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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Iranian protests

Iranian protests stories: 35 news summaries

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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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Iran • Tehran • David Miliband • Britain • embassy staff • Iranian election • Iranian protests

(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

 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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Iran • Revolutionary Guards • Basiji • cleric • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Iranian protests • Basij militia • Mojtaba Khamenei

 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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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • professor • dissidents • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

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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Iran • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mahdi Karroubi • Iranian protests

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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Iran • terrorist • Iranian election • Neda • Iranian protests

(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

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

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

(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

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

(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

(Newser) - An eerie silence descended on Tehran early today as Iranian officials admitted to discrepancies in the controversial presidential election, but still declared it legal. More votes were cast in 50 cities than the number of registered voters, officials concluded. But authorities said the discrepancy, which affects some 3 million votes,... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ali Khamenei • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • presidential election • Iranian politics • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests • clamp down

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