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Iranian protests stories: 35 news summaries

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Iran Blasts Oxford Tribute
to Dead Protester

Regime lodges protest against Neda Soltan scholarship

Nov 11, 09 4:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The Iranian regime has condemned Oxford University's offering of a scholarship in the name of a young woman killed in protests earlier this year as a politically motivated move staged by its enemies. The scholarship is named after Neda Soltan, a 26-year-old philosophy student who became the symbol of the... More »

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 Iranian Police Clash 
 With Protesters 

Tear gas, beatings mark 30th anniversary of US Embassy takeover

Nov 4, 09 6:34 AM CST
(AP) - Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons and fired tear gas today on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies in Tehran to mark the 30th anniversary of the US Embassy takeover. While pro-government demonstrators chanted "death to America" outside the former embassy, opposition marchers nearby cried "death to... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • US Embassy • green revolution • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

Iran Students Hope to Reignite Smoldering Unrest

Green movement plans major protest tomorrow

Nov 3, 09 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Iranian students are planning a major protest tomorrow, their first in six weeks, hoping to turn an annual parade commemorating the taking of the US embassy in 1979 into an anti-government rally. Though largely forgotten by the media and discounted by Western policy makers, the so-called “green movement” that... More »

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Iran • student • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

OPINION

 Obama Cozies Up to 
 Dictators, for Unions' Sake 

Labor-beholden govt. supports oppressors: Henninger

Oct 1, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his inaugural address Barack Obama pledged to "extend a hand" to America's foes—and he sure has, writes Daniel Henninger. Hillary Clinton is opening "direct dialogue" with the Burmese junta, John Kerry went to Syria, and the president himself has greeted Hugo Chávez and... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Venezuela • State Department • trade unions • Iranian protests

Empire State Lighting Thrills Iranian Activists

Tower green during Ahmadinejad visit—for The Wizard of Oz

Sep 22, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York to speak at the annual opening of the UN general assembly, opponents of the Iranian regime petitioned to have the Empire State Building bathed in protesters' trademark green. The building's managers said no, but the activists got a lucky break, reports the Wall Street ... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • New York • UN General Assembly • green revolution • Iranian protests

 Iran Admits Protester 
 Was Beaten to Death 

First official acknowledgment of post-election state violence

Sep 1, 09 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man arrested in the upheaval following Iran's presidential election was beaten to death in jail, Iranian media reported yesterday—offering the first official acknowledgment that a detained protester died after the disputed vote. Officials had originally said the man died of an illness, but a coroner's report said he... More »

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Iran • Tehran • prison • detainee • political prisoner • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Iranian protests

ANALYSIS

 August Is a Snooze— 
 Unless These Crises Hit 

Iran, Afghanistan won't spend summer snoozing

Aug 11, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - August is a snooze—except when it isn't, writes Anne Applebaum for the Washington Post, who points out that World War I and Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait began in the eighth month. For the benefit of "the interns who are manning the shop while everyone is out of... More »

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(Newser) - Iranian protesters, both male and female, were raped in a notorious prison in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election, one of the defeated candidates alleged today. Reformist Mehdi Karroubi wrote on his website that senior prison officials told him about "really shameful issues," including sexual violence that... More »

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Iran • rape • Revolutionary Guards • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • sexual violence • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests • Mehdi Karoubi

 Ahmadinejad Begins 2nd Term 


Aug 5, 09 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been sworn in for a second term as president of Iran, one day after the White House finally announced that the US recognized him as the country's elected leader. In his inaugural address, Ahmadinejad took a swipe at the US and European nations that "decided to... More »

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(Newser) - As his adversaries faced a mass court hearing condemned as a show trial, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was formally endorsed today for a second term as president of Iran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei conducted the ceremony, which Mir Hossein Mousavi and other opposition figures boycotted. The endorsement came after state television screened courtroom... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • trial • cleric • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • confession • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

Former Iranian Prez Lashes 'Show Trial'

Khatami accuses government of murdering protesters

Aug 2, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(AP) - The reformist former president of Iran blasted the country's extraordinary mass trial of activists and protesters as a sham that would undermine the country's ruling regime, reports the AP. Mohammad Khatami, president from 1997 to 2005, said he hoped the "show trial" would not "lead to ignorance... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • trial • Mohammad Khatami • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

(Newser) - Iranian police beat demonstrators gathered in a Tehran cemetery to mourn victims of post-election violence, including Neda Agha-Soltan—the 26-year-old whose killing was witnessed by hundreds of thousands on YouTube. A witness told Reuters that some mourners were arrested. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi defied threats from the Revolutionary Guards... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda • Iranian protests • Mehdi Karoubi • Neda Agha Soltan

(Newser) - Dozens of Iranians were arrested today when riot police violently dispersed a protest in Tehran, Reuters reports. Hundreds chanted slogans like “Ahmadinejad—resign, resign,” and “Death to dictators,” witnesses said, before police, some in plainclothes, descended on the demonstration, beating and detaining the protesters. Some witnesses... More »

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(Newser) - Riot police swarmed around Tehran University today, dispersing anyone attempting to gather in protest with batons, shields, and pepper spray, the Washington Post reports. “There are 300 of us in a small alley, and we are under attack by dozens of security forces,” one witness reported. Others... More »

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(Newser) - Iranian opposition candidates issued a statement today demanding an end to the “savage, shocking attacks” against protesters, and calling for the release of innocent people arrested in the government’s post-election crackdown, the New York Times reports. “The useless wave of arrests must end immediately,” read the... More »

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Iran • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Mohammad Khatami • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Medhi Karroubi • Iranian protests

OPINION

 Twitter Deserves a Nobel Prize 


Jul 6, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter’s been so instrumental in giving Iranians a voice that it, and its creators, deserve Nobel Prize consideration, writes Mark Pfeifle for the Christian Science Monitor. Scoff all you want at the 140-character “time waster.” “In the past month, 140 characters were enough to... More »

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Iran • Nobel Prize • Twitter • Iranian election • social media • Iranian protests • Neda Agha Soltan

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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Iran • United Kingdom • trial • embassy • arrest • Iranian election • Iranian protests

 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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