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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Iranian election

Iranian election stories: 113 news summaries

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ANALYSIS





 Mousavi's Options Dwindle 
 as Time Ticks Away 

Beaten on the streets, reformer takes uphill battle to the elite

Jul 3, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iranian protest movement is running out of time and options as the regime continues its brutal crackdown, Time reports. Government forces have full control of the streets of Tehran, hundreds of political opponents are in jail, and Western journalists have been packed off. Mir Hossein Mousavi now has no... More »

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Iran • cleric • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests • Basij militia

UK Embassy Staff Will Face Trial in Iran

Leading cleric also accuses Britain of instigating protests

Jul 3, 09 6:14 AM CDT
(AP) - Some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, the leader of the country's powerful Guardian Council said today. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati also accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. Yesterday, the... More »

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 Jailed Newsweek 
 Journo Confessed 
 to Conspiracy: Iran 

State-run TV shows reporter confessing to filing biased reports to create unrest

Jul 2, 09 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Newsweek reporter who was arrested in Iran last month has confessed to filing "biased" news reports to stir unrest as part of a conspiracy to undermine the country's government, according to Iranian state-run media. Maziar Bahari made the alleged confession at a press conference Tuesday, Bloomberg reports. "... More »

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(Newser) - Jon Bon Jovi has released a music video in support of Iran protesters in which he sings Stand by Me in Farsi with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian, reports Reuters. "It's not for sale," said a producer of the video, which was first released on mydamnchannel.com. "... More »

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Iran • music • exile • music videos • Jon Bon Jovi • Iranian election • Farsi • Andy Madadian

 Iran Council Confirms 
 Ahmadinejad Win 

Top council makes decision

Jun 29, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - After partially recounting ballots, Iran’s top legislators have confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the victor in the country’s presidential election, the BBC reports. The decision by the 12-member, conservative-controlled Guardian Council was announced on state television and follows weeks of protests in which some 17 are believed to have... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Guardian Council • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

Iran Still 'Interrogating' 4 of 9 British Embassy Staffers

Four still held as UK decries 'harassment'

Jun 29, 09 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four of the nine staff members arrested at the British embassy in Tehran are still "being interrogated," reports the BBC, for what Iranian media described as collusion with the protests. The Iranian regime has condemned Britain throughout the crisis for meddling in the country's affairs. More »

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 Iran Detains British 
 Embassy Staff 

Says 8 local employees had taken part in election protests

Jun 28, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(AP) - Iranian authorities have detained several local employees of the British Embassy in Tehran, a move that Britain's foreign secretary today called "harassment and intimidation" and reflected a hardening of the regime's stance toward the West. Iranian media said eight local embassy staff were detained for an alleged role in... More »

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Ahmadinejad Blasts Obama, Again

He says the US president's statements endanger talks

Jun 27, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired back at Barack Obama yet again today, saying that he’d “made a mistake” that would threaten talks. He threatened that Western leaders who make “insulting and irrelevant comments will be put on a fair trial” by Iran at every “international gathering.” Ahmadinejad... More »

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(Newser) - Authoritarian regimes around the world, including Burma, China, and Cuba, have been censoring some or all news coverage from Iran, afraid the rebellious sentiment may spread, the Washington Post reports. But news is trickling through anyway, inspiring small acts of defiance. In China, political bloggers have compared it to... More »

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China • Cuba • censorship • Burma • new media • Iranian election • Iranian protests

 Mousavi Backers Tortured, Told to Confess Foreign Plot

Regime seeks to force 'confessions' implicating reformist in conspiracy

Jun 27, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's opposition says prominent supporters have been tortured in an effort to extract "confessions" that foreign forces in league with Mir Hossein Mousavi are plotting against the Islamic republic, the Guardian reports. Amnesty International, citing "very credible sources," says screams have been heard from reformist politicians jailed... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Mousavi's Options Shrink 
 as Crackdown Hardens 

Battle for Iran moves from the streets to corridors of power

Jun 26, 09 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks after Iran's allegedly rigged presidential election, the regime's clampdown has hardened and left opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with few avenues for protest. The New York Times reports that shouts of "God is great" and "Death to the dictator" continue to echo at... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • police crackdown • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 In the Shadows, 
 Ayatollah's Son 
 Calls the Shots 

Mojtaba Khamenei has power throughout the security apparatus

Jun 25, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rarely appears in public and cultivates a shadowy reputation—but even further out of the public eye, his son has become one of the post powerful men in Iran. Ultraconservative cleric Mojtaba Khamenei, believed to be around 50 years old, has connections throughout the Revolutionary Guards and... More »

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 Mousavi Fights On as 
 Ahmadinejad Bashes Obama 

Iranian opposition leader may be under house arrest

Jun 25, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mir Hossein Mousavi said today that the Iranian regime has pressured him to drop his challenges to the disputed election, but that he would resist any efforts to abridge his "constitutional right to protest." The opposition leader has not been seen in public for days, reports the Guardian,... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • house arrest • political demonstrations • George W. Bush • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

 Iran Arrests 70 Profs 
 Who Met With Mousavi 

Crackdown intensifies as opposition calls off rally

Jun 25, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian authorities arrested 70 university professors yesterday, after they met with Mir Hossein Mousavi, according to a dissident website, as the regime intensified its crackdown on demonstrators. The professors' whereabouts are now unknown, but hundreds of activists are now being held in a prison system notorious for torture and human... More »

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Latest Iran Protests Turn Bloody, Witnesses Say

It's like a war zone: witnesses

Jun 24, 09 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of protesters faced off against several thousand riot cops in a Tehran square today after Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran won’t budge on election results, the Guardian reports. Witnesses called the site a war zone, with helicopters hovering overhead as police savagely beat and arrested demonstrators. The reports could... More »

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Gunmen Thought Neda
Had Terrorist Links: Iran

Extremists blamed for 'murderous objectives' against regime

Jun 24, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neda Agha-Soltan may have been mistaken for a terrorist’s sister when she was gunned down mid-protest, Iran’s state-run news agency claims. “Groups who want to create division” purposely killed the 26-year-old—now the face of the demonstrations—“to accuse the Islamic republic of ruthlessly dealing with... More »

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(Newser) - Zahra Rahnavard, wife of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, today reassured Iranians that she had not been arrested, but called on the regime to release those who had, AFP reports. In a statement on her husband’s website, she condemned the crackdown, saying it was “as if martial... More »

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Obama Sent Letter to Iran Before Election

Proposed cooperation, improved relations to ayatollah in May

Jun 24, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A little more than a month before Iran’s disputed election, the Obama administration sent a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei proposing improved bilateral relations and a resolution to the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Times reports. Khamenei mentioned the letter in a lengthy sermon last week,... More »

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(Newser) - Ayatollah Khamenei ruled out political compromise today, telling parliament that Tehran would not “yield to pressure at any cost,” the New York Times reports. “I insisted and will insist on implementing the law on the election issue,” he said. He spoke after Mohsen Rezai, one... More »

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Iran • Ali Khamenei • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • opposition • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests • Mohsen Rezai

(Newser) - Iranian-American activists are circulating an email, written in Farsi, in which a 17-year-old boy describes his torture at the hands of the regime, complete with graphic photographs, Salon reports. The boy, who says he's not an activist of any stripe, says he was minding his own business in a parking... More »

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