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NEWS ABOUT: Mir Hossein Mousavi

Mir Hossein Mousavi stories: 92 news summaries

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 Iran Blocks Foreign Press 
 as Thousands Protest 

Government cracks down on communications, arrests reformists

Jun 17, 09 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are planning more rallies today, despite an appeal for calm by the country's supreme religious leader. Iran has banned international journalists from the protests after Monday's violence at a Mousavi demonstration, where seven people died. But state television, which showed rallies in... More »

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(Newser) - Iran's supreme leader addressed the nation on TV tonight to criticize anti-government protesters and appeal for calm, the Guardian reports. Those stirring up trouble are simply “tension seekers,” said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rival protests again filled the streets of Tehran, though no more deaths were reported. Khamenei has... More »

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(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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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

ANALYSIS

Ayatollah Authority 
 Undercut by Flip-Flop 

Protests are weakening Khamenei's grip on Iranian regime

Jun 16, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The about-face done by Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—first blessing the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday's election then opening an inquiry into vote fraud yesterday—was a rare misstep for the shadowy, usually cautious ayatollah, the New York Times reports, and may have done substantial damage to his reputation,... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Revolutionary Guards • cleric • Ali Khamenei • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Iran's Guardian Council Vows 
 Recount as 7 Die in Protests 

Guardian Council makes U-turn as state radio confirms deaths

Jun 16, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most powerful body in Iran declared it will allow a recount in last Friday's controversial presidential election, the BBC reports. The announcement follows three days of massive protests in Tehran, in which seven people were killed. State radio claims the deaths came as protesters attacked a military post after... More »

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Twitter Delays Downtime
to Aid Iran Protesters

Maintenance reskedded to accommodate information flow

Jun 16, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter has pushed back work that would have taken the site offline to avoid disrupting the flow of information from Iran, Computer World reports. The site, which has proven to be a vital link between Iranian protesters and the rest of the world, will now be offline 2 to... More »

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(Newser) - A pre-election poll of Iranian voters favoring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been held up as proof that the election was fair. Not so, writes Nate Silver on FiveThirtyEight.com. The poll, conducted by Terror Free Tomorrow, found that 33.8% of respondents intended to vote for Ahmadinejad, versus 13.6% for... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • coercion • fear • polling • opinion polls • Nate Silver • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Terror Free Tomorrow

(Newser) - Shots were fired at a huge street protest in Tehran today, the BBC reports, not long after opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi addressed the gathering in spite of a ban by the Iranian government; an AP photographer says one protester was killed, and that the shots came from a compound... More »

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(Newser) - Erupting protests over Iranian elections may be the first political upheaval tweeted from beginning to end, as demonstrators keep up a running account of what's happening, reports CNN. "My friend saying more than 100 students arrested. Bastards just attacked us for no reason. I lost count of how much... More »

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CNN Fiddled While Tehran Burned

Twitter users blast network's paltry coverage during riots

Jun 15, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter has already become a go-to place for breaking news, but the micro-blogging site assumed the role of media watchdog over the weekend, reports the New York Times. As riots protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory began to heat up in Tehran—and CNN aired a Larry King repeat about American ... More »

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 Ayatollah Orders Ballot Probe 

Khamenei accedes to Mousavi's request for vote fraud investigation

Jun 15, 09 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a probe into Iran's allegedly rigged presidential election, reports CNN. The country's supreme leader has already endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's supposed victory as "a divine miracle," but Khamenei today requested that a clerical body investigate Mir Hossein Mousavi's claims of widespread fraud. The ayatollah's... More »

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 Mousavi Cancels 
 Tehran Rally, 
 Cops Teargas 
 Students 

Iran crackdown hardens as Tehran riots continue

Jun 15, 09 4:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mir Hossein Mousavi called off a major rally in Tehran today after the supposedly defeated presidential candidate was told that militias with live rounds would be standing guard, reports the BBC. Heated clashes are continuing between the police and Mousavi supporters disputing the declared election results. Security forces reportedly fired... More »

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(Newser) - Iran arrested more than 100 opposition members as clashes between anti-government protesters and police continued today, the New York Times reports. Opposition candidates Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi called for yesterday’s disputed election, which saw incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad win easily, to be overturned. Mousavi backers called for... More »

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ANALYSIS

Reformists May Try to Oust, Kill Ahmadinejad, Khamenei

Election 'coup' will turn bloody: source

Jun 14, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fallout from Friday’s Iranian presidential elections could turn bloody, with attempts to oust or even assassinate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and even the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a well-connected Iranian source tells Steve Clemons of the Washington Note. The election “coup by the right wing” has sparked a civil... More »

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP



 Biden: 'Real 
 Doubts' About 
 Iran Poll Results 

Elsewhere, officials spar over pending health care proposals

Jun 14, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden this morning expressed “some real doubt” that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad legitimately won re-election in Iran, Politico reports. “There’s an awful lot of questions about how this election was run,” he told Meet the Press. On health care, Biden reiterated President Obama’s reluctance... More »

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 Ahmadinejad: Protests 
 Like a 'Soccer Match' 

Students fear violence will soon escalate

Jun 14, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - As rioters clogged the streets of Tehran for a second day burning police motorcycles and setting trash cans ablaze, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad compared them to disaffected sports fans, CNN reports. “Some people are sentimental and become excited," the Iranian president said. “I compared it to a soccer match.... More »

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(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rivals for the Iranian presidency were placed under house arrest in the wake of the disputed election results as fiery riots beoke out across Tehran, the Los Angeles Times reports. Main challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, who had declared victory before the Interior Ministry's announcement that Ahmadinejad had prevailed,... More »

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(Newser) - Westerners may well be wondering what happened to the articulate young Iranians who endorsed presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi on TV recently. Didn't those freedom-loving voters represent today's Iran? "Actually, no," writes Christopher Dickey in Newsweek. "It appears that the working classes and the rural poor—... More »

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(AP) - Hillary Clinton said today the US hopes the outcome of the contested Iranian presidential election reflects the "genuine will and desire" of the Iranian people. "We are monitoring the situation as it unfolds in Iran, but we, like the rest of the world, are waiting and watching to... More »

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