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Iran Newslinks 22 June, 2009
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 14:30

Iranian police use force to break up protest
Columbus Telegram – Columbus,NE,USA
Britain, accused by Iran of fomenting post-election unrest, said it was evacuating the families of diplomats and other officials based in Iran _ the first …
www.columbustelegram.com/articles
/2009/06/22/ap/headlines/d98vuogo0.txt

Was Iran’s election stolen? New study makes a convincing case
Christian Science Monitor – USA
By Dan Murphy | Correspondent 06.22.09 A statistical analysis of province-by-province voting in Iran’s June 12 presidential election makes a compelling case …
features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/06/22/was-iran%E2
%80%99s-election-stolen-new-study-makes-a-convincing-case/

Understanding Obama on Iran – Andy McCarthy – The Corner on …
By Andy McCarthy
The key to understanding Obama, on Iran as on other matters, is that he is a power-politician of the hard Left : He is steeped in Leftist ideology, fueled in anger and resentment over what he chooses to see in America’s history, …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTM0
NTQ2OTdlZTNjNTJjYjgxNzFkN2JkOGE3YTgxZjM=

Iran in crisis: live – 22 June 2009 | News | guardian.co.uk
By Matthew Weaver, Daniel Nasaw
An uneasy calm has settled over Tehran as the government and reformists ponder their next move.
www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/
2009/jun/22/iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei

The American Spectator : Iran’s Revolutionary Moment?
By Ilan Berman
Ever since the blatant fraud of Iran’s June 12th presidential election, popular opposition to that country’s ruling clerical order has been on the rise, leading more and more observers to wonder whether Iran could really be on the cusp …
spectator.org/archives/2009/06/22/irans-revolutionary-moment

Hot Air “ Blog Archive “ Britain pulling embassy families out of Iran
By Ed Morrissey
The Foreign Office said today it was evacuating the families of embassy staff in Iran and advised against all non-essential travel to the country after the violent crackdown on street protests following the disputed presidential …
hotair.com/archives/2009/06/22/britain
-pulling-embassy-families-out-of-iran/

Wonkette : Terrifying Secret Photo Of Iran Guardian Council Meeting
By Jim Newell
IRAN TO CREATE SPECIAL COURT TO TRY ELECTION PROTESTERS ****** Lindsey Graham comments that this could not have happened without the Bush Administration having led the way. Ya sucha whimp, Obama. jetjaguar says at 2:38 pm, June 22nd, …
wonkette.com/409374/terrifying-secret-
photo-of-iran-guardian-council-meeting

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
By Andrew Sullivan
No one, not even the regime’s apologists, believes that these men are secret moderates interested in seeing Iran rejoin the civilized world. So in one way, the regime’s murderous response to dissent helps Netanyahu make his case that …
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/
2009/06/iran-and-israel-this-cuts-both-ways.html

p2pnet news “ Blog Archive “ Countrywide Iran DPI spy system
By Jon
“Interviews with technology experts in Iran and outside the country say Iranian efforts at monitoring Internet information go well beyond blocking
www.p2pnet.net/

CQ Politics | David Corn – Hollywood, Culture, Technology and Iran
By David Corn
It’s not that often a Washington commentator gets to talk politics and revolution in Iran on television with a famous movie mogul. I was on Hardball with Mike Medavoy, who helped make the Silence of the Lambs, Apocalypse Now, …
blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/2009/06
/hollywood-culture-technology-a.html

IRAN: Obama showing ‘right degree of restraint,’ analyst says
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
The fact is, however, that the United States cannot suddenly intervene in Iran, American political rhetoric is not going to change Iranian facts on the …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/06/iran-
analyst-says-obama-showing-right-degree-of-restraint.html

Italy says Iran appears to have declined G8 invite
Reuters – USA
ROME (Reuters) – Italy said on Monday that Iran appeared to have rejected an invitation to this week’s Group of Eight foreign ministers meeting, …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55L5GQ20090622

Italy Min: Iran Considered A No-Show For G8 Summit
Wall Street Journal – USA
ROME (AFP)—Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday that in the absence of a response from Iran, he had to consider that Tehran had declined …
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090622-711041.html

Iran Brings Politics Back to Oil Patch
Wall Street Journal – USA
When oil prices were heading towards last summer’s all-time peak, talk about Iran’s nuclear program and other political hotspots figured prominently. …
online.wsj.com/article/SB124569027904937687.html

World Reacts to Iran’s Post-Election Violence
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News Western nations are denying Iranian government allegations that they are encouraging Iran’s post-election violence. The Czech presidency of the …
www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-06-22-voa43.cfm

PETER FERRARA: Iran— The BUSH Doctrine Is Still Working
FOXNews – USA
Iran had heavily financed the Hezbollah coalition to retake the country for Muslim extremism, but the effort failed. In recent elections in Kuwait, …
www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/06/22
/peter-ferrara-iran-bush-doctrine-working

America Gives Iran the Tools of Democracy
Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
because we have given Iran the tools of democracy, and those tools are called Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. These so-called trivial social networking …
blog.seattlepi.com/froghospital/archives/171868.asp?from=blog_last3

Germany rejects Iran claims of political meddling
Reuters – USA
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany rejected on Monday Iranian claims that it was interfering in the Islamic republic’s internal affairs, and summoned Iran’s…
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55L47E20090622

Iran’s Children of Tomorrow
New York Times – United States
She could become Iran’s Marianne. Tehran, cradled in its mountainous amphitheater, is holding its breath. Sunday was quiet and Monday dawned quiet but …
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/opinion
/23iht-edcohen.html?ref=opinion

Embassy staff families leave Iran
BBC News – UK
The families of British embassy staff in Iran are being withdrawn because of political unrest there, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has said. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8113353.stm

New Warning Issued to Iran’s Election Protesters
NewsHour – USA
After a weekend of violence-tinged protests, Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard issued a warning to demonstrators that they would face a“revolutionary …
www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/middle_east/june09/0622_iran.html

Iran election results padded like snow reports
Ski Channel – Pacific Palisades,CA,USA
As widely reported, protesters are taking to the streets throughout Iran, sometimes in violent clashes with authorities, to rally against questionable …
www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20090621
/Iran-election-results-padded-like-snow-reports

Entire Iran school year may be lost amid rising protests
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
By Zvi Bar’el As the school year nears its end, 12th graders in Iran are at the peak of preparations for university entrance exams. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094642.html

Britain evacuating families of staff in Iran
The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Foreign Office said Monday it was evacuating the families of staff based in Iran amid continued violence in the wake of the…
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeq
M5im-w_hxH0PecLA02Lqog8RAsF8LgD98VPQN80

Iran police fire tear gas in zero-tolerance approach to protest
Times Online – UK
Although it is summer in Iran and some of the cities in question are in desert areas, he suggested some voters might have gone to them on holiday.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6556188.ece

No place left untouched by Iran’s political crisis
Irish Times – Dublin,Ireland
IT IS early Saturday evening in Shiraz, the city in southwestern Iran renowned for its poets, roses and nightingales. Maryam and her three girlfriends are …
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0622/1224249263900.html

Iran Has Built a Censorship Monster, With Help From Western Tech
By Stan Schroeder
When it comes to online censorship and monitoring online activities, the first country that usually comes to mind is China and its Great Firewall. This,
mashable.com/2009/06/22/iran-censorship-monster/

The Early Word: Obama on Iran – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com
By By Janie Lorber
“The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil for — those forces inside Iran who would love nothing better than to make this an argument about the United States. That’s what they do. That’s what we’ve already …
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06
/22/the-early-word-obama-on-iran/

Iran Election Live-Blogging (Sunday June 21)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
This is an archive of my Iran election live-blogging. For the latest updates, click here.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/22/
iran-election-live-bloggi_n_218715.html

Hot Air °Ì Blog Archive °Ì Video: The women of Iran’s protests
By Ed Morrissey
CNN has done well in covering the Iran crisis, and this morning they have a report on one of the more interesting and promising subplots °™ the role of women in the protests. Shoreh Aghdashloo proudly claimed that 40% of the people in …
hotair.com/archives/2009/06/22/video-the-women-of-irans-protests/

Iran admits election flaws | FP Passport
By Joshua Keating
Top story: A spokesman for Iran’s authoritative Guardian Council has admitted that voter turnout in the country’s July 12 presidential election exceed 100 percent in as many as 50 cities. The admission is likely to further inflame …
blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/30330

Hit & Run Iran Update – Reason Magazine
By matt.welch@reason.com (Matt Welch)
Comments to “Iran Update”: Add a comment °È. Cabeza de Vaca | June 22, 2009, 8:36am | #. Wow, that video is awesome. I don’t think I’ve ever seen riot police turn & run like that before. Rich | June 22, 2009, 8:54am | #…
www.reason.com/blog/show/134258.html

Morning Skim: What Now for Iran’s Protestors? – The Opinionator …
By By Eric Etheridge
Guardian: Simon Tisdall writes: °∞Right now the perception grows that Iran’s transformatory moment finally arrived at the weekend, only to slip from the protesters’ grasp in a cloud of teargas, terror and vacillating political …
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22
/morning-skim-what-now-for-irans-protestors/

Street Battle in Iran | Video Cafe
By scarce
[YouTube]: might not play in your region. Via BBC Farsi, this amazing footage of protesters beating back riot police on the streets of Iran. As the police turn and flee, the crowd shouts “Hurrah!”
videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/street-battle-iran

The Other McCain: Iran, briefly
By Robert Stacy McCain
Sorry if I haven’t been doing much Iran-blogging the past few days. Ever since I saw Michelle Malkin’s column Wednesday, I’ve been all IG-Gate scandal (almost) all the time. You can see the long Sunday thread at Hot Air and get the …
rsmccain.blogspot.com/2009/06/iran-briefly.html

JammieWearingFool
By JammieWearingFool
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is threatening to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election and warns demonstrators to prepare for a “revolutionary confrontation” if they take to the streets again. …
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-acorn-working-in-iran.html

Shakesville: Iran Open Thread
By Melissa McEwan
The warning, on the Guards’ Web site, was issued despite an admission by Iran’s most senior panel of election monitors that the number of votes cast in 50 cities exceeded the actual number of voters, according to a state television …
shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/06/iran-open-thread_22.html

Meet the Basij, Iran’s thug militia – Josh_Painter’s blog – RedState
By Josh Painter (Profile)
If you’ve watched any of the televised images from Iran since the people first went into the streets to protest their country’s rigged election, you’ve seen them in action. That bunch of thugs wearing civilian garb and clubbing …
www.redstate.com/josh_painter/2009/
06/22/meet-the-basij-irans-thug-militia/

We support the people of Iran – Congressman_Mike_Pence’s blog …
By Congressman Mike Pence (Profile)
It has been said on numerous occasions and by various politicians and pundits that it was an extraordinary week in the life of the nation of Iran. On June 12, from the very moment that the Iranian presidential election results were …
www.redstate.com/congressman_mike_pence/
2009/06/22/we-support-the-people-of-iran/

Iran’s revolution now has a name and a symbol
Baltimore Sun – United States
Every revolution needs a unifying symbol, and members of Iran’s opposition movement now have theirs. That was one dumb sniper who took out the young woman …
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped
/bal-op.parker24jun24,0,5970947.story

Preferential Treatment at Presidential Presser?
FOXNews – USA
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Since we’re on Iran, I know Nico Pitney is here from the Huffington Post. I know that you and all across the Internet, …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528700,00.html

Israeli premier praises courage of Iran protesters
The Associated Press
… Berlusconi on his first European trip since taking office. Berlusconi said both leaders agreed that Iran shouldn’t be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5j5lNNaCeha9B9HSxwmZRuQpxxCrQD990EC2G0

UK relations with Iran under strain
The Press Association
Diplomatic relations with Iran remain under severe strain after two British diplomats were ordered to leave the country, prompting retaliatory expulsions by …
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/
ALeqM5hZ75qUotqMtKhei1KylUgvroQFeg

IRAN: Message from Tehran: ‘The situation is getting calm’
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Some people like my mom is so nervous and stressed, but I always try to remind her about 8 years Iran-Iraq war that we already passed and was so much more …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/06/iran
-message-from-iran-the-situation-is-getting-calm.html

S.Africa’s MTN denies report Iran network blocked
Reuters – USA
J) said on Wednesday its MTN Iran network was working and denied a report it would lose a month’s revenue from the country because of blocked mobile phone …
www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMe
diaTelecomNews/idUSLO29259220090624

JUDITH MILLER: What’s Next In Iran?
FOXNews – USA
Do the eight days of protest signal the beginning of the long overdue end of the 30-year-old Islamic Republic of Iran, or the start of a sustained,…
www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/06/21/judith-miller-whats-iran

The Early Word: Obama on Iran
New York Times – United States
By Janie Lorber Developments in Iran will keep the White House on watch this week, as President Obama continues to calibrate the administration’s responses. …
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/
22/the-early-word-obama-on-iran/?hp

Netanyahu to focus on Iran during European visit
Reuters – USA
Netanyahu, who took office in March at the head of a right-leaning government, has seized on the current post-election unrest in Iran to advocate stronger …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55L2BL20090622

Hundreds protest in Iran, despite warning
CNN International – USA
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is directly under the control of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and enforces the government’s Islamic codes and morality. …
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/
06/22/iran.election/?iref=mpstoryview

Iran arrests relatives of ex-leader
USA Today – USA
By David Jackson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Iran’s government said Sunday that it had arrested the daughter and four relatives of a former president,…
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-21-iran-arrests_N.htm

Yen, Dollar Rise as World Bank’s View, Iran Spur Safety Demand
Bloomberg – USA
Japan’s currency strengthened versus all of its major counterparts after Iran’s government said at least 17 people were killed during protests over this …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=axzy_5ntzV5U

IRAN: Tehran blames West for riots
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
“They have two guidelines regarding Iran. One is to intensify ethnical and racial rifts within Iran and secondly to disintegrate the Iranian territories. …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/06/iranian-
foreign-ministry-spokesman-hassan-qashqavi-has-accused-
western-nations-and-media-of-supporting-violent-protests-in-an.html

King: Clashes in Iran, disagreement in US
CNN – USA
(CNN) — The dramatic and at times deadly post-election fallout in Iran dominated the Sunday conversation. And as we watched more demonstrations on the …
www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/22/john.king.political.roundup/

Iran Council Finds Some Poll Irregularities
Wall Street Journal – USA
By FARNAZ FASSIHI Supporters of Iran’s defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi throw stones at riot police Saturday. TEHRAN — Iran’s Guardian …
online.wsj.com/article/SB124566035538436595.html

US must be careful of over-involvement in Iran
Statesman Journal – Salem,OR,USA
As soon as the result of the elections in Iran was announced June 12, the reform-minded opposition to incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad knew it was …
www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090622/COLUMN0703/ 90622
0312/1001/NEWS/U.S.-must-be-careful-of-over-involvement-in-Iran

Iran Revolutionary Guard threatens protesters
Washington Post – United States
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JIM HEINTZ AP TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is threatening to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2009/06/22/AR2009062200191.html?hpid=topnews

Internet conspiranoids betray Iran (left and right)
World War 4 Report – Brooklyn,NY,USA
His evidence: The BBC has again been caught engaging in mass public deception by using photographs of pro-Ahmadinejad rallies in Iran and claiming they …
www.ww4report.com/node/7471

Truthdig – Reports – Obama’s Iran Dilemma
By editor@truthdig.com
2009/06/21 – The president’s initial caution served the interests of freedom by making clear that the revolt against Iran’s flawed election is homegrown. As the struggle continues, we cannot pretend that we are indifferent to its …
www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090621_obamas_iran_dilemma/

Iran opposition leader vows to stand by protesters | Home Other …
TEHRAN (AP) — Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has vowed he will stand by the protesters whose week of defiance has deeply shaken the country, but says he won’t allow their lives to be put in peril and says the security …
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=
480029&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Raymond J. Learsy: Boycott Iran’s Oil Immediately
By Raymond J. Learsy
It is long past time that the world draws the line on the political and ethical perversion imposed by those who control the supply of oil.
www.huffingtonpost.com/raymond-j-learsy
/boycott-irans-oil-immedia_b_218661.html

Iran admits vote irregularities – LA Observed
By Kevin Roderick
Authorities in Iran “acknowledged that the number of votes cast in 50 cities exceeded the actual number of voters, state television reported Monday following assertions by the country’s supreme leader that the ballot was fair. …
www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/06/iran_admits_vote_irregula.php

The Green Brief 5 – NiteOwl – Why We Protest – IRAN
By NiteOwl
Hi, Please retweet this link. I’m Josh Shahryar AKA NiteOwl and I’ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be.
iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-
events/1751-green-brief-5-niteowl.html

President Obama criticized by Republicans for being ‘timid’ on Iran
New York Daily News – New York,NY,USA
What do you think of Obama’s handling of the situation in Iran? He’s been smart to stay out of the fray. He’s been too quiet. The US needs to be leading the …
www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/22/2009-06-22_
president_obama_criticized_by_republicans_for_being_too_
timid_on_iran.html

Change in Iran could bring peaceful ties -Israel
Reuters – USA
BERLIN, June 22 (Reuters) – Peaceful relations between Israel and Iran would be possible if new leadership took power in Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLM691973

Iran council ‘admits poll flaws’
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Iran’s Guardian Council, the country’s highest legislative body, has admitted some irregularities occurred in the disputed June 12 presidential election. …
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/
2009/06/20096226353443698.html

Iran Admits Discrepancies in 3 Million Votes
New York Times – United States
The news emerged on the English-language Press TV as a bitter rift among Iran’s ruling clerics deepened over the disputed election. The outcome of the vote, …
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/world/
middleeast/23iran.html?ref=world

Examining footage from Iran
BBC News – UK
BBC Persian tv’s Rana Rahimpou takes a look at some of the videos of demonstrations in Iran that have been sent in to the BBC. All of the footage is said to …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8112049.stm

Hundreds arrested in violent Iran clashes
Middle East Online – London,UK
In his latest comments on Saturday, US President Barack Obama, who has appealed for dialogue with Tehran after three decades of severed ties, urged Iran to …
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=32893

Steve Rosenbaum: Iran’s Graphic Coverage = ‘Distributed Activism’
By Steve Rosenbaum
The unfolding events in Iran are creating some complex issues for mainstream media outlets playing by old rules. For CNN, the unverifiable nature of the stream of Twitter messages has them both presenting, and disavowing any of the …
www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rosenbaum/
irans-graphic-coverage-di_b_218675.html

Gateway Pundit: Best Iran Protest Video Ever--- Protesters Beat …
By Gateway Pundit
Best-Iran-Protest-Video-Ever— Get yourself a cool drink… Sit back… Press play and enjoy… It’s a beautiful thing! Iranian protesters beat the living crap out of basij thugs in Tehran: …
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/06/
best-iran-protest-video-ever-protesters.html

New York – Runnin’ Scared – Rightbloggers Rage as Obama Betrays …
By Roy Edroso
It was bad enough when he was just making statements on Iran, when he should have been leading the groovy counterrevolution — but when Obama got some ice cream with his daughters, that’s when all hell broke loose. …
blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/
archives/2009/06/rightbloggers_r_1.php

t r u t h o u t | At Least 24 Reporters Arrested in Iran
Paris – Iranian authorities have arrested at least 24 journalists and bloggers since postelection protests began a week ago, and a media watchdog says reporters are a “priority target” for Iran’s leadership. …
www.truthout.org/062109G

Chesler Chronicles “ Obama Fiddles While Iran Burns
By Phyllis Chesler
Iran is on fire. And as I watch a potentially revolutionary,
internet-driven uprising unfold over vote-counting, (vote-counting!) and not over the torture, unlawful imprisonment, and mass murder of Iranian citizens by its own leaders, …
pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009
/06/21/obama-fiddles-while-iran-burns/

Former Iran President at Center of Fight Between Classes of the …
New York Times – United States
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN CAIRO — Even before his daughter and four other relatives were briefly detained on Sunday, one of the big mysteries to envelop Iran …
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/world/middleeast/22rafsanjani.html

Israel’s top leaders voice support for Iran demonstrators
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
The new outspokenness appears to reflect a belief that reaching out to moderates in Iran would be in Israel’s long-term interest. …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fg-israel-iran22-2009jun22,0,1848962.story

Oil falls towards $69 on as Nigeria, Iran unrest dent sentiments
Reuters – USA
Although North Korea’s nuclear defiance and political unrest in Iran, the world’s fifth-largest oil exporter, are unlikely to have an impact on crude…
www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSTRE54R7NA20090622

World’s media seeks ways around Iran clampdown
The Associated Press
But in the possibly history-shaping struggles now unfolding in Iran, the international media has been blocked from its normal front-line role and is quickly …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5hsW_B7QkIa35KPgboxQPtnaqRBSwD98VB9TO0

Iran says UK and US involved in protests
ABC Online – Australia
Iran’s leaders have been quick to blame outside influences for the street protests. Both Britain and the US deny meddling in Iran’s affairs. …
www.abc.net.au/am/content/2009/s2604313.htm

West articulates rising anger with Iran
AFP
But as Iran deported or detained special correspondents for flagship media outlets the BBC and Newsweek, and Britain rejected accusations of meddling behind …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALe
qM5gc-DUktQ1FwLZ_i2P640TrPGAYJg

Neda, young girl brutally killed in Iran, becoming symbol of rebellion
New York Daily News – New York,NY,USA
There were conflicting reports from Iran this evening: some said her funeral would be held Monday afternoon, others claimed the government had banned all …
www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/21/
2009-06-21_neda_young_girl_killed_in_iraq.html

Netanyahu shows support for Iran protestors
New York Daily News – New York,NY,USA
“I know President Obama wants the people of Iran to be free.” Netanyahu reiterated his fear Iran will go nuclear, saying he’s now doubly concerned about a …
www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/06/21/2009-06-21_
netanyahu_shows_support_for_iran_protestors_but_refuses_
to_bash_president_obama.html

Iran erupts – Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
Right Wing News is the best source on the net for conservative news, views,& interviews.
rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/06/iran_erupts.php

Iran: Neda (warning: graphic video) – Boing Boing
By Xeni Jardin
Then I’d risk all my earnings that he expressed the very thoughts of quite a few of the traditionalists actually in power in Iran… and Rush Limbaugh and Co if she and these events were American since those. Those freaks are the same …
www.boingboing.net/2009/06/21/iran-neda-warning-gr.html

Hot Air “ Blog Archive “ Iran escalation: Rafsanjani’s daughter …
By Allahpundit
Iran escalation: Rafsanjani’s daughter arrested, BBC journalist expelled; Update: Full speed ahead on negotiations, says Lugar.
hotair.com/archives/2009/06/21/iran-escalation-
rafsanjanis-daughter-arrested-bbc-journalist-expelled/

Graham: Obama ‘Timid and Passive’ on Iran – George’s Bottom Line
By Jennifer Parker
“He’s certainly moving in the right direction, but our point is that there’s a monumental event going on in Iran and you know, the president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world not follow it,” Graham told me on “This …
blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/06/
graham-obama-timid-and-passive-on-iran.html

Michael J. Totten: It is about Iran, not about America!
By Howard Baskerville
“’Whereas the Bush administration united Iran’s disparate political factions against a common threat, Obama’s overtures have accentuated the deep divisions and incongruities among Iran’s political elites,’’ said Karim Sadjadpour, …
www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2009/06/it-is-about-ira.php

Staturday: Twitter in Iran | GOOD
By GOOD
How and to what extent the use of Twitter has helped foment the latest protests in Iran is a question of much debate. Luckily, Iran has had another revolution.
www.good.is/post/staturday-twitter-in-iran/

Best of the Week: Twitter Versus Iran, Wii Bowling and Nine Ball …
By switchedtips@gmail.com (Leila Brillson)
Best of the Week: Twitter Versus Iran, Wii Bowling and Nine Ball Terrify Us. by Leila Brillson — Jun 21st 2009 at 4:25PM. After the smart phone frenzy of last week, we were prepared to relax during a supposedly quiet week in tech news. …
www.switched.com/2009/06/21/best-of-the-
week-twitter-versus-iran-wii-bowling-and-nine-ball/

JustOneMinute: Iran Watch
By Tom Maguire
Here is some BBC coverage: Iran TV reports ten dead Obama doing a superbly nuanced job Polling irregularities.
justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2009/06/iran-watch-1.html

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Lazy Sunday Linkage: Public …
By Nate Silver
Two more Iran links for you. Bern Beber and Alexandra Scacco (who are former students of Andrew Gelman’s) have identified further oddities in the distribution of digits. And Daniel Berman (who generously provided provincial-level voting …
www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/lazy
-sunday-linkage-public-option-iran.html

24 journalists & bloggers arrested in Iran – LA Observed
By Kevin Roderick
TJ Sullivan took the top photo at Saturday’s protest in Westwood against the election violence in Iran; more in his report at Native Intelligence. Jonathan Alcorn took the others and a lot more at his site. The LAT story says more than …
www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/06/iran.php

Might Saturday’s Tenor Change Obama’s View On Iran? : Stop The ACLU
By William Teach
Analysts and diplomats in the US have been exploring how President Barack Obama’s offer of engagement, combined with internal Iranian factors, may have contributed to the dynamic of events unfolding inside Iran. …
www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/06/21/might
-saturdays-tenor-change-obamas-view-on-iran/

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