Unthinkable

DailyMail:  Obama to soften nuclear strike policy… except for Iran and North Korea

Atlantic:  Has Obama Reconciled Himself to an Iranian Bomb?

JPost: Obama: A nuclear Iran inevitable

Sanctions:

Reuters:  Iran says oil sanctions threat “a joke”

WP:  Iran urges Russia to resist missile sale pressure

AFP:  Sanctions will not deter nuclear goals: Iran

NYT:  Turkey Opposes Sanctions Against Iran

Economy:

BW:  Iran Expects Economy to Grow 8 Percent, Four Times IMF Forecast

Domestic:

Khordaad88:  Reformist delegates of the opposition in Parliament meet Mousavi

Khordaad88:  Rafsanjani Meets with Reformist MPs

Rooz:  Shirin Ebadi in Interview with Rooz

Security forces and protesters clash in Orumiyeh

Political Prisoners:

ICHR Iran:  Iranian Human Rights Activists Under Attack; New Precedents Set

ICHR Iran:  Illegal suspension rulings for Babol University students

Rooz:  Prosecutor Lied; Marashi Arrested

New Yorker:  For Jafar Panahi

Middle East:

LAT:  Video depicting killing by U.S. troops in Iraq is real, official says

Atlantic:  The Iran-Iraq Rapprochement

AEI:  Iran-Lebanese Hezbollah Relationship Tracker 2010

Other:

Iranian:  Exclusive interview with “Prince of Persia” producer Jerry Bruckheimer

Foreign Affairs:  Hardly Existential – Thinking Rationally About Terrorism

The Globe & Mail:  Iran acquires high-tech powerboat

Domestic:

Zamaneh:  Iranian opposition leader urges return to “collective wisdom”

Zamaneh:  Mousavi aides suspended from work at University

Middle East:

Daily Beast:  Israel’s slide toward Iranian-style censorship

NPR:  Iran’s Influence Palpable In Post-Election Iraq

Nuclear:

Huffington Post:  A Season for Disarmament By Hans Blix

AFP:  US says Iran should ‘look in mirror’ on disarmament

Political Prisoners:

GVF:  Families of imprisoned Mousavi advisers turn to Qom

Zamaneh:  Families of election detainees appeal to Iranian clergy

Other:

RFE:  No Hijab On The Soccer Field

WP:  How Russia nourishes radical Islam

Political Prisoners:

RAHANA:  Prison Visits Disallowed for Ayatollah Boroujerdi

ICHR Iran:  Political Judges and Unfair Trials: the Widespread Infiltration of Intelligence Operations Into Judicial System

ICHR Iran:  Jafar Panahai in Danger of Heart Attack, in Solitary Confinement

P2E:  Mehdi Karroubi Demands Release of Post-Election Prisoners

P2E:  Ayatollah Zanjani: Imprisonment of activists is regime’s way to hold on to power

AFP:  Former aide to Iran’s Rafsanjani back in jail , AP

Rooz:  Worrisome Report about Panahi’s Condition in Prison

RAHANA:  The Trial of Mahdieh Golroo

RAHANA:  Kurdish Merchant Killed by Security Forces

Economy:

BW:  Iran Set to Reduce Heavy-Oil Prices for Asia After Saudi Cuts

Reuters:  Iran inflation 10.4 pct yr on yr in March – report & AFP

RFE:  Ahmadinejad Asks Parliament To Review Subsidy Cuts

Zamaneh:  Amadinejad’s subsidy cuts divides Iranian parliament

Reuters:  Iran to sign oil fields development deal – SHANA

Nuclear:

Daily Beast:  An Iranian Secret Agent’s Message to America

AFP:  Russia still hopes diplomacy to solve Iran standoff

Reuters:  Iran says still ready to negotiate nuclear swap

Guardian:  Iran to host nuclear disarmament conference as new sanctions loom

Other:

Fox:  White House Denies Charges of Caving to China on Currency

Homylafayette:  The anthem that refuses to go away

GVF:  Outrage over desecration of the grave of Khatami’s father

InsideofIran:  Half Tehran is depressed

Middle East:

Guardian:  Al-Qaida bombs hit three Baghdad embassies

Eye on Kabul, Delhi sends pro-Iran signal

Middle East:

LAT:  Afghanistan lawmaker lashes out at Karzai

Times:  At least 30 killed as triple car bomb hits Baghdad

Political Prisoners:

EA:  Iran Exclusive: Detained Emad Baghi in Poor Health, House Raided, Relative Beaten

Political Prisoners:

GVF:  Investigations into death of Kahrizak doctor under way

GVF:  Detainee names from section 350 of Evin prison

RAHANA:  Torture & Pressure Continues for Jahangir Abdollahi

RAHANA:  Hesam Firoozi & Other Activists under Torture in Evin Prison

GVF:  Prisoner update: Nourizad’s health condition ‘unfavourable’

RAHANA:  Scores Arrested During Environmental Rally at Lake Orumiyeh

RAHANA:  Kurdish Man Killed in Mahabad Clashes

Domestic:

RAHANA:  21,140 People Killed in Road Accidents in 11 Months

Zamaneh:  Larijani emphasizes independence of Iranian judiciary

Other:

Movies that Matter Festival:  Award Announced

Weekly Standard:  The CIA’s Curious Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program

Domestic:

GVF:  Reformist figures visit Mousavi today

GVF:  Hundreds of reformers flock Khatami office

P2E:  Status of Majid Tavakoli Unknown

GVF:  Three helicopters patrol Tehran sky

Economy:

FT:  KPMG severs Iran ties

Payvand:  3.2 Million Shareholders in Iran

Media:

AFP:  Iran blocks news website: French broadcaster [France 24]

NYT:  Film Director Pays for Supporting Iran Protests

LAT:  Persian folk, funk and psychedelia wins new generation of fans

HuffingtonPost:  Roxana Saberi, Former Iranian Prisoner, Talks To Jon Stewart About New Book ‘Between Two Worlds’ (VIDEO)

Middle East:

NYT Editorial:  President Karzai Lashes Out

FP:  This Week at War: It’s Karzai’s Show Now

CNN:  U.S. official says intel suggests Iran plans to ship arms to Taliban

WP:  Supporters of Shiite cleric Sadr could pose problems for Maliki

FP:  Mohamed ElBaradei’s growing ties to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood call into question his commitment to liberal reform

Sizdehbedar:

LAT:  A festive spirit in the air as Iranians celebrate pre-Islamic holiday outdoors [Updated] Pics & Videos

Payvand:  Photos: Iranians Outdoor to Mark 13th day of Persian New Year – Part I, Part II & Part III & Fars News

Other:

Yahoo:  What War with Iran Means  – By Pat Buchanan

AEI:  Iran News Roundup April 2, 2010

Domestic:

Zamaneh:  Senior Iranian cleric condemns outside unfluence on judiciary

GVF:  IRGC website hacked

GVF:  Karroubi meets with imprisoned filmmaker’s family

Economy:

Timesof India:  Safe passage for Iran gas: Pak

Timesof India:  Don’t do deals with Iran: US to India, Pakistan

AEI:  Global Business in Iran Update, March 3 – April 1, 2010

Other:

FP:  Is Turkey Trying to Sink or Save Iran?

AP:  Aircraft maker pushing exports of spy drones

FP:  Did Hezbollah Kill Hariri?

Domestic:

Zamaneh:  Iranian cleric claims leadership of clergy open to referendum

Zamaneh:  Iran’s Head of Judiciary urged to resolve court hearing delays

Zamaneh:  Dutch NGO demands to be removed from Iranian blacklist

Political Prisoners:

GVF:  Photos: Works of art from Evin prison by female prisoners!

Women:

Zamaneh:  Iranian activist, Shadi Sadr wins Amnesty International award

Other:

France 24:  Soros backs Egypt weekly to give Arab bloggers exposure

AEI:  Iran News Roundup April 1, 2010