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Iran Reports – June 16, 2009

(Iran) Hamas members helping Iran crush dissent, protesters claim
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184848467&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran’s Elections — A National Show Designed to Delay Democracy – by Walid Phares
— “no candidate opposing the ‘Islamist ideology’ can be granted the authorization to run.”
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/14/phares_walid_iran_election/

Iranian Blog: Photo essay: Iranians in Los Angeles support protests in Iran
http://www.iranian.com/main/albums/rage-against-vote-rigging

Iranian Blog: “Islam and Freedom incompatible; Mousavi=Ahmadi”
http://www.iranian.com/main/node/67665

Iran Fails Again – by Melik Kaylan
— Kaylan: “This is no Islamic reformation.”
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/15/iran-election-ahmadinejad-mousavi-opinions-contributors-islamic-reformation.html?feed=rss_news

(Iran) Obama Skeptical on Iran
— “President says difference between Ahmadinejad, challenger Mousavi ‘may not be as great as advertised'”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/16/obama-disputed-iran-election-reveals-changed-expectations-voters/

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
— “As numerous examples have illustrated, the removal of an authoritarian regime does not necessarily lead to an improved human rights situation if institutions and civil society are weak, or if a culture of  human rights and democratic governance has not been cultivated.”
http://www.iranhrdc.org/httpdocs/English/homepage.htm

Iran’s supreme leader calls for national unity
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371116282&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) 7 civilians killed in Tehran during anti-Ahmadinejad rally
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/7-civilians-killed-in-Tehran-during-anti-Ahmadinejad-rally/articleshow/4660932.cms

(Iran) ‘Age of empires has ended’, Iran’s Ahmadinejad tells Russia summit
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Age-of-empires-has-ended-Irans-Ahmadinejad-tells-Russia-summit/articleshow/4662205.cms

(Iran) Rival demonstrations fill Tehran streets
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.elections.protests/index.html?section=cnn_latest
— Iranian protesters duel in streets, online
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31380861/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
— Thousands rally for, against Iranian government
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— ‘Mass opposition rally’ in Tehran
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8103577.stm
— Iranians defy regime in second day of protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5552851/Iranians-defy-regime-in-second-day-of-protests.html
— Iranians use Twitter to spread news of protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5552158/Iranians-use-Twitter-to-spread-news-of-protests.html
— Eyewitness: A tale of two protests in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5552498/Eyewitness-A-tale-of-two-protests-in-Iran.html
— Iran to media: no cameras allowed
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/16/1967136.aspx

Iran bans foreign press from covering ‘unauthorised’ rallies
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Iran-bans-foreign-press/articleshow/4663539.cms

Iran rules out full recount as protests build again
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5550925/Iran-rules-out-full-recount-as-protests-build-again.html
— Iran to recount disputed election votes
—- “Thousands of Ahmadinejad supporters crowd streets of Tehran”
—- “Opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi rejects partial recount”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.elections.protests/index.html
— Limited recount possible in Iran’s disputed vote
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— Iranians suspicious of recount offer as Tehran goes on unofficial strike
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6510663.ece

(Iran) Shooting reported at mostly peaceful Moussavi protest rally
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iran.elections.protests/index.html
— Hardliners open fire as tension grips Tehran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6505842.ece
— Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526363,00.html
— Huge pro-reform rally defies crackdown threats
— “Gunfire from a compound used by pro-government militia killed one demonstrator”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— Opposition leaders join thousands protesting in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5542075/Opposition-leaders-join-thousands-protesting-in-Iran.html

(Iran/U.S.) Lugar: American arms-length stance on Iran proper
http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/kmsb20090616jc-lugariran-proper-arms-race.87d1ef7e.html
— September 26, 2008: Lugar’s promotion of the U.S. Muslim-Engagement Project calling for engagement
with the Extremist Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/rgl_us_muslim_engagement_dear_colleague.pdf
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html