Scotland On Sunday, By Struan Stevenson: This week, Iran's Supreme Leader will have a chance to "elect" the person he favours to lead the Islamic Republic. For, unlike democratic Europe, Iran is ruled by theocratic dictators and, as such, the polls there are a farce.

BPCIF: London, 5 May - Lord Slynn, who passed away earlier this month, will be remembered as a champion of justice for the Iranian people and their Resistance movement.

The Sunday Telegraph: Lord Slynn of Hadley tried to alert the world to a terrible betrayal of Iran's main hope of a democratic alternative to the murderous Tehran regime, says Christopher Booker.

Asharq Al-Awsat, By Lord Corbett: The UK is not the only one contemplating the future of Iraq now that our troops have handed over formal responsibility for Basra last week. Next door, Shiite Iran is busy working out its next move.

The Daily Telegraph, Law Obituaries: The Lord Slynn of Hadley, the former Law Lord who died on April 7 aged 79, had earlier been Britain's advocate-general at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg from 1981 to 1988 and a judge of the court for four years after that.

Justice and freedom have lost a brave friend with Lord Slynn's passing away. He was a man of great honour; wise, patient and persistent. And widely respected in legal circles around the world.

BPCIF: London, 2 April - At an evening reception in Parliament on Tuesday to mark the Persian New Year, cross-party Members of Parliament and peers came out in defence of the 3,500 Iranian dissidents living in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, who are facing a crackdown and threat of expulsion at the behest of the Tehran regime.