Category: Reports on Iran and Democracy

(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

Iran hardliners keep protesters off the streets

Young woman describes beating at hands of paramilitary
— “A 19-year-old woman who was wounded by Iranian paramilitary forces with clubs escaped with her camera and shared her photos with CNN — after tricking a paramilitary soldier into thinking she had given him the images on a disk.”
— “He hit me and he was twice [as big] as me — he was so big. And I said, ‘You want to hit me?’ And he said, ‘Yes’ and then he hit me with a club.”

(Iran) CNN: iReports in Iran: “Unrest in Iran”
http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?start=0&topicId=270440

(Iran) Newsweek journalist detained in Iran: Magazine — Maziar Bahari
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Newsweek-journalist-detained-in-Iran-Magazine/articleshow/4685319.cms

(Iran) Arrests of Rafsanjani kin show Iran clerics split
— “There was no word on any new clashes Sunday, although after dark many people in Tehran went to their rooftops to shout ‘Death to the dictator’ and ‘Allahu akbar,’ a common form of defiance in recent days.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_election
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/arrests-rafsanjani-kin-show-iran-clerics-split/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31469914/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

(Iran) Mousavi: People are entitled to protest fraud and lies
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184890769&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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) Khamenei’s Representative in Syria, Mojtaba Al-Hosseini: The West Is Behind Demonstrations in Iran
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD241409

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a Tehran Friday Sermon: In Every Election There Are Winners and There Are Losers
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD241309

(Iran) Israel’s Netanyahu: Iranian Regime’s Repressive Nature ‘Unmasked’ by Election Turmoil
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/21/netanyahu-iranian-regimes-repressive-nature-unmasked-election-turmoil/

(Iraq) London Times: “Iranian mujahadeen rally in Iraq”
— “As reports come in that Iranian officials have arrested several members of the main exiled opposition group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI), their fellow Mujahadeen have been rallying in Iraq.”
http://timesonline.typepad.com/inside_iraq_weblog/2009/06/iranian-mujihadeen-rally-in-iraq.html

Iran and Britain in diplomatic stand-off as protest death toll rises
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6548540.ece

Iran raises death toll in clashes to at least 20
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31469914/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
— In Tehran, an eerie calm as death toll jumps to 19
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election

(Iran) Mousavi protestors defy tear gas in Tehran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6544234.ece

(Iran) CNN Coverage
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/iran.elections/

(Iran) ‘Neda’ becomes rallying cry for Iranian protests
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/21/iran.woman.twitter/index.html
— “Like most of the information coming out of Tehran, it is impossible to verify her name,
Neda, or the circumstances of her apparent death, captured close-up on a bystander’s camera.”
— “CNN ran a pixilated version of the video, which was posted on YouTube. It shows a woman
in jeans and white sneakers collapsed on the street, as the person with the camera — most likely
from a cell phone — runs toward her and focuses on her face.”

(Iran) Neda Video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBiUaFKyPw8

Iran police clash with defiant protestors
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/5667868/iran-police-clash-with-defiant-protestors/

Iran blames “terrorists” for violence
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55F54520090621

(Iran) Top cleric Rafsanjani may be playing role in Iran unrest
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31465879/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

(Iran) Rafsanjani’s daughter arrested in Iran
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rafsanjanis-daughter-arrested-in-Iran/articleshow/4683868.cms
— Five members of Rafsanjani’s family arrested
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2008731&Language=en

(Iran) Tehran protest diary: an angry Muslim mother reports from inside Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5588307/Tehran-protest-diary-an-angry-Muslim-mother-reports-from-inside-Iran.html

(Iran) Daily Telegraph: “Iran election: how a week of protest has changed Islamic state for ever”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5588733/Iran-election-how-a-week-of-protest-has-changed-Islamic-state-for-ever.html
— Timeline: The week of protest that shook Iran’s clerical regime
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5588578/Timeline-The-week-of-protest-that-shook-Irans-clerical-regime.html

(Iran) Bomb kills two at Khomeini shrine: Iran TV
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Iran/idUSTRE55J1DY20090620
— Suicide bomber attacks Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s shrine in Iran
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Suicide-bomber-attacks-Ayatollah-Ruhollah-Khomeinis-shrine-in-Iran/articleshow/4681583.cms

(Iran) Rift grows among Iranian leaders
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/21/iran.election/index.html

Iranian rally organizer backs down amid police warnings
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Iranian-rally-organiser-backs-down-amid-police-warnings/articleshow/4679568.cms

Iran’s Khamenei throws down hard line with protesters
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0619/p06s13-wome.html

(Iran) Thousands Gather in France to Support Iranian Protesters
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527883,00.html
Iran Rebukes U.S., Britain for Meddling in Election Affairs
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528010,00.html

(U.S.) White House Welcomes US Congress Condemnation of Iran Violence
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-19-voa52.cfm
— U.S. House votes overwhelmingly for Iranian resolution
—- only Rep. Ron Paul votes against it
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/19/iran.us.congress/index.html?iref=newssearch

(U.S.) Obama to Iran’s leaders: Stop ‘unjust’ actions
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31467080/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/20/republicans-pressure-obama-support-iranian-protesters/

(Iran) BBC correspondent ordered to leave Iran
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/BBC-correspondent-ordered-to-leave-Iran-/articleshow/4684149.cms

Walid Phares: “Iran – The Uprising Is On and There’s No Turning Back”
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/20/phares_walid_iran_uprising/

(Iran) Witnesses: police clash with Tehran protesters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— Iran security forces use tear gas, clubs on protesters, witnesses say
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html
— Iran Riot Police Clash With Thousands of Protesters in Bloody Tehran Crackdown
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527863,00.html
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184879516&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran braced for violent confrontation as protesters vow to defy Supreme Leader
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5585647/Iran-braced-for-violent-confrontation-as-protesters-vow-to-defy-Supreme-Leader.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6539412.ece

(Iran) ‘Movement by the people, for the people’
— “In extraordinary letter relayed to ‘Post,’ Iranian student describes police brutality and protesters’ courage.”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184872971&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Mousavi rally in doubt after Iran leader warning
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55F54520090619

(Iran/UK) Iranian embassy camera watches protesters in London
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5586561/Iranian-embassy-camera-watches-protesters-in-London.html

(UK) Comedian Shappi Khorsandi on how her family fled the mullahs in Iran for Britain
and they sent a death squad after them
http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/06/20/comedian-shappi-khorsandi-on-how-her-family-fled-the-mullahs-in-iran-for-britain-and-they-sent-a-death-squad-after-them-115875-21456582/

(Iran) Chants against West punctuate Khamenei’s defiant speech
— “Ayatollah endorses official results showing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected”
— “Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sent a clear message after days of protests:
Enough is enough. With more marches possible Saturday, Khamenei warned: Those
who ‘take wrong measures which are harmful, they will be held accountable for all violence.’
He was interrupted by chants of ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel'”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/iran.election.scene/index.html
— Analysis and reaction
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/iran.election.scene/index.html#cnnSTCOther1

(Iran) Khamenei puts Iran on ‘collision course’ – video
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31453177#31453177

(Iran) Basij Militia Allegedly Use Axes, Daggers to Attack Iranian Protesters
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527762,00.html

Iran braced for violence as protesters gather again
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6539412.ece

Iran says it will not be held responsible for ‘bloodshed’ on the streets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5580931/Iran-says-it-will-not-be-held-responsible-for-bloodshed-on-the-streets.html

(Iran) Facebook provides vital link to family in Iran
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31449075/ns/community-firstperson/

(Iran) Riots and repression in Iran: eight days that shook the Muslim world
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6539969.ece

(Iran)’World is watching’, Barack Obama warns Iran
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World-is-watching-Barack-Obama-warns-Iran-/articleshow/4678635.cms

(Iran/UK) Britain complains after Ayatollah Khamenei describes UK as “evil”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5580734/Britain-complains-after-Ayatollah-Khamenei-describes-UK-as-evil.html
— June 18, 2009: UK envoy in first Hezbollah talks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8107837.stm

Iran: Women in Iran march against discrimination
— “Many hope the protests will lead to changes in gender discriminatory laws”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/iran.protests.women/index.html

(Iran) Khamenei tells Mousavi to toe the line over election or be cast out
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6531648.ece

(Iran) Supreme test for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as clerics split over vote ‘coup’
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6531911.ece

(Iran) Ebrahim Yazdi, Iran’s former foreign minister, thrown in jail
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6531509.ece

(Iran) CNN special report on Iran protests
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/iran.elections/

(Iran) Cyber warriors join fight against censors and foil Iran’s bid to silence bloggers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6531831.ece

Iran elections: Twitter updates from Thursday’s protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/5570028/Iran-elections-Twitter-updates-from-Thursdays-protests.html

Iran candidates challenged by Supreme Leader
— “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wants presidential candidates to show unity and attend Friday prayers together.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5570872/Iran-election-contenders-challenged-by-Supreme-Leader-on-day-of-mourning.html

Iran’s supreme leader to speak at site of crackdown
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/18/iran.university/index.html
— Tense Iran awaits sermon from Khamenei
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31422044/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

(Iran) Thousands mourn Iranians killed in protests
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55F54520090618

Iran: Electoral body to probe complaints as protests continue
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3439748143

Iranians dodging government’s Internet crackdown
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/18/iran.dodging.crackdown/index.html

Iranian-Americans protest in D.C.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/18/us.iran.russia.protests/index.html

Iran protest images from around the world
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31374583/ns/news-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1&beginChapter=1&beginTab=1

(Iran) ‘Every knock on the door would send me into a panic as I waited’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184872959&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Egyptian Government Daily: The International Community’s Caution is Sending the
Wrong Message to the Iranian Regime
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD241009

(Iran) Israel hopes nuke scene will change
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli