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2009-07-04: Headlines

WEAR: British embassy employee in Iran charged 2009-07-04

TEHRAN (AP) -- The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national ...

 

The New Nation: Mousavi urges Iran vote re-run, backs rights group 2009-07-04

Iranian presidential election runner up Mir Hossein Mousavi renewed a demand for a complete re-run of the vote and pledged to help set up a new group ...

 

USA Today: Obama cites his agenda; McCain calls for Iran protester support 2009-07-04

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen. John McCain called for Americans to support Irani ...

 

Spectator.co.uk: More worrying news from Iran 2009-07-04

I'm just catching up with the latest New Yorker over brunch, and would recommend that CoffeeHousers read their eyewitness account of the Tehran protests: ...

 

ForexTV.com: UK To Probe On Reports That Embassy Staff In Iran May Face Trial 2009-07-04

(RTTNews) - The British Foreign Office on Friday said it is investigating on newspaper reports that one of UK embassy workers detained in Ir ...

 

PRESS TV: Authorities arrest 35 in northern Iran 2009-07-04

Up to 35 people have been detained in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran over their role in the post-election unrest in the country ...

 

Iran Focus: 20 executed en masse in Iran 2009-07-04

Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 - Iranian authorities on Saturday hanged 20 people west of Tehran, state media reported. The state-run news agency Fars said all 20 ...

 

ISRIA: Iran - MFA - FM urges growing Iran-Bulgaria cooperation 2009-07-04

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Monday that Iran and Bulgaria should use their common stances on the Organization of the Black Sea Economic ...

 

Smash Hits: Iran frees three more British embassy staff 2009-07-04

Tehran, July 3 (IANS) Iran has freed three more staff members of the British embassy who were detained on charges of stoking the post-election unrest ...

 

Alsumaria: EU summons Iran Ambassadors to protest Iranians detention in Tehran 2009-07-04

European Union countries summoned Iranian ambassadors to protest against the detention of Iranian staff of the British embassy in Tehran, an European Uni ...

 

Times of the Internet: Iran to free imprisoned Greek journalist 2009-07-04

A Greek journalist for The Washington Times will soon be freed from captivity in Iran, Iran's ambassador in Athens says. "We are pleased to confirm th ...

 

PRESS TV: Iran denies report of hanging protesters 2009-07-04

An Iranian official has denied reports that six people who had protested against the results of the June 12 presidential vote were hanged in the city ...

 

Global Voices Online: Iran: Myth and reality about Twitter 2009-07-04

International media coverage of the Iranian protest movement in the past weeks has widely celebrated 'Twitter power' as a tool of organizing and reporting ...

2009-07-03: Headlines

Peninsula Daily: Sequim man tells of 444 days imprisoned in Iran 2009-07-03

Charles Jones of Sequim speaks about his 444 days in captivity while being held hostage in Tehran, Iran. -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily ...

 

BBC News: Iran embassy staff 'face trial' 2009-07-03

Some UK embassy staff detained in Tehran and accused of inciting protests will face trial, says the head of Iran's top legislative body.

 

Reuters India: EU considers Iran envoy summons, visa bans 2009-07-03

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries were studying steps to protest at Iran's crackdown on dissent on Friday, including a coordinated summoning of Tehran' ...

 

Telegraph.co.uk: Iran: British embassy staff 'played part in post-election protest ... 2009-07-03

The head of Iran's Guardians Council said on Friday that British embassy staff had played a role in violent protests following the country's disputed ...

 

NCR-Iran.org (press release): Iran: Youth arrested in Tehran communities as "hooligans" and "thugs" 2009-07-03

NCRI - To intensify the atmosphere of fear and terror, the Iranian regime has begun to arrest a growing number of youth in various Tehran communities under ...

 

News-Leader.com: Technology allowed Iran protests to be seen worldwide 2009-07-03

For those of us who followed online the protest of the presidential election in Iran these past weeks, technology made us feel almost participants.

 

Iran Focus: Six hanged in central Iran 2009-07-03

Tehran, Iran, Jul. 03 - Iranian authorities on Thursday hanged six people in the holy city of Qom, central Iran, state media reported.

 

ISNA: Iran Qeshm island to host ECO envoys 2009-07-03

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran's Qeshm island will host Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) meeting for envoys of ambassadors of member states July 13.

2009-07-02: Headlines

Inter Press Service: IRAN: Picnicking Outside Evin Prison 2009-07-03

TEHRAN, Jul 2 (IPS) - Outside the gates of Terhan's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently – some with blankets spread out in ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Iran reports more protest arrests 2009-07-03

AP foreign, Friday July 3 2009 Associated Press Writer= EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations ...

 

Washington Times: Europe talking tougher on Iran than the US 2009-07-03

LONDON | Before Iran's recent election and subsequent crackdown on protester ...

 

Los Angeles Times: IRAN: Videos show security forces on the rampage 2009-07-02

Amateur video of the protests in Iran continues to bypass government controls on information, showing security forces rampaging through Tehr ...

 

The Canadian Press: FIFA won't take action against Iran for wristbands 2009-07-02

ZURICH — FIFA won't punish the Iranian soccer for the green wristbands some players wore in solidarity with anti-government protesters during a World Cup ...

 

Gulf Times: Search for missing soldiers from Kuwait, Iran wars 2009-07-02

Iraq has asked for help from both the Iranian and Kuwaiti governments on locating Iraqis who were captured or went missing during Iran/Iraq war and ...

 

NewsChannel5.com: FBI Says Saddam Bluffed WMD Over Fear Of Iran 2009-07-02

(AP) WASHINGTON - Newly released interviews show that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was less afraid of the US threat to Iraq than the one posed by ...

 

????????: A 'SECULAR DEMOCRACY' In Our Beloved Iran - Within ONE YEAR 2009-07-02

NEXT GUEST: Dr. Reza Aslan, internationally acclaimed columnist, writer and scholar of religions, Monday, July 6th at 6:00 pm PST. by Humility My Irani ...

 

Ynetnews: Nobel winner seeks UN human rights envoy for Iran 2009-07-02

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday to appoint a personal envoy to investigate hum ...

 

Global Voices Online: Hungary: Rallying for Iran - and for “Nothing, Never” 2009-07-02

Those who were in Hungary during the past few weeks could get quite confused because citizens showed a number of different ways of using ...

 

Right Side News: Islam's Victimization of Iran 2009-07-02

Some 1400 years ago, across the arid Arabian Peninsula roamed disparate primitive tribes in a constant state of war with one another.

 

Atlantic Online: Waterboarding In Iran, Ctd 2009-07-02

How is Cheney's torture any more justifiable than Iran's? In each case, the torturer is coercing the confession they want to hear.

 

Antiwar.com: Obama: Iran Can't Be Permitted to Be a Nuclear Power 2009-07-02

Iran itself has repeatedly denied that it has any ambitions for nuclear weapons, and has gone so far as to condemn the idea ...

 

L'Espresso: Six Reasons Why Iran Cannot Be Explained in a Twitter Feed 2009-07-02

New winds of war are raging over the Middle East, and I think that it's imperative to give voice to every position on the Iranian uprising .

2009-07-01: Headlines

Examiner.com: Iran is more progressive than you thought 2009-07-01

Don't assume everything about Iran is repressive or backwards. It's true that they've rigged an election and used brutal force to crack down on protesters.

 

KULR-TV: Back from Iran 2009-07-01

BILLINGS - In the last few weeks, protests over Iran's presidential election and a bloody crackdown on demonstrators have topped world ...

 

Wired Blogs: Does Iran's Green Movement Need US Aid? 2009-07-01

Iran's clerical regime has forcefully reasserted its power, and the authorities in Tehran are now trying to sweep recent election protest ...

 

KPAX-TV: Khatami: Iran election 'coup' against democracy 2009-07-01

AP - July 1, 2009 12:43 PM ET Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is calling the outcome of disputed elections a "velvet coup" against democracy.

 

eTaiwan News: Iran frees all but 1 British Embassy detainees 2009-07-01

By AP AP AP AP AP AP Iranian state television says authorities have released all but one of the Iranian employees of the Britsh Embassy who were detained ...

 

The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism: Media Swing from Protests in Iran to the Passing of the King of Pop 2009-06-30

In the age of 24 hours news, sometimes it's hard to know how to measure time. Last week the news narrative careened through three distinct, often dramatic ...

 

San Francisco Chronicle: What about Iran and N. Korea? 2009-06-30

Don't get me wrong. I love Michael Jackson. LLLLooOoOoOvvVeeEee MJ! Even had to write about him in my 1st and second blog. But since his death it seems th ...

 

The National Interest Online: Radio Free Iran 2009-06-30

While Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continue their brutal abrogation of the rights of the Irani ...

2009-06-29: Headlines

Globe and Mail: Iran's battle with Britain escalates 2009-06-29

In this citizen photograph taken Sunday, supporters of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, flash victory signs during a gathering near Ghoba Mosque ...

 

2TheAdvocate: BR group protests Iran election 2009-06-29

Since the protests began in Iran on June 13, students with bloody faces have been showing up on the doorstep of Zohreh Khaleghi' ...

 

Indiana Daily Student: Students, community gather for Iran vigil 2009-06-29

Participants light candles Friday evening at the Sample Gates in protest to the events in Iran over the past month.

 

The Gazette (Montreal): Iran protesters march again in Montreal 2009-06-29

A woman is seen marching with an Iranian flag on Sherbrooke Street in downtown Montreal ...

 

Bloomberg: Iran Frees Some UK Embassy Staff After EU Protests (Correct) 2009-06-29

June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Iran released some of the UK Embassy's local staff detained over post-election protests as it beg ...

 

New York Times: Talk to the Newsroom: Iran 2009-06-29

Tens of thousands of protesters, angry at the results of the presidential election, marched through Tehran on Wednesday. New York Times staff members ...

 

Philadelphia Inquirer: Three decades spent fighting tyranny in Iran 2009-06-29

We met on the Internet. He had been in prison while I was the Persian editor at the International Center for Journalists.

 

WA today: Iran arrests British embassy staff for 'role in riots' 2009-06-28

Iran has arrested eight local British embassy staff, triggering London's fury on Sunday and further exacerbating tensions with the West over ...

 

BBC News: Calm on street belies Iran's turmoil 2009-06-28

Although Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to be heading for a second term after the disputed election and street protests have diminished ...

2009-06-28: Headlines

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Rally seeks reform in Iran 2009-06-28

JUNE 27, 2009 - Nearly 100 protestors gathered on the east steps of the Old Courthouse at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis to expre ...

 

Chicago Tribune: Iran election protests: Fearing echoes, some authoritarian nati ... 2009-06-28

BEIJING -- The authoritarian governments of China, Cuba and Myanmar have been selectively censoring or limiting ...

 

Xinhua: G8 ministerial meeting focus on Afghanistan, Iran 2009-06-28

ROME, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations on Saturday agreed to boost cooperation ...

 

Financial Times: Miliband hits back at Iran over arrests 2009-06-28

David Miliband, Britain's foreign secretary, said he was “deeply concerned'” by the arrest of British embassy ...

 

BBC News: Calm on street belies Iran's turmoil 2009-06-28

Although Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to be heading for a second term after the disputed election and street protests have diminished ...

 

Bloomberg: Iran Arrests British Embassy Employees, UK Protests 2009-06-28

June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Iran arrested local staff members of the UK Embassy for allegedly playing a role in post-electi ...

 

St. George Daily Spectrum: Iran protests 2009-06-28

Iran has proven to be an enigma for the United States since the Islamic revolution of the 1970s dethroned the shah and instituted a theocracy.

 

MiamiHerald.com: Our writers learning new ways to cover Iran's difficult story 2009-06-28

At one point, while correspondent Warren Strobel was interviewing a group of young voters in Tehran, government guards dressed in riot ...

 

Huffington Post: Debating The Iran Question On cnn's Reliable Sources 2009-06-28

This morning, Dana Milbank, Amanda Carpenter, and I appeared on cnn's Reliable Sources, hosted by Howard Kurtz. It was a spirited affair and folks can draw ...

 

BBC News: UK fury as staff arrested in Iran 2009-06-28

The UK has demanded the immediate release of Iranian staff at its Tehran embassy who were arrested on Saturday. Iranian media earlier reported that eight ...

 

PRESS TV: Russia clarifies stance on Iran poll result 2009-06-28

After certain media reports talked of a change in Russia's tone regarding Iran's post-election protests, a top Russian official makes a move to resolve ...

 

Washington Post: Role of Women In Iran Protest Kindles Hope 2009-06-28

CAIRO, June 27 -- Over the past two weeks, Marcelle George has watched with amazement as legions of Iranian women, most wearing black ...

 

PRESS TV: Russia urges 'peaceful' solution to Iran N-issue 2009-06-27

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has appealed for a 'peaceful settlement' of Iran's nuclear program calling for 'patience' over the issue.

 

Sunday Herald: IRAN: militia launch night raids to terrify protesters 2009-06-27

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNERS HAVE accused Iran's volunteer militia of carrying out night-time raids and beating civilians in an attempt ...

The spectre of Operation Ajax

Britain accused him of violating the company's legal rights and orchestrated a worldwide boycott of Iran's oil that plunged the country into financial crisis. The British government tried to enlist the Americans in planning a coup, an idea originally rebuffed by President Truman. But when Dwight Eisenhower took over the White House, cold war ideologues - determined to prevent the possibility of a Soviet takeover - ordered the CIA to embark on its first covert operation against a foreign government. [more]

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