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.”
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 [...]
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 [...]
Iran protest leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he holds those behind alleged “rigged” elections responsible for bloodshed during recent protests.
In a defiant statement on his website, he called for future protests to be in a way which would not “create tension.”
He complained of “complete” restrictions on his access to people and a crackdown on his [...]
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