Dalai Lama “If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. ”
Barack Obama “Those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history.”
Iran’s top electoral body, the Guardian Council, has confirmed the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the presidential election after a partial recount.
News of the decision, which comes after a series of protests by the opposition against what it says was a rigged ballot, was announced by state TV.
The 12-strong council is the most influential body [...]
TEHRAN, June 28 — With the opposition visibly weakening in Iran amid a government crackdown, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his supporters have begun to use his disputed victory in this month’s election to toughen the nation’s stance internationally and to consolidate control internally.
In recent days, they have vilified President Obama for what they call [...]
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — After more than two weeks of silence amid Iran’s violent election fallout, former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani — a key Iranian cleric — emerged Sunday to call out “suspicious sources” who are creating a rift between the public and the Islamic government.
He called the aftermath of the June 12 presidential [...]
Five out of nine British embassy staff detained in Tehran, the Iranian capital, have been released, Iran’s foreign ministry has announced.
The release of the locally employed staff came after David Miliband, the British foreign minister, and Manouchehr Mottaki, his Iranian counterpart, discussed the situation by phone, Hassan Qashqavi, a foreign ministry spokesman, said on Monday.
“Out of nine [...]
David Miliband, Britain’s foreign secretary, said he was “deeply concerned’” by the arrest of British embassy employees working in Tehran, and warned of “strong action” if the detentions did not stop.
His comments follow the detention earlier on Sunday of eight local employees of the British embassy in Tehran, for their alleged involvement in the country’s [...]
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — About 5,000 protesters marched slowly and silently through Tehran on Sunday near a mosque where the government was allowing a demonstration for the first time in days.
Authorities were riding on motorcycles alongside the marchers, who are telling each other to walk slowly and drag their feet, a CNN producer reported. Police [...]
Neo-Nazis in Germany are applauding the repression of protests in Iran and publishing statements supporting the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his hard-line government.
Two extremist parties, the NPD and DVU, have managed to contort their racist thinking to embrace the Iranian leader because Ahmadinejad openly advocates the elimination of Israel – and presumably has [...]
Ayatollah Khamenei’s support for President Ahmadinejad has led both moderates and hard-liners to start plotting against him
The power struggle inside Iran appears to be moving from the streets into the heart of the regime itself this weekend amid reports that Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani is plotting to undermine the power of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [...]
Iran has detained eight local staff at the British embassy in Tehran on accusations of having a role in post-election riots, local reports said.
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband demanded their release, saying the arrests were “quite unacceptable”.
Relations between the countries are strained after Tehran accused the UK of stoking unrest, which London denies.
Some 17 people [...]
One of the founders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, who’s also a former deputy prime minister, tells Weekend Edition’s Scott Simon that what amounts to a “military coup” has occurred in his country. And he claims authorities know the election was rigged.
According to Mohsen Sazegara:
Right after the election, 11 o’clock at night, was a military coup [...]
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