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Obama's Nowruz Message

Nowruz 1389

nowruz timetable Tehran Saturday 09:02:00 p.m. 20 March 10 New York Saturday 1:32:00 p.m. 20 Mar 2010 Chicago Saturday 12:32:00 p.m. 20 Mar 2010 Denver Saturday 11:32:00 a.m. 20...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Basij to be in charge of neighborhood watch Fararu | March 7, 2010 After meetings with IRGC officials it was decided that Basij patrols would be assigned to neighborhood watches...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Rigi snagged

Behind-the-Scenes: Rigi's Arrest Diplomacy.ir | Feb. 23, 2010 Iran's interior minister said: "Abdolmalek Rigi was arrested outside Iran and was transferred to Iran." He described this act as a...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Videos: 22 Bahman

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Dispatches: 22 Bahman

All times EST, unless otherwise noted. 10:00 am EST: Tehran Bureau interview with Hossein Karroubi, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi's son. How is your father Haj Agha Mehdi Karroubi? We're treating...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

Bomb Kills Professor Tied to Mousavi

Leader's Rep: Safeguarding Islamic government worth sacrificing 75,000 lives Fars | Jan. 12, 2010 Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's representative to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said today that revolutions take...

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Tehran Plans a Major Military Exercise WSJ | Jan. 4, 2010 Iranian media on Sunday reported Tehran will conduct a large-scale defensive military exercise next month, coinciding with what government...

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AP | Jan. 10, 2010 A parliamentary investigation made public on Sunday found the former Tehran prosecutor responsible for the deaths of at least three anti-government protesters imprisoned in the...

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Shots fired at Iranian opposition leader Karroubi | Jan. 8, 2010 Reuters Unidentified men opened fire this week on leading Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, an opposition Web site reported...

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Hosseinian hands in letter of resignation Tabnak | Jan. 7, 2010 Tehran representative in Majles Ruhollah Hosseinian resigned from his post as Member of Parliament in a letter to...

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Majlis finds Mortazavi main suspect in Kahrizak case Rahe Sabz | Jan. 6, 2010 Former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi was reportedly found by lawmakers to be the main suspect...

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Iran bans contact with foreign organizations, including the BBC Guardian | Jan. 5, 2010 Authorities in Iran intensified their campaign to blame the country's political turmoil on foreigners today by...

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Ahmadinejad says Iran tenfold stronger Press TV | Jan. 4, 2010 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that the Iranian nation would not give up on its rights as it is...

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Update on Ashura arrests Tehran Bureau | Jan. 3, 2010 Approximately 500 protesters who had been arrested during the Ashura demonstrations have been jailed at the infamous Jail 59 at...

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Iran conservative body rejects Ayatollah Sanei as a source of emulation Fars | Jan. 2, 2009 A conservative association of clerics has rejected government critic Ayatollah Yousef Sanei as a...

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Regime Wages a Quiet War on 'Star Students' of Iran WSJ | Dec. 31, 2009 Behind the drama unfolding in the streets of Iran, the regime is quietly clamping down...

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Photo: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a mourning ceremony earlier this week. Iran Urges Pro-Government Rallies in Tehran; Free Metro Tickets WSJ | Dec. 30, 2009 Tens of thousands of...

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Qoba mosque in Shiraz under Basiji attack Raheh Sabz | Dec. 29, 2009 Militia forces that had been surrounding the Qoba Mosque in Shiraz since early Tuesday morning mounted attacks...

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Body of Mousavi's nephew taken from the morgue Gooya | Dec. 28, 2009 Security and civil forces took the body of Seyyed Ali Mousavi from the Avicenna Hospital morgue...

Ashura videos [Graphic]

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Tasua Videos & Headlines

Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Iranian press, and excerpts where the source is in English. The link to the news organization or blog is provided...

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Biggest student gathering of recent months in Tehran Asr Iran | Dec. 25, 2009 Students staged a protest Friday in Tehran upon the return of Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani...

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Police clash with mourners in Zanjan Rahe Sabz | Dec. 24, 2009 The memorial service for Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri that was to be held in the Grand Mosque of...

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50 arrested in Isfahan unrest Rahe Sabz | Dec. 23, 2009 More than 50 people were arrested during protests in the city of Isfahan Wednesday, including four members of the...

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Qom eyewitness account Tehran Bureau | Dec. 21, 2009 Female, 30, sociologist: "We started out from Tehran for Qom at 2:00 am. We arrived in the early dawn hours at...

Videos: Ayatollah Montazeri's funeral

Photos of funeral here and here (including one of Mir Hossein Mousavi). In this video, as a message from the Supreme Leader is read over loudspeakers, the crowd begins booing...

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Five dailies scolded for 'censoring' govt rally Ayandeh | Dec. 19, 2009 The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance reprimanded five Iranian dailies -- Abrar, Andish-e No, Jahan-e Eghtesad, Etemad...

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Pro Iranian hackers hit Twitter and Opposition websites BBC │Dec. 18, 2009 A group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army has hacked Twitter and an Iranian opposition website, replacing it...

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Mashai buys actress' artwork Khabar Online │ Dec. 16, 2009 Esfandiar Mashai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's gaffe-prone chief of staff, reportedly bought the most expensive artwork at popular actress Hedieh Tehrani's photography...

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Police will not stop carriers of green symbols on Ashura Farda | Dec. 16, 2009 Police commander Azizollah Rajabzadeh said Ashura mourners carrying green banners or other symbols would not...

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Iran prosecutor general reportedly confirms rape in prisons Rahe Sabz | Dec. 15, 2009 Iran's Prosecutor General attended a private meeting with the members of the Assembly of Experts, where...

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Pro-Leader students give opposition ultimatum Fararu | Dec. 13, 2009 Students gathered in the Imam Khomeini Mausoleum in Tehran to protest the desecration of one of the late leader's posters...

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IRNA strikes 'Ayatollah' from Rafsanjani title Tabnak | Dec. 13, 2009 In a directive issued to IRNA employees, writers have been advised to use only the titles "Hojjatoleslam" or "Head...

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Intel chief warns of extent of opposition

Iran intel chief warns of extent of opposition AP | Dec. 10, 2009 Iran's top intelligence official denounced senior clerics who he said support the country's opposition, an acknowledgment of...

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Student protests continue at Tehran and Sharif universities Norooz | Dec. 9, 2009 Despite warnings issued by Tehran University officials banning protests on Wednesday, December 9th, a number of pro-opposition...

Day 2: Clashes at Tehran universities

Protests Six students arrested at Tehran University AUT | Dec. 8, 2009 Following two days of protests and clashes with security forces at Tehran University, six students have been detained...

Updates: 16 Azar

New slogans chanted in Student's Day protests: Witnesses told Tehran Bureau that slogans chanted at protests today were notably radicalized and emboldened, targeting the Supreme Leader, the Basij, and...

Videos: 16 Azar

Oil Money spent on Basiji 16th Azar dec.07.09 Sharif University Student gathering behind Sharif's main entrance Amirkabir, پول بالابردن برای بسیج شکستن در دانشگاه، با فریاد مرگ بر دیکتاتور. درب...

Ahmadinejad has proof US trying to stop Hidden Imam

Ahmadinejad says he has proof US trying to stop Hidden Imam Tabnak | Dec. 4, 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that he has documented evidence that the United States was trying...

SL pardons, reduces jail terms of 793 prisoners; other crackdown begins...

Iranian leader pardons or reduce jail terms for over 793 prisoners BBC Monitoring | Farda News | Dec. 5, 2009 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned or reduced...

Main Kahrizak suspect appointed top presidential inspector

Main Kahrizak suspect appointed top presidential inspector Parleman News│ Dec. 4, 2009 Reports suggest that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed the notorious Judge Saeed Mortazavi as to presidential office's head inspector....

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Tehran Prosecutor warns against protests, says his office 'good friend of the media' Tabnak | Dec. 1, 2009 Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi warned that police would crack down on...

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Ban on makeup for women, less music on state television Tabnak | Dec. 1, 2009 The newly reinstated head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting said less music and...

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Yachtsmen and Iran's anger with UK Guardian | Dec. 1, 2009 The UK has one organ that scares Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime greatly, and that is BBC's Persian language service....

5 Brits in Iranian custody; FP's Top 100

British sailors in Iranian custody Al Jazeera | BBC Analysis | Nov. 30, 2009 Five Britons are being held in Iran after the Iranian navy seized their racing yacht, which...

Nabavi's tale of prison; 'fake' Basijis arrested; 10 new enrichment sites

Nabavi's arrest warrant issued before election Mowjcamp | Nov. 28, 2009 Behzad Nabavi, a prominent reformist, met with a number of other reformists following his temporary 10-day release on a...

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Iran says IAEA will face consequences of decision Press TV | Nov. 28, 2009 The UN nuclear watchdog will be the first to face the consequences of a newly-adopted resolution...

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Tabnak | Nov. 27, 2009 Of the 35 members of International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors, 25 voted in favor of the suspension of the Fordo nuclear plant's activities,...

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U.N. Nuclear Agency Calls Iran Inquiry 'Dead End' NYT | Nov. 26, 2009 The director of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Thursday that its investigation into Iran's nuclear...

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Atrianfar released on bail Bultan News │Nov. 24, 2009 The Tehran Prosecutor's office announced that Reformist politician Mohammad Atrianfar has been released on a $500,000 bail. Bashiri told ISNA that...

Daily banned, ban lifted, reinstated

Former Interior Minister Ali Kordan Dies AP │Nov. 22, 2009 Former Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan, who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from the University...

Abtahi released on bail after sentencing; Kordan dead

Iran releases Abtahi on bail after sentencing AP | Nov. 22, 2009 Iran released a former vice president on a $700,000 bail Sunday after his lawyer said he had...

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Iran, Kuwait pledge cooperation during rare PM visit Reuters | Nov. 21, 2009 Iran and Kuwait pledged to boost economic cooperation during the first visit to Tehran by a prime...

Fiery rhetoric as sanctions loom; UN rebukes Iran for rights violations

Fiery rhetoric as sanctions loom Foreign Reports | Nov. 20, 2009 At the main Friday prayer service in Tehran today, the prayer leader dedicated his political sermon to a vituperative...

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Iran protesters sentenced to death Al Jazeera | Nov. 18, 2009 Iran has sentenced five people to death and 81 others to prison terms of up to 15 years...

Kahrizak doctor dead; First Lady makes speech in Rome

Kahrizak doctor, 26, dies of 'heart attack' Norooz | Nov. 15, 2009 Following Friday's reported suicide of Ramin Pourandarjani, a 26-year-old physician resident at Kahrizak detention center, Norooz News reported...

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Tehran Municipality, City Council demand airtime Khabar | Nov. 13, 2009 Officials from the Tehran Municipality and the Islamic City Council requested airtime to respond to the televised controversial remarks...

SL reps God; Military chief backs nuke deal, chides Russia

Iran's Supreme Leader cannot be removed Reuters | Mowjcamp | Oct. 13, 2009 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cannot be removed from his post because his legitimacy comes from...

New cyber police; Govt wants control of Metro; Swap for hikers?

Ahmadinejad suggesting a swap? poolnews.ir | Nov. 10, 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's response to a question at a recent press conference about three detained Americans in charged with espionage in Iran,...

Mesbah's allies; Jalili didn't 'negotiate'; Ahmadinejad met with spies?

Mesbah Yazdi's friends and allies Tabnak | Nov. 9, 2009 Raja News announced the names of Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi's students, confidants and political companions. [Raja News is a source very close...

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Iran charges three detained Americans with espionage Reuters | Nov. 9, 2009 Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a judiciary official...

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IRGC General says Pakistan arrested, released Rigi Uskowi | Oct. 8, 2009 The deputy head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards alleges that Pakistan arrested and then released the leader of...

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Gearing up for 13 Aban (Nov. 4) Blog Watch | Nov. 7, 2009 Iran media says foreign journalists released from custody WaPo | Nov. 7, 2009 Iran's judiciary has freed...

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US Treasury Dept. sanctions Bank Mellat chairman and Malaysian-based subsidiary USTreas.gov | Nov. 5, 2009 The United States Treasury Dept. on Thursday imposed sanctions against Iran's Bank Mellat Chairman Ali...

Videos: 13 Aban

TEHRAN Young cornered and clobbered with baton Young woman clobbered on the head, young man helping her confronted by Basiji Video of people getting beat up. Basiji dragging people away...

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Video: Protests at Mashhad's Ferdosi University Video: Protests continue at Tehran's Sharif University Kashan University protests detention of three students Mowjcamp | Nov. 2, 2009 Students at Kashan University in...

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Video: university students protest visit of government official More student protests Mowj | Nov. 2, 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance was unable to deliver a...

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Iranian blogger seeks to show low turnout for Ahmadinejad's Mashhad visit through photos, posted here. Iranian altruism convinced world to seek nuclear cooperation Asr Iran | Oct. 31, 2009...

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Mousavi slams govt policy in Geneva talks Tabnak | Oct. 29, 2009 Opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi described the outcome of the Geneva nuclear talks as astonishing. According to the...

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IRGC Chief: Preserving regime more sacred than Islamic prayers Ayandeh News | Oct. 29, 2009 According to Sepah News, the official website of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad...

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Protests at Ahwaz University Ayandeh News | Pedestrian | Oct. 27, 2009 Hamid Rasaee, a member of the Iranian parliament, was at the University of Ahvaz in Khuzestan on...

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Iran to accept nuke deal with changes FP | Oct. 27, 2009 Iran's state-controlled al-Alam TV channel reported on Tuesday that Iran will accept a UN brokered deal on uranium...

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Pakistan 'holds elite Iran force' BBC | Oct. 26, 2009 Iran has blamed a Pakistani group for an attack on its Revolutionary Guards Eleven members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards...

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The New Hostage Crisis FP | Oct. 24, 2009 My friend, the Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, was recently sentenced to 15 years in Tehran's Evin prison. For those familiar with...

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Karroubi attacked Parleman News | Tabnak | Asr Iran Oct. 23, 2009 Outspoken opposition cleric Mehdi Karroubi has reportedly been assaulted by pro-government visitors at the 16th International Exhibition of...

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Iran Nuclear Monitor Dies Mysteriously Newsweek | Oct. 22, 2009 Police in Austria are investigating the mysterious death of a British nuclear monitoring expert. Early news reports said that Timothy...

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Iran arrests three over bomb blast Al Jazeera | Oct. 20, 2009 Three Iranians have been arrested in connection to Sunday's suicide bombing attack in the country's southeast that killed...

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Iran fires senior oil official amid political unrest IRNA | Oct. 19, 2009 Iran on Sunday fired longstanding oil official Javad Yarjani, further fueling concerns that the widespread political turmoil...

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Center right: A young Noor Ali Shushtari during the Iran-Iraq war. More photos here. Iranian official blames deadly bombing on 'U.S. actions' CNN | Oct. 18, 2009 A man...

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Kalhor's wife says her husband not telling truth Mehr | Etemad | Oct. 14-15, 2009 Mehdi Kalhor's wife Masoumeh Taheri-Mousavi spoke out against her husband for claiming in a recent...

Ahmadinejad on Diplomacy

Ahmadinejad talks about his UN performance In a recent interview with state television, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discusses diplomacy and his trip to New York to address a mostly empty General Assembly....

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Rafsanjani: Ahmadinejad's 2nd term legitimate Tabnak | Farda News | Oct. 14, 2009 [Tabnak appears to have taken down the story.] Head of the Expediency Council, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani,...

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Daughter of Ahmadinejad aide seeks asylum in Germany Haaretz | Oct. 13, 2009 The daughter of a top adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has applied for asylum in Germany,...

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Victim's parents hang man convicted of murder as juvenile AFP | Oct. 11, 2009 An Iranian man was hanged on Sunday reportedly by the parents of his victim whom he...

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Our Laureate: Neda of Iran WaPo | Oct. 10, 2009 The Nobel Committee's decision is especially puzzling given that a better alternative was readily apparent. This year, hundreds of thousands...

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Amnesty: Iran sentences opponent to death AP | Oct. 9, 2009 Iran has sentenced an accused member of an exiled opposition group to death, Amnesty International said Friday in an...

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Puzzling: men and women touch during police show battle in Iran. Click here for more photos Oil Minister: we won't sell oil to countries that accept gasoline sanctions Kayhan...

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Cartoon by Nikahang Kowsar/Roozonline US funds dry up for Iran rights watchdog Boston Globe | Oct. 7, 2009 Just as the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center was ramping up...

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Photos of Kahrizak prison published by reformist website Mowjcamp. Mortazavi: Prisoner overflow at Kahrizak cause of torture Blog Watch: Mardomak | Oct. 6, 2009 Shortly before the Majlis truth-finding...

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Jailed Newsweek reporter faces personal ordeal AP | Oct. 5, 2009 Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than three months, got troubling news: His...

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Khamenei reshuffles military top brass AFP | Oct. 4, 2009 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday issued decrees reshuffling several commanders in the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, official...

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Chants of Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein emerge from stands during live broadcast of today's soccer match at Azadi Stadium in Tehran. Soccer fans chanting pro-Mousavi slogans on their way...

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Iran Nuke Deal Details The Daily Beast | Oct. 1, 2009 Michael Adler reports that the "steps to build confidence" announced today are more concrete than Obama revealed. Iran has...

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Iranian foreign minister makes rare visit to Washington AP | Sept. 30, 2009 Iran's foreign minister made a rare visit to the U.S. capital Wednesday on a visa granted with...

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Tehran University students told to behave Asr Iran | Sept. 29, 2009 Officials at Tehran University warned students living in its dormitories of the consequences of taking part in gatherings...

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Karroubi takes Rafsanjani to task for weak stance on issues TEHRAN BUREAU | Sept. 28, 2009 Mehdi Karroubi has written a second open letter to Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chair...

Blog Watch: Fariba Pajooh

Mother grieves jailed journalist Blog Watch | Human Rights Activists News Agency Fariba Pajooh, a professional journalist and blogger, has been in detention in Evin Prison for the past...

Demonstrations at Tehran Univeristy

TEHRAN BUREAU | Sept. 28, 2009 Today was the first day of the new academic year for Iranian universities. There were demonstrations at Tehran University, where students chanted slogans...

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Cartoon: "Transformation of Qom," by Nikahang Kowsar/Roozonline Iranian Nuclear Physicist Missing Tehran Bureau | Sept. 27, 2009 An Iranian nuclear physicist who disappeared during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia...

Ethicist blasts Ahmadinejad on IRIB

mirhusein.org | Sept. 22, 2009 Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabayi Shirazi, known in Iran as the television ethics teacher, raked the Iranian president and his officials over the coals during...

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Iran says atom plant within IAEA regulations Reuters | Sept. 25, 2009 The activity of an Iranian enrichment plant under construction is within the framework of the U.N. nuclear agency's...

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Mousavi embraces Ayatollah Makarem. Archive photo *For Quds Day updates, please click here. Larijani secretly meets with Ayatollah Makarem Tabnak | Sept. 18, 2009 Majlis speaker Ali Larijani has...

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Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Ahmadinejad's first vice president. Motahari: Rahimi is a Kordan in the Making Rokhad | Sept. 14, 2009 Principlist lawmaker Ali Motahari has criticized the appointment of...

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We are experiencing technical difficulties. We will update the site as soon as the matter is resolved. Arzi asks mourners to pray for death of protest leaders Khabaronline | Sept....

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Alireza Beheshti, whose martyred father helped establish the Islamic Republic, was arrested and reportedly beaten. Archive photo. Tehran Bureau | Sept. 9, 2009 In his 12th statement since the...

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Mousavi and Karroubi aides arrested Tehran Bureau | September 9, 2009 On the order of Tehran's new Prosecutor-General, Morteza Alviri, a senior aid to Mehdi Karroubi, was arrested at...

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Chavez visit in apparent violation of Islamic law Parleman News | September 7, 2009 The presence of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the Shrine of Imam Reza in...

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Fars news agency caption: "Congratulations on your union." Mysterious Meeting in Qom Tabnak | September 6, 2009 Grand Ayatollah Safi-Golapyegani has visited the Imam Sajjad seminary in Qom to...

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Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, the new Health Minister, chats with lawmakers after her speech on Sept. 1, 2009. Photo/Tehran Bureau Iran's first female minister not Dastjerdi Blog Watch: Mehrekian | Sept....

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Agenda for Sept. 3 Majlis likely to vote on Ahmadinejad's proposed ministers. Ahmadinejad is to be given an hour to make a final pitch to the Majles for his...

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Razaei to head IRIB? Rokhdad | Sept. 1, 2009 Unconfirmed reports suggest that Ezzatollah Zarghami may soon leave his position as the head of the Islamic Republic Broadcasting (IRIB)...

'Official Leak': Rouholamini tortured to death

Mehr News Agency | August 31, 2009 The semi-official Mehr News Agency quoted "an informed source" on the cause of death of 25-year-old Mohsen Rouholamini. The fact that this...

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The man is here to stay. Archive photo Mortazavi Promoted Tehran Bureau | August 30, 2009 Hojjatoleslam Sadegh Larijani has appointed Saeed Mortazavi, the notorious former Tehran Prosecutor General,...

Tehran Prosecutor Sacked

Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, the new Prosecutor General, was previously head of the judiciary in the southwestern province of Khuzestan. briefs Hojjatoleslam Sadegh Larijani, the new chief of the judiciary,...

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On the sidelines of the fourth 'velvet-coup' trials ILNA | August 25, 2009 Though for the previous court sessions detainees were not subject to surveillance and interceptor equipment, for the...

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Photos of Section 302 of Behesht-e Zahra, where Norooz website reported some of the dead were secretly buried. Fatemeh Shams, Mohammad Reza Jalayipour's wife, calls for his freedom. Jalayipour...

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Hossein Fadaei, a representative from Tehran, was reportedly directly involved in interrogations in Kahrizak. 3 MPs tied to Kahrizak prison Blog Watch: niacINsight | August 26, 2009 The reformist...

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Nourouz releases serial numbers for burial site Parleman News | August 24, 2009 Nourouz website released the registration numbers of the burial permits issued on July 12 and 15...

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MP: Majlis will never okay Ajorlou Asr Iran | August 24, 2009 Seyyed Mehdi Zamani, a member of the Majlis Social Commission, said given Fatemeh Ajorlou's track record, he...

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Bullet-ridden Reza Anbouhi Blog Watch | Date August 21, 2009 Reza Anbouhi was shot point blank in the head with a BB gun intended to be fired from a...

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Kayhan closure awaits Mortazavi approval ILNA | August 20, 2009 The hardline Kayhan daily has been suspended by the media court after its editor, Hossein Shariatmadari, was no-show at...

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Larijani and Ahmadinejad to shuffle ministers Etemad-e Melli | August 19, 2009 Reports indicate that newly-appointed Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani has been reshuffling his personnel and appointing former Ahmadinejad...

Karroubi takes on his critics

Karroubi won't shy away. Archive photo. Source: Mowjcamp | August 16, 2009 Reformist politician Mehdi Karroubi's recent letter to Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani requested an investigation into the rape of...

Hajjarian to appear in court

Archive photo Hajjarian to appear in Revolutionary court Source: Mowjcamp | August 18, 2009 Saeed Hajjarian will reportedly be taken to the Revolutionary court tomorrow; reports also indicate that...

Hello, there!

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani wave hello at Sadeq Larijani's appointment ceremony as judiciary chief. Ahmadinejad has not had nice things to say about the former president....

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Someone didn't give him the memo... ''No doubt what is happening in Iran concerns and worries us, but we consider it to be an internal affair.'' Khaled Mashaal, top Hamas...

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Oops, No Touching! It is forbidden in Islam for a man and woman not married, or otherwise mahram to each other, to make physical contact. Mousavi: Iranian authorities should...

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Ayatollah calls for emergency Assembly of Experts meeting [Source: Yazd Online][Dastgheib.ir] August 13, 2009 Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Mohammad Dastgheib, a member of the Assembly of Experts and a senior cleric,...

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Mesbah Yazdi and Ahmadinejad embrace. Photo date unknown. Mesbah-Yazdi: Subservience to Ahmadinejad shows faith in God [Source: Farda News] August 12, 2009 Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi said the recent unrest...

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IRIB cites Israeli cabinet as progressive model IRNA slams IRIB example of female ministers [Tabnak] August 12, 2009 In an unprecedented move, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB aired a report...

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Captions: (Top) These rapes took place in the Shah's prisons too... (Bottom) Of course [in my case], we were killed! Cartoon by Nik Kowsar/Roozonline Hossein Karroubi: They rode prisoners...

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MP: Larijani provoked Mousavi [Raja News] August 10, 2009 One of the lawmakers tasked with reviewing Ali Larijani's doctorate degree charged that the Majlis Speaker misused the title 'Dr.' years...

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Karroubi demands probe into detainee rapes [Radio Farda] August 9, 2009 Defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi called on the Assembly of Experts to investigate the sexual assault of a number...

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Qotbi's house raided over show of support for Ahmadinejad Source: Jahan News and Asr Iran Unidentified men on Thursday raided the UAE home of Iran's national soccer team coach,...

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'Velvet Coup' trials postponed [Fars News Agency] Upon the request of lawyers for ten defendants charged in connection with the post-election unrest, the Revolution Court postponed their trials for two...

Motahari: security officials sowing discord

Source: Tabnak Dr. Ali Motahari, a member of Majlis representing Tehran, said broadcasting confessions of officials accused of treason, indicated that security authorities did not want to see unity...

Saffar-Harandi mulls 'journalism'

[TEHRAN BUREAU] Source: Roozna.com Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in the first Ahmadinejad administration, has rejected rumors that he will be the new head of...

Prosecutor: Confessions will not influence court verdict

Source: Khabar Online Prosecutor General Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi said the prisoners' confessions in court were part of a legal procedure and would not have a major impact on the verdict....

Britian, Iran: Ties strained, but in place

British Embassy in Tehran. Date unknown. [TEHRAN BUREAU] Source: Asr Iran Instead of Ambassador Simon Glass, the British mission in Tehran sent its No. 2, Patrick Davies, to Mahmoud...

Nabavi, Hajjarian may be tried for Rajai assassination

Source: Asr Iran Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first term, said Saeed Hajjarian and Behzad Nabavi may be tried in connection with the...

The Next Interior Minister?

The Next Interior Minister? [TEHRAN BUREAU] Source: Asr Iran While other military officials such as Iran's Police chief, Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam, attended Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's swearing-in ceremony in uniform,...

Updates from Aug 5

Videos coming in from clashes today will be posted here. Source: Parelment News Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's inauguration ceremony was held amid heavy police and security presence around the Iranian Parliament...

Ahmadinejad's inauguration ceremony: shows and no-shows

[TEHRAN BUREAU] Source: Mowjcamp.com For the first time in 12 years, the Iranian presidential inauguration ceremony was not broadcast live. Photos of the ceremony were released after receiving approval...

A Snub?

Iran's president gets cooler reception from top [AP] Iran's supreme leader bestowed his formal endorsement on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second term as president on Monday but withheld a powerful symbolic...

Supreme Leader's brother: Mousavi revived revolutionary ideals

[TEHRAN BUREAU] Source: ILNA In a meeting with a number of recently freed detainees of the post-vote-unrest, Seyyed Hadi Khamenei, the Supreme Leader's younger brother, criticized the Guardians (Council) of...

Blog Watch: Ahmadinejad in Mashhad

[LAT Blog: Babylon and Beyond] Check out the photos above. All purport to show President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad surrounded by swarms of followers during a July 16 trip to the...

Updates from 8 Mordad (30 July)

Photo: A young woman refuses to budge, Behesht Zahra cemetery, 30 July 2009.Blog Watch | Notes From the Underground We headed to Behesht Zahra Cementary in the afternoon to...

"Level Minus Four" Detention Center

Sources: Tabnak and AutNews.me One month after its revelation, an Iranian lawmaker has confirmed the existence of an underground detention center in the Iranian Intelligence Ministry. Kazem Jalali, the...

Ansar May Want Vote Back

Ansar-e hezbollah warns Ahmadinejad that they may have to take back their votes [TEHRAN BUREAU] Source: Tabnak After a barrage of harsh criticism from the Principlist camp over the...

Principlist MP: Kissing Leader's hand is not allegiance

[Source: Tabnak] Tehran lawmaker Hamid-Reza Katouzian accused Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of confronting Iran's Leadership. Katouzian said that the president's actions over the past 10 days have been viewed as unacceptable...

Razaei thanks judiciary chief

[Source: Tabnak] Mohsen Razaei has thanked judiciary chief Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahroudi for ordering a quick review of the cases of the detainees of the post-vote unrest in Iran. "I would...

Blog Watch: A Real Probe into Prisons?

Photo: Mohsen Rooholamini[Source: Pedestrian] From Etemad, a Tehran daily newspaper: A seven member delegation from parliament will be going to Evin Prison in Tehran and Shahid Rajaie Prison in...

Principlist MP: Ahmadinejad seeks to throw Iran into chaos

Photo date unknown. [Source: Ayandenews.com] Tehran lawmaker Ali Motahari [of the Principlist hardline block of Majlis], stresses the need for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to compose himself, saying that according...

Hassani: Seniors should not be allowed out

As translated by Tehran Bureau staff [Asr Iran] Urumiyeh's Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Gholam-Reza Hassani thanked Security forces for restoring and maintaining calm throughout the country. Hassani said that...

Ahmadinejad Sacks Intelligence Minister

According to the Los Angeles Times: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dumped Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei a day after he accepted the resignation of his first vice president under pressure from his...

Ahmadinejad Sacks Ministers; VP Nominee to Remain Close

Visit Iran: Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, the controversial head of Irans' tourism office, to be Ahmadinejad's chief of staff. By MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles | 26 July 2009 [TEHRAN BUREAU]...

Reformists Urge Grand Ayatollahs to Weigh In

The following are selected translations from the Iranian press. This section will expand as soon as we are able to raise enough money to hire a part- or full-time translator....

Waking from its sleep

A quiet revolution has begun in the Arab world; it will be complete only when the last failed dictatorship is voted out [The Economist] What ails the Arabs? They are...

The Dynamics for Peace in the Middle East

The three critical dynamics determining whether the Middle East conflict moves towards peace: US-Israel relations, Israeli compliance with international laws and norms, and the capacity of the Arabs to...

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Few non-Iranians understand Iran and Iranians like Roger Cohen does. He's as brilliant as he is eloquent. Ed. Iran's Tragic Joke [NYT] What president would celebrate a "victory" by...

Friday Prayers (Updates)

More from Pedestrian's blog: We were all on the bus, wondering if the person next to us was going to the prayer. I guess after a while, the tensions...

Briefs

Vive La Republique! Dispatch from Tehran | 14 July 2009 As the story of the French liberation goes, a group of resistance fighters broke into a municipality building in...

Missing Protester, 19, Dead

The following is a press release from the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Tehran Bureau will occasionally publish press releases from reputable organizations in our Press Roundup section...

18 Tir Updates

Sign says, "My Green Vote did not bear your Darkened Name." Photo date unknown. Via blog: Armed militias along with security forces on motorcycles attacked some of the dormitories...

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Date of photo unknown. Iran's Revolutionary Guard takes command [LAT] The top leaders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard publicly acknowledged they had taken over the nation's security and warned...

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Photo/TehranBureau Voices from Iran [open Democracy] If my experience is any guide, Iranians outside Iran are living some of the most intense days of their lives. Since the first,...

A Disgusting Fraud

By ROBERT DREYFUSS Gunfire, tear gas, and water cannons used by baton-wielding security forces in Iran have forced an uneasy calm on Tehran and other cities, but Mir Hossein...

Khamanei Condemns Tyranny

Quoting then (not-yet-Ayatollah) Hojatol-Islam Seyed Ali Khamanei, the current Supreme Leader at a speech in Qom: When illiteracy, poverty, hunger, injustice, and inequality have been uprooted, the Revolution has...

Mir-Hossein Mousavi 'ready for martyrdom'

Telegraph.co.uk Mir-Hossein Mousavi 'ready for martyrdom' as Iranians defy Supreme Leader Iran's By Angus McDowall Published: 6:12PM BST 20 Jun 2009 He dramatically raised the stakes in the standoff...

Gauntlet Thrown in Iran

Photo: In an apparent reference to vandalism, "We break idols, not glass." By ROBERT DREYFUSS Speaking to a government-organized throng bused in from around Tehran and as far away...

The Recount Proposal

Mousavi's Camp Gives Cold Shoulder to Recount Proposal A hard-liner hardliner: Ayatollah Jannati (center) heads the Guardian Council. By HAMED YADEGARI in Boston | 16 June 2009 [TEHRAN BUREAU] On...

Stolen Election

By MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles | 13 June 2009 Iran's rancorous presidential election took a completely unexpected turn. All indications were that Mr. Mir Hossein Mousavi would win...

Baton-wielding police disperse Mousavi supporters

Photo: Vali Asr, above Abbas Abad, 13 June 2009, 4 pm, Tehran. Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:23am EDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - Police using batons moved to disperse supporters of...

Headlines

Headlines, Features, Reports [June 2009] Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/8099115.stm Ahmadinejad defiant on 'free' Iran poll Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defended his "completely free" re-election as Iran's president, amid violent...

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Headlines, Features, Reports Think tank accuses Ahmadinejad of distorting facts [AP] A moderate think tank led by Iran's former top nuclear negotiator accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of distorting facts...

Israeli Attack Threat

Obama team debates stance on Israeli attack threat. By GARETH PORTER and JIM LOBE in Washington D.C. [IPS] A recent statement by the chief of the U.S. Central Command...

Can Iran Change?

AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian THE NEW YORKER | LETTER FROM TEHRAN By JON LEE ANDERSON Ever since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first ran for President of Iran, four years ago, he has shown...

US may cede to Iran's nuclear ambition

By DANIEL DOMBEY in Washington [Financial Times] US officials are considering whether to accept Iran's pursuit of uranium enrichment, which has been outlawed by the United Nations and remains...

Outreach to Tehran a top priority

A bench outside the Peace Palace at The Hague. Photo/Celesteh By GLENN KESSLER at The Hague [The Washington Post] The high-minded speeches by foreign ministers on helping Afghanistan were...

Official: Iraq to move Iranian opposition group

[The Associated Press] Iraq says it will move members of an Iranian opposition group from a camp north of Baghdad to remote areas elsewhere and encourage them to leave...

Iran to join talks on stabilizing Afghanistan

[Los Angeles Times] The Islamic Republic announced Thursday that will join the United States in dispatching official delegations to two international conferences on Afghanistan in the coming days, including...

Media get it wrong, again

[The Daily Star] U.S. President Barack Obama's effort to begin a dialogue with the Islamic Republic of Iran has already hit a brick wall. But the obstacle that stands...

Hot times and cool heads

As Ayatollah Khamenei endorses possible talks with the United States, Iran's pragmatic conservatives hope the presidential election will help trim Ahmadinejad's international role. By GARETH SMYTH in Beirut There...

Dialogue or Dictating to Iran?

By RAMI G. KHOURI in Beirut U.S. President Barack Obama continues to make intriguing gestures in the Middle East that seem to soften or even reverse the policies of...

Iranian Blogger Dies in Prison

[The New York Times] Human rights groups and an American-financed radio station report that an Iranian blogger, Omidreza Mirsayafi, who had been sentenced to two years in prison for...

Iranian American Journalist Arrested

[BBC] Iran 'holds unlicensed' reporter: Authorities in Iran have arrested and detained an American freelance journalist who has reported for NPR, the BBC and other news organizations. continue reading...