The Iranian asylum seeker who tried to catch himself alight two weeks ago at the Icelandic Red Cross HQ in Reykjavik, will be released from custody today. He faces a possible four-year prison sentence. Read the full story

Ossur Skarphedinsson, Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has extended an offer of asylum on behalf of the Icelandic state to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman on death row in Iran. Read the full story

An Iranian lawyer, who was forced to flee his country after defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has been reunited with his family in Norway. Mohammad Mostafaei’s wife, Fereshteh, and the couple’s seven-year-old daughter, Parmida, arrived in Norway on tourist visas on Thursday. Read the full story

An Iranian lawyer, who is defending a woman facing death by stoning for having an extra marital affair, has sought asylum in Norway. Mohammad Mostafaei came to the country after reaching Turkey last week in a journey by car, on horseback and on foot. Read the full story

The Norwegian government has condemned the killings of five Kurdish activists in an Iranian prison last week. Evin prison in the capital city, Tehran put the men to death shortly before the auspicious anniversary of the 2009 elections. Read the full story

A comprehensive electronic surveillance system that was sold by the Nokia Siemens Network Group to Iran is capable of spying on almost all electronic communications, according to its brochure. Read the full story

A second uranium enrichment plant in Iran has led Norway to join other countries in expressing its concern over the disclosure, claiming that the plant is a clear breach of UN Security Council requirements. Read the full story

The US Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates, has announced that the U.S missile based defence system could see changes which will result in weapons being deployed from the Baltic Sea, according to Finnish news agency Helsingin Sanomat. Read the full story

Sweden’s national security service, Sapo, has issued a warning that Iranian citizens studying at Swedish universities could have ties to their nation’s nuclear and military establishments. Therefore, the government agency has advised Swedish universities to ban all Iranian nationals from studying in any field with connections to these weapon-based sectors. Read the full story