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Iran Reports – June 14, 2009

Iranian President Ahmadinejad celebrates win with show of brutality
— “Chanting ‘Allahu akbar’ — God is greatest — and ‘Ahmadi, we love you’ the army of hardliners poured into central Tehran in a massive show of strength for President Ahmadinejad.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6499534.ece
— Iran: “Congratulation messages pour in” — including leaders of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and HAMAS
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=545389&IdLanguage=3
— Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  endorses vote outcome
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.election/index.html
— Ahmadinejad says victory is blow to ‘oppressive’ world
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5532492/Ahmadinejad-says-victory-is-blow-to-oppressive-world.html
— Disputed Iranian ballot complicates US diplomacy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090614/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran
— More than 100 Iranian reformists arrested -reformer
http://geo.tv/6-14-2009/44169.htm
— Ahmadinejad: No guarantee on rival’s safety
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.election.rival/index.html
— Iran Puts Curbs on Media After Disputed Election
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526273,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31357829/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

(Iran) Ahmadinejad crushes Iran’s reform hopes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6498787.ece

(Iran) Exiled group says race on in Iran to build bomb
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE55C1QH20090613

(Iran) Anti-Ahmadinejad supporters to protest today
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25637237-23109,00.html
— Mousavi supporters to rally in Tehran
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE55D04V20090615?rpc=401&
— Clashes in Iran reveal deep divide
— “Anti-Ahmadinejad protests appear to trigger counterreaction from his supporters”
— “International media prevented from covering demonstrations”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.scene/index.html
— Protests around world
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.scene/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto
— Facebook Web Site
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IRAN/18297877889
— Ahmadinejad defends re-election as violence continues in Teheran
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_390466.html
— Defeated Iranian reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi calls for more protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5533782/Defeated-Iranian-reformist-Mir-Hossein-Mousavi-calls-for-more-protest-against-Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad.html
— Poll rioters rip Iran apart as Ahmadinejad rounds up opposition leaders while insisting election wasn’t rigged
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192958/Poll-rioters-rip-Iran-apart-Ahmadinejad-rounds-opposition-leaders-insisting-election-wasnt-rigged.html
— Unrest challenges Iran’s republic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099884.stm
— ‘Anti-Ahmadinejad protests will die out’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371097557&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull