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Iranian election stories: 113 news summaries

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Iranian Leaders at Odds on Election Results

Ministers at odds as violent scenes come to light

Jun 21, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rift is growing between Iran’s political leadership as two top-ranking officials issued opposing statements on the results of the recent presidential election, CNN reports. The country’s parliamentary speaker today suggested Iran’s election authority had sided “with a certain candidate,” while the foreign minister claimed... More »

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Iran • investigation • Ali Larijani • protests • Manouchehr Mottaki • Iranian election

UPDATED

 At Least 13 Dead 
 in Iran Crackdown 


Jun 20, 09 10:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - A violent and chaotic day in Iran left dozens of protesters injured, with reports ranging from 13 to 19 deaths, reports the New York Times. The government's feared militia, the Basij, cracked down with water cannons, electric rounds, and live bullets against thousands of protesters in Tehran. The developments came... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • bomb • mausoleum • election • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

OPINION

Obama Boxes Himself In
to False Choice on Iran


Jun 20, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama talks a lot about "false choices," and he's usually just blowing smoke rhetorically, but now he's got one regarding Iran, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. “The president thinks he’s stuck with a dilemma,” Barnes writes: “Either support the democratic... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • United States • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • protesters • President Obama • Iranian election • Fred Barnes • democratic movement

Street Protests Cool, But Iran Opposition Takes to Rooftops

Mousavi supporters chant from rooftops, but opposition's next step is unclear

Jun 19, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calls of “Allahu Akbar” punctuated Tehran’s evening quiet as some residents took to their rooftops to protest Ayatollah Khamenei’s support of what they see as fraudulent election results, MSNBC reports. Despite the rooftop protests—a tactic used in the 1979 revolution—outright street demonstrations from supporters of... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Basiji • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • political demonstrations • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Iranian Rockers 
 Won't Stay 
 Mute on Crisis 

Plan to get so famous they're unstoppable at home

Jun 19, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian band Hypernova arrived in the US in 2007 ready to rock—but not prepared to be caught condemning their home government. Now, as demonstrators flock to protest Iran’s election results, singer “King Raam” is turning up the political volume, the Global Post reports. “There are so... More »

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Iran • rock and roll • rock bands • rock music • Iranian election • Hypernova

OPINION

Obama's Wrong:
He Must Take Sides in Iran

He's deserting the brave revolutionaries:
Krauthammer

Jun 19, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Electoral fraud fueled the protests in Iran, but now there is a full-fledged revolution brewing—and according to Charles Krauthammer, the demonstrators are desperate for just one signal that the US supports them. Instead, President Obama has pledged "dialogue" with a "clerical dictator" and left the green revolutionaries... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • US foreign policy • Tiananmen Square • revolution • green revolution • Iranian politics • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Iranian election

OPINION

Obama's Right:
Pragmatism
Is Only Way

It may anger neocons, but he should keep his hands clean: Stephens

Jun 19, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and his team clearly want to support the Iranian opposition, writes Philip Stephens, and Republicans such as John McCain have hammered the president for not condemning an election viewed as a sham. But for the Financial Times columnist, Obama is striking a shrewd balance between idealism and real-world... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • US foreign policy • foreign policy • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Facebook, Google Roll Out Persian Updates

Internet companies
rush new tools for Iranian protesters

Jun 19, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter has taken extraordinary measures to keep its site running during the Iranian election protests, and now other websites are speeding up developments. Today Facebook launched an early version of its site in Persian, relying on 400 volunteers to translate pages into the local language. "We felt it was... More »

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Iran • Google • Facebook • translation • Internet censorship • Twitter • Iranian election • social media

updated

 Ayatollah Calls for 
 Calm, Denies 
 Ballot Fraud 

'Zionists' and BBC are exploiting protests, Khamenei says

Jun 19, 09 4:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The supreme leader of Iran called for "peace and tranquility" in his first public speech since the contested presidential election, Al Jazeera reports. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei defended the legitimacy of the vote and told protesters to stop, notes the New York Times. "Street challenge is not acceptable,"... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • supreme leader

OPINION

 Twitter's Iran Role Is All Hype 


Jun 18, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tech-loving journalists need to chill out about Twitter’s supposed role in Iran’s unrest, writes Jack Shafer of Slate. “I’ve found it more noise than signal,” he writes. Twitter’s already produced a lot of erroneous stories—like the 3 million people tweeters claimed were at... More »

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Iran • social networking • Twitter • Iranian election • social media

Mousavi Joins
Rally to Mourn
Protest Deaths

Opposition candidate vows not to retreat at latest Iran gathering

Jun 18, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi joined tens of thousands of Iranians in Tehran today to mourn those killed during post-election protests. Mousavi also vowed not to compromise on his demand for a fresh election when he and two others meet with Iran’s Guardian Council on Saturday to address... More »

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

analysis

 4 Possible Outcomes for Iran 

Could we see a new revolution—or the next Tiananmen?

Jun 18, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s election aftermath seems to have come as a surprise to its key figures. With protesters showing no sign of relenting, Tony Karon of Time offers four possible conclusions:
  • A repeat of the 1979 revolution. But that’s unlikely, because “an unarmed popular movement can only topple
... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Ali Khamenei • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • supreme leader

Disputed Letter Reports Victory by Mousavi

Possible forgery showing 'actual results' inflames protesters

Jun 18, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the propaganda coming from all sides in the Iranian election dispute, one letter stands out: a note from the interior minister to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, giving the "true" result of last Friday's vote. The letter acknowledges the Supreme Leader's "order" for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to win but shows... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Interior Ministry • Marjane Satrapi • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • supreme leader • Medhi Karroubi

Iran election dispute

 Clerics Invite Opposition to Talk 


Jun 18, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s Guardian Council has invited all three opposition candidates to a meeting to air their grievances Saturday, the New York Times reports. But the opposition is likely to view that olive branch warily; it has already turned down the council’s offer for a partial recount. Protesters say... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • cleric • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Guardian Council • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

iran election dispute

 Mousavi Plans 
 'Day of Mourning' 
 as Protests Spread 

Demonstrations may be largest yet; violence reaches across country

Jun 18, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iranian regime is resorting to more extreme measures against supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and other reformers, reports the Times of London, as the opposition planned yet another massive rally against alleged electoral fraud. Despite dozens of high-profile arrests and raids on universities, thousands are expected to join Mousavi... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • political demonstrations • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Web Users Worldwide Help Iranians Thwart Censors

Expatriates, Pirate Bay work to get information on protests out of Iran

Jun 18, 09 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranians are using every trick in the book to get information past the country's tight censorship of the Internet and to the outside world—and the outside world is doing its best to help, CNET reports. Sympathizers have set up a huge number of proxy servers to help disseminate information... More »

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Iran • Internet • protests • The Pirate Bay • computer servers • Internet censorship • web censorship • Twitter • Iranian election

analysis

Mousavi's Iran Might Not Be Much Different

Ex-PM has conservative record; change likely tough under ayatollah

Jun 17, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Observers have heralded the candidacy of Mir Hossein Mousavi as a step toward a more moderate Iran—but in fact, Mousavi’s record shows support for some "controversial policies" in Iran, the Wall Street Journal reports. As prime minister in the 1980s, Mousavi was a social conservative, and he... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • conservative • Obama administration • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

OPINION

Obama Should Support Iran's Reformers

Let Mousavi know the US is there for them, ex-Bush officials advise

Jun 17, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whether or not Iran’s protests coalesce into a full-scale revolt, it seems clear that the Iranian people would like to change their totalitarian government. Barack Obama should help them do it, Bush administration officials Dan Senor and Christian Whiton write in the Wall Street Journal. He could start... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • Barack Obama • censorship • web censorship • Iranian election • Radio Farda

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supporters rallied in Tehran today, shouting slogans like, “Death to America!” and “Khamenei is our leader!” while Mir Hossein Mousavi’s supporters held a low-key march elsewhere in the city, the LA Times reports. The opposition had called for... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Ahmadinejad Foes Gang Up on Websites

'Hacktivists' overload president's blog, other government outlets

Jun 16, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - As protests continue on the streets of Tehran, hackers in and outside of Iran are mounting an assault on the establishment's main websites, reports ZDNet. The sites of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several news agencies were crippled yesterday after activists flooded them with traffic. The campaign appears to... More »

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Iran • Russia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Georgia • CNN • Distributed Denial of Service • hackers • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Twitter • denial of service attack • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

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