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Iran Reports – June 25, 2009

(Iran) Riot police crush protests in Tehran amid allegations of brutality
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6571608.ece

Iran protesters alter tactics to avoid death
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/opposition-alters-tactics-to-avoid-protest-deaths/

Iran: Mousavi warns of more protests
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3468546581

Iran reform leader says he won’t end his challenge
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election_502
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7924049
— Iran opposition delays rally after crackdown
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/25/iran.election/index.html

Iranian says militiaman killed protester
https://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/militiaman-killed-neda/
— “Doctor claims he was at Neda’s side, says she died ‘fighting for basic rights'”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31551388/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
— Doctor tells how Neda Soltan was shot dead by Ahmadinejad’s basij
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6579626.ece
— Doctor who tended Neda Soltan breaks his silence
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6579675.ece

(Iran) Under the Islamic umbrella: Hardliners and reformers both want to keep Iran a theocracy – By Sanam Vakil
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/06/25/2009-06-25_under_the_islamic_umbrella_irans_hardliners_and_protesters_agree_on_more_than_yo.html

Iran’s women protesters: headscarves and rocks
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=103481

(Iran) Two weeks after: Iran rallies fade, elite split
http://www.globalpost.com/breaking-news/general/thousands-mousavi-supporters-march-tehran-0

(Iran) Eight Iran militiamen killed in vote unrest
http://geo.tv/6-25-2009/44852.htm

Iranian Filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf: Ahmadinejad Has Soiled the Streets of Iran with Blood
and Wants to Lead the Region to War
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD241509

(Iran) Televised Iranian confessions decried
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/25/Televised-Iranian-confessions-decried/UPI-61171245969244/

Iran expected to dominate G8 meeting in Italy
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_G8?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=EUROPE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-06-25-17-11-31

(Iran) Money floods out of Iran as election crisis continues
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5639393/Money-floods-out-of-Iran-as-election-crisis-continues.html

(Iran/U.S.) Ahmadinejad warns Obama not to comment on Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5639668/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-warns-Barack-Obama-that-support-for-protesters-could-end-rapprochement.html