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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

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

Iran Reports – June 15, 2009

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

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

Iran Reports – June 12, 2009

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

(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

Remembering A Hero: Stephen Tyrone Johns

— June 11: Make a Donation to the Johns Family

— USHMM Donation Link

— USHMM Tribute to Stephen Tyrone Johns

— June 11: National Association of Security Companies Mourns Security Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns for Heroic Actions at the Holocaust Museum

— June 17: Michigan Rep. Conyers Helps Slain Holocaust Museum Guard’s Relatives Attend Funeral

Washington Times: “Nepal’s Maoist double-cross”

May 7, 2009 – Washington Times: “Nepal’s Maoist double-cross”
— WT reports: “So the chairman of Nepal’s Maoist radicals brags that he and his fellow-travelers tricked United Nations officials and admits that the 2006 peace deal was a sham – and gets caught on videotape doing it. The video of the recently resigned Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, was shot in January 2008 and just surfaced.”
— “Revealingly, he instructs his fellow communists not to be fooled by the compromises struck with Nepal’s democratic government. Seizing total power, he makes clear, remains the communist goal.”
— “The video of a relaxed Prachanda addressing his party faithful exposed the Maoists’ cynical manipulation of the political system. In true communist spirit, Prachanda said that the compromises struck with the government were only tactical expediencies, and that the ‘bidroha,’ or rebellion, was still on. He joked about how they duped the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) into thinking they had 35,000 fighters when in fact they only had 7,000 to 8,000, which allowed them to swell their ranks to 20,000 while claiming to be demilitarizing. And he confirmed Gen. Katawal’s suspicions by saying it would take only a small number of his guerrillas to establish ‘complete Maoist control’ of the Nepal Army.’ ”
— “He added that they had not turned over their weapons as required and that relief money earmarked for the victims of the civil war would be diverted to party coffers. ‘You and I know the truth,’ he slyly told his comrades, ‘but why should we tell it to others?’ ”
— “In an unguarded moment, Prachanda revealed he is still a terrorist at heart and those who make deals with him are dupes. ‘Why would we abide by [the peace deal] after we win?’ he said on the tape. ‘Why would we follow it when we have the upper hand?'”

Contact Congress on Open Fuel Standards (OFS) Act to Reduce Funding of Extremism

Contact Congress on Open Fuel Standards (OFS) Act to Reduce Funding of Extremism

The advocates of the ideology of extremism have financially benefited from weak mile per gallon standards and limited alternative fuel options for American automobiles. As an American security measure, please contact your Congressional representative and let them know your support for H.R. 1476 Open Fuel Standards (OFS) Act — see GovTrack website, see text of bill

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Challenge Group That Says Not to Talk About Freedom

We believe that speaking about freedom and liberty is both the right and responsibility of every human being. We believe that every human being has the inalienable and universal human rights of equality and liberty.

Not everyone has the same view – we need to challenge those who state that we should be silent on freedom, on liberty, and on equality.

Christian Science Monitor publishes commentary by Chris Seiple:
— “10 terms not to use with Muslims”
— says terms like “Religious Freedom,” “Tolerance,” “Freedom,” among others “not to [be] used”
— says freedom “is best understood in a conversation with the local context and, in particular, with the Muslims who live there”
— says “American foreign policy is only worried about the freedom of Protestant evangelicals to proselytize and convert, disrupting the local culture and indigenous Christians”
— “Chris Seiple is the president of the Institute for Global Engagement, a “think tank with legs” that promotes sustainable environments for religious freedom worldwide.”
— Plans June 17 event at Georgetown University “co-sponsored with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University”

Last April 2008 – it was also learned that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Civil Rights and Civil Liberties branch had drafted a memorandum stating that we should not be talking about “liberty.” The DHS January 2008 DHS terror lexicon memorandum states that “[t]he struggle is for progress… The experts we consulted debated the word ‘liberty,’ but rejected it because many around the world would discount the term as a buzzword for American hegemony” (p. 7, paragraph 5).