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Tehran stories: 87 news summaries

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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) - 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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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • riots • presidential election • civil unrest • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(Newser) - This could be a mess for a while: Iran's official count today gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a landslide victory in the presidential election, but his main challenger rejected the results as a "dangerous charade" and warned of "tyranny," reports the Guardian. The official numbers: Ahmadinejad gets 62.6%... More »

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UPDATED

 Saberi Freed by Iran, 
 United With Parents

Jailed US journalist has prison term cut to two years suspended

May 11, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American reporter jailed in Tehran for the last 5 months, has been freed and reunited with her parents, the AP reports. An appeals court yesterday cut her sentence to a 2-year suspended term, down from the 8 years she was given for spying for the US. The... More »

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Iran • Tehran • espionage • appeal • journalist • sentence • Roxana Saberi

Nobelist Lawyer Defends US Prisoner in Iran

Ebadi urges bail release for journalist Roxana Saberi

Apr 21, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shirin Ebadi, the dissident Iranian human rights lawyer who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, will defend the Iranian-American journalist sentenced this weekend to 8 years in prison, reports the Washington Post. Ebadi is seeking to secure a bail release for Roxana Saberi, who was convicted of spying for the... More »

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Iran • Tehran • espionage • lawyer • journalist • Roxana Saberi • Shirin Ebadi

Tehran Judge Echoes Call for 'Fair' Saberi Trial

Iran minister chides Obama for not knowing details of closed trial

Apr 20, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of Iran’s judiciary issued a statement today requesting that Roxana Saberi’s appeal “should be fairly, accurately, and quickly considered.” It’s not clear whether Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi means Saberi’s appeal will be successful, or if he merely wants to stress to international... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Jesse Jackson • espionage • appeal • court cases • President Obama • Roxana Saberi • Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi

Iran Welcomes
Obama Overture

That is, if US admits 'previous mistakes' and gives up sanctions, support for Israel

Mar 20, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iranian government gave a muted welcome to Barack Obama's surprise video appeal for better relations, but said the US must "realize its previous mistakes," drop sanctions, and end its support for Israel. An aide to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran would "not show its back"... More »

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Jailed Journalist in Iran 'Very Depressed'

But US parents reassured Saberi alive after she meets lawyer

Mar 9, 09 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iranian-American journalist being held at a notorious Tehran jail met with her lawyer yesterday, offering her parents in North Dakota the first proof that she is alive. Roxana Saberi has lived in Iran for six years but was arrested a month ago; officials say she's being held for working... More »

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Iran Says It
Will Release
US Journalist in 'Next Few Days'

31-year-old imprisoned for buying bottle of wine

Mar 6, 09 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Iran will soon free Roxana Saberi, a journalist imprisoned more than a month ago, Reuters reports. Saberi was jailed after buying a bottle of wine, but held on concerns over her working papers. Tehran said its investigation is finished and that the 31-year old Iranian-American’s release is imminent, but... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Tehran • wine • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic law • detainee • journalist • Roxana Saberi



 'Missing' 
 Journalist 
 Is in Tehran 
 Jail: Iran  

Freelancer locked up after allegedly buying
a bottle of wine

Mar 3, 09 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - A day after an Iranian-American journalist's father said her whereabouts were unknown after an arrest a month ago, Iran today said she is being held in a Tehran jail for political prisoners, Reuters reports. The Iran foreign ministry said Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old who has reported for the BBC and... More »

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 US Drafts 
 Letter to Iran 
 to Mend Ties 

Development could
lead to direct talks
between old enemies

Jan 28, 09 4:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is moving his efforts to improve relations with Iran beyond mere speech-making, the Guardian reports. The State Department is drafting a letter to Iranian leaders to assure them the US is not looking to overthrow the curent regime, just change its behavior. The letter—a response to a... More »

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What Embargo? HP Printers Find Their Way to Iran

Company skirts US 
law with help from
overseas distributor

Dec 29, 08 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - HP printers have become top-sellers in Tehran, despite a 13-year embargo against US companies doing business with Iran, the Boston Globe reports. An Indian-owned distributor sells HP products in Iran, enabling it to skirt American law. But questions remain: If HP execs cut the deal with Redington Gulf knowing their... More »

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Moderate Tehran Mayor Eyes Presidential Bid

Ex-hardliner unites lefties, righties fed up with Ahmadinejad

Dec 22, 08 5:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Tehran's mayor appears to be mounting a presidential bid in Iran as political winds shift against President Ahmadinejad, the Boston Globe reports. Liberals and conservatives are allying for the first time, and Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, 47, has attended their meetings. Whoever wins in June will be "hugely consequential,... More »

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 Iran Toughens Stance 
 on Obama 

Offer to talk merely signals shift from 'hard conflict to a soft attack,' commander says

Nov 13, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Facing a US president-elect willing to negotiate, just as they’ve asked for, Iran’s leaders have adopted a more hostile tone toward Barack Obama, the Washington Post reports. “People who put on a mask of friendship, but with the objective of betrayal, and who enter from the angle... More »

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 Iran Claims to Test New Missile 

Sejil has the capability to reach Israel, Tehran says

Nov 12, 08 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Iranian government said today it test-fired a new model of missile capable of reaching Israel or US bases in the Middle East, although it insisted its intentions were peaceful, the Times of London reports. Tehran released photos of a test of what it said were Sejil missiles, which it... More »

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Tehran Outpost Looks More Likely Before Bush Leaves

Though Obama team hasn't been consulted, move could insulate Dem from criticism

Nov 7, 08 5:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bush administration is moving ever closer to establishing a long-rumored diplomatic office in Iran, Newsweek reports, with a decision possible by Thanksgiving on putting an “interests section” inside another embassy in Tehran, likely the Swiss. The move might signal a victory for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and... More »

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ANALYSIS

Bush Made Pact With This Man:  Arab Sources

Iranian collusion may be behind the success of the surge in Iraq

Oct 7, 08 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Secret cooperation between Iran and the Bush administration may be behind the success of the Iraq surge, which has played heavily in "John McCain’s rise from the ashes," writes Salameh Nematt in the Daily Beast. Arab intelligence sources say such a “Grand Bargain” has been reached... More »

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Iran Hangs 29 Convicts,
Calls Deaths Crime Deterrent

Denies rights groups' charges of excessive use

Jul 27, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid charges of excessive use, Iran hanged 29 convicts this morning in Tehran. The Iranian Supreme Court approved the death sentences, variously on charges of murder, rape, armed robbery, or drug trafficking, the BBC reports. Last year, the country carried out 317 executions, second only to China. Tehran, however, insists... More »

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Iran • death penalty • Tehran • crime • hanging • criminal justice system

In Break With Policy,
US to Join Iran Nuke Talks

Move hailed as breakthrough in Iranian relations

Jul 16, 08 12:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a break with long-standing policy, a top US envoy will join European Union talks with Iran concerning its nuclear program, reports the Washington Post. Undersecretary of State William Burns will join the EU's foreign policy chief and Iran's nuclear negotiator in Geneva this weekend. Burns will hold out... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Barack Obama • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Javier Solana • Saeed Jalili • William J. Burns

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