Iran Reports – June 26, 2009

Iranian cleric says “rioters” should be executed
— Ahmad Khatami: “without showing any mercy”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_nm/us_iran_election
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6583797.ece

Iranian cleric: harsh punishment for riot leaders — Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami
— “A leading cleric demanded in a nationally broadcast sermon Friday that leaders of the unrest be punished ‘strongly and with cruelty.'”
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7935256
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— Iran: Cleric calls for ‘savage’ punishment for protesters
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3472488496

(Iran) Mousavi backs away from Iran street protests
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31564910/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Iran election: Tehran backs Hizbollah operations around world
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5651837/Iran-election-Tehran-backs-Hizbollah-operations-around-world.html
— Hizbullah accuses West of fomenting turmoil in Iran
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=185052

(Iran) NYC: Planned Iranian Democracy Protests in NYC on Saturday June 27
https://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/nyc-protests-june-27/

(Iran) Europe: Iranians mobilizing
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/06/europe-iranians-mobilizing.html

(Iran) Sweden: Protesters break into Iranian embassy in Sweden
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWEDEN_IRAN_EMBASSY?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=EUROPE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-06-26-12-07-35

Iran election: G8 foreign ministers condemn violence
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5648281/Iran-election-G8-foreign-ministers-condemn-violence.html
— G8 considers condemning Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5645932/G8-considers-condemning-Iran.html

Iranian Electoral watchdog says disputed vote Iran’s ‘cleanest’
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/June/middleeast_June880.xml&section=middleeast

(Iran) Communist China wants Ahmadinejad election recognized
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/23/china-wants-ahmadinejad-election-recognized/?feat=article_top10_read

Iranian protesters avoid censorship with Navy technology
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/26/protesters-use-navy-technology-to-avoid-censorship/?feat=home_headlines

Iranian envoy: CIA involved in Neda’s shooting?
— Iranian Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Hassan Ghadir blames CIA
— “Media aren’t reporting on pro-Ahmadinejad demonstrations, he says”
— “CIA spokesman says idea is ‘wrong, absurd and offensive'”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/25/iran.ambassador/index.html

(Iran) Arab Activists Watch Iran And Wonder: ‘Why Not Us?’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504415.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

(Iran) Where is Soroush? – by Gary Johnson
http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/where-is-soroush/
— Wikipedia states: Souroush seeks a “religious democracy”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdolkarim_Soroush#Religious_democracy

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

Iranian says militiaman killed protester– “Doctor claims he was at Neda’s side, says she died ‘fighting for basic rights'”

Iranian says militiaman killed protester
— “Doctor claims he was at Neda’s side, says she died ‘fighting for basic rights'”
Doctor tells how Neda Soltan was shot dead by Ahmadinejad’s basij
Doctor who tended Neda Soltan breaks his silence

Iran Reports – June 24, 2009

(Iran) “Two women who witnessed the protests and violence in post-election Iran are in the U.S.”
— CNN Video
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/06/24/rowlands.us.iran.arrivals.cnn

(Iran) Statement From Iranian Women’s Rights Activists
http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/06/23/statement-from-iranian-womens-rights-activists/

Iran Opposition Leader’s Wife: Let Protesters Go
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528823,00.html

Iran arrests foreign nationals in connection with protests
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/iran.election/index.html

CNN Roland Martin “Commentary: U.S. should leave Iran alone”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/24/martin.obama.iran/index.html

Neda Agha-Soltan, Iranian woman killed in Tehran protests, told friend ‘it’s just one bullet’

Neda Agha-Soltan, Iranian woman killed in Tehran protests, told friend ‘it’s just one bullet’
— 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
— 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 Reports – June 23, 2009

(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