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Iranian election stories: 113 news summaries

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Iranian Press Pushes for Mousavi's Arrest

Pro-regime papers may be laying ground for new crackdown

Jun 24, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Several Iranian newspapers sympathetic to the regime have published articles blaming Mir Hossein Mousavi for recent violence, reports the Telegraph. The papers demand that the opposition leader be arrested for treason, a strategy that may be part of an effort to strengthen the position of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Meanwhile, the... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • newspaper editorials • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

OPINION

Wallop Iran
Where It Hurts:
Oil Revenues

Two 'green' revolutions could bring down regime: Friedman

Jun 24, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits and politicians are wasting their time telling Barack Obama what he should be saying about the growing "green revolution" in Iran, writes Thomas L. Friedman. The country's reformers and protesters don't need American encouragement; they need a weakened theocracy—which will only happen when oil prices go into... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • oil • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • green technology • oil price • Thomas Friedman • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • green revolution • Iranian election

 Mousavi Silenced by 24-Hour 
 Secret Police Guard 

Opposition candidate prevented from speaking freely to supporters

Jun 24, 09 3:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is constantly surrounded by guards and secret police and can no longer speak freely to supporters, protest spokesman Mohsen Makhmalbaf tells the Independent. Makhmalbaf, one of Iran's leading film directors, says Mousavi's lines of communications have been cut or confiscated. More »

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Iran • Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mohsen Makhmalbaf

(Newser) - The top body investigating the results of the recent election is asking Iran’s supreme leader to give it more time to clear up any and all “ambiguities,” Reuters reports. “We are urging you to allow us to extend the deadline to receive further complaints five more... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • inquiry • Guardian Council • election results • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mehdi Karoubi

(Newser) - Though his family wasn’t much for democratic rule in Iran, the son of Iran’s last shah says he would return to serve the country if that’s the will of the people, Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post. Reza Pahlavi, 48, hopes Iran’s post-election protests turn... More »

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Iran • shah • Dana Milbank • Iranian election • Reza Pahlavi

Iran 'Retires' Soccer Players Over Protest

Banned for life for wristbands showing Mousavi support

Jun 23, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has barred four of its national soccer players from the field for life after they wore green wristbands during a match last week in apparent support of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian pro-government newspaper said. Six players wore the bands; most took them off at halftime,... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • soccer • protests • political demonstrations • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

(Newser) - The Iranian regime’s first response against pro-Mousavi protesters last week was not the Revolutionary Guard but its volunteer branch, the Basij militia, CNN reports. Iran says the militia, created by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, numbers 12 million; the actual count is probably a smaller—but still effective—300,... More »

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Iran • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Iran war • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Ayatollah Khomeini • Basij militia

(AP) - President Obama today declared the United States and the entire world are "appalled and outraged" by Iran's violent efforts to crush dissent, a clear toughening of his rhetoric as Republican critics at home pound him for being too passive. Obama condemned the "threats, beatings, and imprisonments of the... More »

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Iran • White House • violence • civilians • President Obama • Iranian election • Iranian protests • condemnation • global community

(Newser) - The UK will expel two Iranian diplomats, in retaliation for Tehran’s own banishment of two British diplomats yesterday, the BBC reports. Gordon Brown said that he was “disappointed that Iran has placed us in this position.” He defended the UK diplomats, saying the accusation that they were... More »

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OPINION

 Thank Women for 
 Iran's Revolution 


Jun 23, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans like to thank Barack Obama or George Bush or even Twitter for Iran’s revolution, but the real movers and shakers are Iran’s women, writes Anne Applebaum in the Washington Post. They’ve spent years organizing and campaigning for equal rights, and their presence in the... More »

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feminism • women • women's rights • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Zahra Rahnavard • Iranian protests • Iranian women • equal rights

Neda Mourned Privately as Iran Bans Memorials

Slain 26-year-old lover of music, travel  'couldn't stand injustice'

Jun 23, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neda Agha-Soltan has become the face of the Iranian protests but friends say she was never an activist before the disputed election, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 26-year-old, a music lover who was studying for a career in tourism, was shot dead by a sniper on her way to... More »

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Iran • Basiji • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda

(Newser) - Iran's official Guardian Council has declared absolutely that the nation's controversial presidential election will stand, reports CNN. "If a major breach occurs in an election, the Guardian Council may annul the votes," said a spokesman. "Fortunately, we found no witness of major fraud or breach in the... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

(Newser) - Police used tear gas against hundreds of protesters in Tehran today and fired warning shots into the air, the Guardian reports. About 200 had gathered to protest in Haft-e-Tir square, defying the Revolutionary Guard’s warning that it would crack down on further demonstrations. Hundreds of police descended to... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Iranian election • Iranian protests • Haft-e-Tir

 Iran Uses Internet 
 to Spy on Dissidents 

Nokia, Siemens technology allows regime to monitor Internet use

Jun 22, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has relied on European telecom companies, including Siemens and Nokia, to develop one of the world's most intricate systems for monitoring and censoring the Internet, reports the Wall Street Journal. The regime's surveillance goes beyond blocking access; it gathers information on individual users using a technique known as deep... More »

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ANALYSIS

Death of 'Neda' May Echo for Weeks in Iran

Lengthy Shia cycle of mourning martyrs often includes protests

Jun 22, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's not clear who killed the Iranian protester known as Neda, but footage of her gruesome shooting in the streets of Tehran may transform the demonstrations gripping Iran, Time reports. Shia Muslims mourn their dead three, seven, and 40 days after death, and Iranians often use those commemorations for protests.... More »

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Iran • Islam • Shia • shah • martyrdom • mourning • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda

 Iran Arrests 
 Newsweek 
 Reporter 

Life photojournalist also missing

Jun 22, 09 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian authorities have arrested a Canadian journalist who works for Newsweek, reports the magazine. Maziar Bahari—who has covered Iran for a decade from his home there—was asleep when officers raided the apartment he shares with his mom, seized his laptop and videotapes, and took him away. A... More »

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(Newser) - A graphic video that apparently captured the death of a young Iranian woman known only as “Neda” has become an online phenomenon, CNN reports. Neda was protesting in Tehran with her father against alleged electoral fraud when the pro-government militia Basiji shot her in the heart, a blogger writes.... More »

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(Newser) - Iran is calm but tense today as police freed four family members of a former president and important Iranian cleric, the Los Angeles Times reports. But the oldest daughter of Hashemi Rafsanjani, a key backer of challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi, was not released by authorities in Tehran. Five members of Rafsanjani's... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • cleric • Ali Khamenei • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

OPINION

 You Want a 
 Revolution? 
 There's a Cost 

To get real change, people will have to vote with bodies, not ballots

Jun 21, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - When revolution came to Iran in 1979, it took thousands of people taking to the streets to finally break down the shah's authority. Now the revolutionary government has all that power and oil money, and the only way to elect a leader it doesn't approve of is with bodies, not... More »

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Iran • protests • revolution • mullahs • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Revolutionary Court of Iran

OPINION



 In Choosing 
 Sides, Ayatollah 
 Loses Authority 

Ayatollah Khamenei's aura dims as Iranians take to the streets

Jun 21, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has lost some of the sacrosanct aura of his office by entering the political fray, writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times. Having warned on Friday of "bloodshed and chaos," Iran's supreme leader ended up with both. By aligning himself with President Mahmoud... More »

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • political protest • Roger Cohen • Iranian election

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