Category: Reports on Iran and Democracy

(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

Iran protest cancelled as leaked election results show Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came third
— “Iran’s reformist presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has called off a major rally to protest last Friday’s election results, amid claims police had been cleared to open fire on protesters”
— “In an effort to quell the rising tensions, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered an investigation into claims of fraud in Friday’s disputed vote, according to Iranian state television”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5540211/Iran-protest-cancelled-as-leaked-election-results-show-Mahmoud-Amadinejad-came-third.html
— Iran supreme leader orders probe of vote fraud
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6502374.ece
— Ahmadinejad defiant as defeated rival protests vote
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090614/wl_afp/iranvote

(Iran) Tensions build in Teheran. Pro-Moussavi demonstrations “illegal”
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15513&theme=5&size=A
— Hatred, chaos and savage beatings in Tehran
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.eyewitness/index.html
— Mousavi protest rally postponed in Tehran
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEVA14340720090615
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3427665108
— Ahmadinejad Opponents Shout Protests From Rooftops
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526276,00.html

(Iran) Tear gas and Twitter: Iranians take their protests online
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.twitter/index.html

(Iran) Tehran Bureau Blogger News
http://tehranbureau.com/category/reporting-essays/
— Video of Tehran Riots
http://tehranbureau.com/video-tehran-riots/
— Twitter Web Site
http://twitter.com/tehranbureau
— Facebook Web Site
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IRAN/18297877889

(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
— 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

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

Iranians vote in droves, rival victory claims
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEVA14340720090612
— Ahmadinejad claims victory after Iran’s polling stations are kept open
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6486939.ece
— Record turnout in Iran election as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ‘faces defeat’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5516661/Record-turnout-in-Iran-leaves-Ahmadinejad-facing-defeat.html

(Iran) ‘Mousavi win wouldn’t stop nuke drive’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371078382&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) North Korea, Iran joined on missile work: U.S. general
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55A4E720090611

Iran playing double game in Afghanistan: Gates
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=80381

(Iran) Tehran student forced to live double life
— “Music student Aida Shirazi is thoroughly Westernised – but in public she must play the part of an obedient Islamic woman”
— “she knows that if she wears anything too short, or too tight, she will fall foul of the Ershad, the morality police who have cracked down on un-Islamic conduct since President Ahmadinejad came to power”
— “Ms Shirazi’s personal freedoms have been curtailed in other ways in the past four years”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6482003.ece