Influential Iranian cleric: Vote fallout a ‘tangled mess’

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 [...]

Ahmadinejad: Nada’s death is ’suspicious’

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday called the death of Neda Agha-Soltan “suspicious” and urged the country’s authorities to identify those responsible for it, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday.
The 26-year-old’s death has come to symbolize Iranian resistance to the government’s official election results since it was captured on [...]

Miliband hits back at Iran over arrests

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 [...]

Thousands demonstrate silently in Tehran

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 [...]

Iran says Neda’s death may be tied to ‘terrorist’ group

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iran said the gunman who killed Neda Agha-Soltan may have mistaken her for the sister of an Iranian “terrorist,” the Islamic Republic News Agency reported Wednesday.
Iran blamed the death of the woman known to the world simply as Neda squarely on “those groups who want to create division in the [...]

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Protesters ‘in new Iran clashes’

Iranian riot police are reported to have clashed with demonstrators defying government decrees to stop street protests over disputed elections.
Eyewitness reports say there have been clashes near the parliament building in the capital Tehran, in the streets around Baharestan Square.
Reporting restrictions in Iran mean the BBC cannot verify the reports.
The new protests came hours after [...]

Neda becomes resistence symbol

A YOUNG Iranian woman whose death during protests in Iran has made her a symbol for the opposition was an innocent bystander who was targeted by the militia, her fiance said.
Video of the final moments of Neda Agha-Soltan, with blood pouring from her nose after she was reportedly shot in the chest in Tehran on [...]