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Iran Reports – June 23, 2009

(Iran) No Matter Who Is President of Iran, They Would Stone Me – by Lila Ghobady
— “Lila Ghobady is an exiled Iranian writer-journalist and filmmaker living in Canada since 2002”
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/19-11

(Iran) How Neda Soltani became the face of Iran’s struggle
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/22/neda-soltani-death-iran
— Iranian authorities scramble to negate Neda Soltan ‘martyrdom’
— Iranian woman Neda Salehi Agha Soltan shot in the chest
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6561253.ece
— Neda Agha-Soltan, Iranian woman killed in Tehran protests, told friend ‘it’s just one bullet’
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/23/2009-06-23__neda_aghasoltan.html
— Iran bans prayers for ‘Angel of Freedom’ Neda Agha Soltan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5603057/Iran-bans-prayers-for-Angel-of-Freedom-Neda-Agha-Soltan.html
— Iranian regime targets family of ‘Angel of Freedom’ Neda Agha Soltan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5614391/Iranian-regime-targets-family-of-Angel-of-Freedom-Neda-Agha-Soltan.html
— Neda Salehi Agha Soltan’s story touches everyone except Iran’s rulers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6565497.ece

(Iran) Defiant women ‘the new face of Iran’
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/23/iran.women/index.html

Iran says it will teach protesters a lesson
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE55L37220090623

Iran: Police break up fresh protests in Tehran
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3453937576

Iran’s top electoral body rules out vote annulment
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— Braced for fury after Iran poll ruled valid
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25680803-2703,00.html

Iran leader extends deadline over vote complaints: ISNA
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/June/middleeast_June778.xml&section=middleeast

Iran elections: Ahmadinejad to be sworn in as president by August
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/iran-guardian-council-results

(Iran) How Neda Soltani became the face of Iran’s struggle
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/22/neda-soltani-death-iran

(Iran/UK) Iran expels 2 British diplomats, refuses new vote
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_election
— Britain expels two Iranian diplomats in tit-for-tat response
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/britain-expels-iranian-diplomats

(Iran/UK) Yvonne Ridley takes sides. Guess whose?
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/06/23/yvonne-ridley-takes-sides-guess-which-one/
— UK’s Ridley: “I’m quite a fan of Mahmoud Admadinejad who is adored by the common man and woman in Iran.”
http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/63688

(Iran/UK/US) ‘Outraged’ Brown and Obama condemn Iran as election crisis worsens
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6564441.ece

(Iran/US) Obama: ‘Not Too Late’ for Iranian Government to Peacefully Resolve Unrest
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/23/obama-iran/

(Iran/US) The Washington Times freelance reporter arrested in Iran — believed to Iason Athanasiadis
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/23/twt-freelance-reporter-arrested-iran/?feat=home_headlines

(Iran) At stake in Iran uprising: trust in the Islamic Revolution
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0621/p06s07-wome.html

Iran’s dictator gives up pretence of democracy – by Amir Taheri
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6544249.ece

(Iran) Israeli president applauds Iran street protesters
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_IRAN?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=MIDEAST&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-06-21-08-10-38

(Iran) “Twitter vs CNN: Blood on the streets”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/5614541/Twitter-vs-CNN-Blood-on-the-streets.html