NewsTalk focuses on corruption in the government of Iran with guests Ali Afshari, National Endowment for Democracy, Bahman Aghaie Diba, a consultant wit the World Resources Company and Faradoun Khavand, an economic analyst in Paris.
News & Views leads with the President's trip to Indonesia and the latest from Iraq. The lawyer for Mansur Osanlu, a prominent Iranian union leader who was recently re-arrested, is interviewed. Mohammed Shaheed, Persian's Paris stringer, reports on a new poll on France's attitude towards Iranian President's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's performance in office.
Roundtable hosts Manoucher Mohammadi, former student leader and former political prisoner, discusses human rights abuses and the democratic movement in Iran.
Late Edition reports on British Prime Minister Tony Blair's trip to Afghanistan. Hip hop artist Akon and his new album "Konvicted" is profiled.