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1 Jan 2010

Breaking Down The Azerbaijani-Iranian Border

"The New York Times" yesterday highlighted Tehran's fears of its "increasingly aggressive separatist groups," so a rare video dug up by RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service is an interesting reminder.
"The New York Times" yesterday highlighted Tehran's fears of its "increasingly aggressive separatist groups," so a rare...
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31 Dec 2009

Iran’s supreme leader blames opposition for unrest

TEHRAN, Iran Iran's supreme leader acknowledges the country's Islamic rulers have lost some supporters in the turmoil following the disputed June presidential elections. The remarks by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday were his first public comments since street clashes between opposition supporters and security forces on Sunday left at least eight dead.
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's supreme leader acknowledges the country's Islamic rulers have lost some supporters in the turmoil...
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30 Dec 2009

Mousavi nephew’ among Iran dead

The nephew of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the Iranian opposition leader, has reportedly been killed in violence surrounding street protests in Tehran during the Shia Muslim festival of Ashoura.
The nephew of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the Iranian opposition leader, has reportedly been killed in violence surrounding...
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30 Dec 2009

Timeline Iran after the election

The re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after presidential polls on June 12 was heavily disputed by two defeated candidates, who claimed there had been mass fraud.The dispute of the result brought tens of thousands of supporters of the reformist candidates out onto the streets to demand that the result be annulled and there have been sporadic protests every since.
The re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after presidential polls on June 12 was heavily disputed by two defeated...
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29 Dec 2009

Iran Lashes Out at West Over Protests

BEIRUT, Lebanon Iranian authorities continued arresting hundreds of opposition members and accused the United States and Britain on Tuesday of orchestrating the violent demonstrations that rocked the capital and other cities on Sunday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon Iranian authorities continued arresting hundreds of opposition members and accused the United States and...
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29 Dec 2009

Iran limits movements of an opposition leader

TEHRAN, Iran Iranian security forces have limited the movements of a leading opposition figure by refusing to protect him when he leaves his home, his son said Tuesday as authorities broadened their crackdown with a new wave of arrests that included the sister of Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi.
TEHRAN, Iran Iranian security forces have limited the movements of a leading opposition figure by refusing to protect...
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23 Dec 2009

Clashes reported at Iran protests

Iranian security forces have reportedly clashed with protesters demonstrating in the central city of Isfahan. The reported clashes occured as large crowds gathered at the Sayed mosque on Wednesday to mourn the death of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a senior cleric who was critical of the Iranian government.
Iranian security forces have reportedly clashed with protesters demonstrating in the central city of Isfahan. The...
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23 Dec 2009

Clashes With Police Reported in Iran

Security forces fought with demonstrators in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Wednesday and a Web site in Iran reported that many of the protesters had been injured.
Security forces fought with demonstrators in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Wednesday and a Web site in Iran...
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22 Dec 2009

Throngs of Mourners Attend Funeral of Dissident Cleric in Iran

BEIRUT, Lebanon The funeral of a prominent dissident cleric in the holy Iranian city of Qum turned into a huge and furious antigovernment rally on Monday, raising the possibility that the cleric s death could serve as a catalyst for an opposition movement that has been locked in a stalemate with the authorities.
BEIRUT, Lebanon The funeral of a prominent dissident cleric in the holy Iranian city of Qum turned into a huge and...
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22 Dec 2009

West should allow Iran to solve its own problems, says opposition leader

President Ahmadinejad has betrayed the Iranian Revolution, violated the country s Constitution and may be unable to serve his full term, his most vocal opposition rival has told The Times. In a surprising twist, however, Mehdi Karroubi warned the West against exploiting the regime s weakness to strike a deal to halt a nuclear programme that was, he insisted, for peaceful purposes.
President Ahmadinejad has betrayed the Iranian Revolution, violated the country s Constitution and may be unable to...
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21 Dec 2009

Iran’s Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, prime defender of the protest movement, dies

Reporting from Tehran - Thousands of supporters of Iran's most senior dissident cleric marched through streets in his hometown and descended upon the country's main theological center today to mourn his passing just days before the climax of a politically charged religious commemoration.
Reporting from Tehran - Thousands of supporters of Iran's most senior dissident cleric marched through streets in his...
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19 Dec 2009

Iran Acknowledges Fatal Beatings

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by their jailers.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the...
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13 Dec 2009

Student protesters deny burning Khomeini photos

TEHRAN, Iran Hundreds of students at Tehran University renewed anti-government protests for a second week on Sunday, accusing authorities of fabricating images of demonstrators burning photos of the Islamic Republic's revered founder.
TEHRAN, Iran Hundreds of students at Tehran University renewed anti-government protests for a second week on Sunday,...
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13 Dec 2009

Iran’s slow revolution

Six months after Iran's disputed presidential election triggered widespread demonstrations, the country's pro-democracy movement is as strong as ever, experts say.
Six months after Iran's disputed presidential election triggered widespread demonstrations, the country's pro-democracy...
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10 Dec 2009

Students, militia clash in 2nd day of Iran protest

TEHRAN, Iran Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months.
TEHRAN, Iran Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university...
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8 Dec 2009

Iran student protests bring out tens of thousands

TEHRAN, Iran Tens of thousands of students, many shouting "Death to the Dictator!" and burning pictures of Iran's supreme leader, took to the streets on more than a dozen campuses Monday in the biggest anti-government protests in months.
TEHRAN, Iran Tens of thousands of students, many shouting "Death to the Dictator!" and burning pictures of Iran's...
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7 Dec 2009

Iranian Student Protesters Clash With Police

Thousands of student protesters gathered at universities in Tehran and other cities across Iran on Monday, chanting anti-government slogans and fighting with the police in the opposition s first major street protests in weeks.
Thousands of student protesters gathered at universities in Tehran and other cities across Iran on Monday, chanting...
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7 Dec 2009

Mothers Arrested Before Opposition Rally in Iran

"They are asking us to forget about the election results as though people are concerned only about the elections," he said. How can we make them understand that this is not the issue? It is not about who the president is or is not; the issue is that they have sold out a great nation.
"They are asking us to forget about the election results as though people are concerned only about the elections," he...
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13 Nov 2009

The ‘myth’ of a counter-revolution in Iran

But it is the street protesters who have hammered the last proverbial nail into the coffin of the reform movement. The deeply subversive slogans of the protesters - such as "freedom, Independence, Iranian Republic", which perverts the standard revolutionary slogan of "Freedom, Independence, Islamic Republic" - highlight a considerable gap between the aspirations of an embryonic grassroots movement and the reformists.
But it is the street protesters who have hammered the last proverbial nail into the coffin of the reform movement. The...
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6 Nov 2009

Bunkers or Breakthrough

NEW YORK In his last month as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei finds himself at the explosive crux of the world s nuclear politics, ferrying messages between the Obama administration and Tehran. They are talking through me, he says.
NEW YORK In his last month as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei finds himself at the...
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4 Nov 2009

Clashes in Iran on Embassy Takeover Anniversary

BEIRUT, Lebanon Iran s beleaguered opposition movement struggled to reassert itself on Wednesday, as tens of thousands of protesters braved police beatings and clouds of tear gas on the sidelines of a major, government-sponsored anti-American rally.
BEIRUT, Lebanon Iran s beleaguered opposition movement struggled to reassert itself on Wednesday, as tens of thousands...
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4 Nov 2009

Iran Clashes on Anniversary of Embassy Takeover

BEIRUT, Lebanon Police firing tear gas and wielding batons clashed Wednesday with anti-government demonstrators in Tehran who sought to turn a rally commemorating the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the American Embassy into a renewed protest against the disputed June 30 election, news reports said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon Police firing tear gas and wielding batons clashed Wednesday with anti-government demonstrators in...
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4 Nov 2009

Iran police clash with thousands of anti-Ahmadinejad protesters

Iranian police clashed on Wednesday with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi who had gathered in a Tehran street as the country marks the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy. Thousands of Iranian security forces had assembled on the streets of Tehran to prevent any gathering by the opposition.
Iranian police clashed on Wednesday with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi who had gathered in a...
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4 Nov 2009

Khamenei And The Student

Several Iranian websites, including the official site of Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have published details of an unusual encounter between Khamenei and a student who publicly criticized the Iranian establishment. The encounter took place in an October 28 meeting between Khamenei and students in Tehran, during which the supreme leader said that questioning the disputed June 12 vote was the "biggest crime."
Several Iranian websites, including the official site of Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have published...
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4 Nov 2009

IRAN Concern over fate of star student who spoke out to Khamenei

It was near the end of a meeting Wednesday between Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a group of university students when the man who is Iran's highest political and spiritual authority asked if there were any other questions.  He spotted a young man in the corner with his hand raised and called on him, asking him to go to the podium to speak through the public address system.  What followed was an extraordinarily candid 20-minute speech by the student, later identified as national math Olympiad winner Mahmoud Vahidnia, in which he publicly and explicitly criticized Khamenei for the government's conduct in the unrest that followed Iran's June 12 elections.
It was near the end of a meeting Wednesday between Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a group of university students when...
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10 Sep 2009

New Tweets, Old Needs

LOS ANGELES - Two mullahs gaze out on a crowd of protesters in Tehran. The one says, "Arrest the correspondents." To which the despondent reply is: "But they re all correspondents!"
LOS ANGELES - Two mullahs gaze out on a crowd of protesters in Tehran. The one says, "Arrest the correspondents."...
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30 Aug 2009

Iraq, Iran current affairs

In the chaos following the disputed June presidential elections in Iran, journalist Spencer Ackerman reported that the administration of United States President Barack Obama "insisted that it would not interfere with the struggle for power between regime-backed President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and the thousands of demonstrators who contend the election was stolen".
In the chaos following the disputed June presidential elections in Iran, journalist Spencer Ackerman reported that the...
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21 Jun 2009

Useful Google Map: Embassies Accepting Injured in Iran

Let s go over some of the ways the Iran situation has affected social media. First, Twitter rescheduled its downtime because it s been instrumental to communication from protesters. Facebook launched a Persian translation to help facilitate discussion. Google Translate released Farsi support so English users could understand Farsi communication easier. And YouTube, Twitter, and the blogosphere have been on fire.
Let s go over some of the ways the Iran situation has affected social media. First, Twitter rescheduled its downtime...
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20 Jun 2009

Iran Election Crisis 10 Incredible YouTube Videos

As we reported earlier this week, thousands of Iran-related videos are being uploaded to YouTube() every day, revealing first-hand accounts of the crisis to the world. Some are incredible, some are eye-opening, and other shock you to your very core. We ve included ten of these incredible videos, in a chronological order that helps provide context to the crisis in Iran. Be prepared, for these videos can evoke some very strong emotions:
As we reported earlier this week, thousands of Iran-related videos are being uploaded to YouTube() every day, revealing...
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17 Jun 2009

Iran’s Disputed Election – The Big Picture –

Following up from last Friday's entry about Iran's Presidential Election, Tehran and other cities have seen the largest street protests and rioting since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Supporters of reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, upset at their announced loss and suspicions of voter fraud, took to the streets both peacefully and, in some cases, violently to vent their frustrations. Iranian security forces and hardline volunteer militia members responded with force and arrests, attempting to stamp out the protests - meanwhile, thousands of Iranians who were happy with the election outcome staged their own victory demonstrations. Mousavi himself has been encouraging peaceful demonstrations, and called for calm at a large demonstration today (held in defiance of an official ban), as Iran s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has just called for an official inquiry into accusations of election irregularities.
Following up from last Friday's entry about Iran's Presidential Election, Tehran and other cities have seen the largest...
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