Obama’s hitting the exact right note on Iran
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Stuart A. Reid Three days after Iran’s disputed presidential election, as protesters took to the streets, President Obama offered a reserved statement: …
www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary
/la-oe-reid24-2009jun24,0,890032.story

Iran’s opposition looks like it’s petering out – for now
Globe and Mail – Canada
24, 2009 02:56AM EDT It’s beginning to look like the end of the line for the Mousavi opposition in Iran. From the million-plus demonstrators that choked …
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/irans-opposition
-looks-like-its-petering-out-for-now/article1194417/

Iran’s Mottaki not planning to go to G8 meeting
Reuters – USA
Western diplomats had seen the June 25-27 event as a rare chance for Group of Eight nations to sit down with regional powers such as Iran to discuss shared …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55N1CL20090624

Israeli premier praises courage of Iran protesters
The Associated Press
Italy is perhaps Israel’s greatest ally in Europe, but at the same time is Iran’s No. 1 European trading partner, accounting for some 26 percent of total …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j5lN
NaCeha9B9HSxwmZRuQpxxCrQD990H0800

From new media, a new portrait of Iran emerges
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Iason Athanasiadis, left, a journalist working in Iran for the Washington Times, has been arrested, officials confirmed. Tehran’s censors were no match for …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fg-iran-media23-2009jun24,0,646297.story

FACT CHECK: Obama’s words about Iran get tougher
The Associated Press
In Tuesday’s news conference, Obama was asked whether he had soft-pedaled his public reactions to postelection unrest in Iran. …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeq
M5hVDM6gIFrIJToDItFq9wLaJ0OtygD990T0NO0

The Green Revolution(s)
New York Times – United States
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN There has been a lot of worthless chatter about what President Barack Obama should say about Iran’s incipient “Green Revolution. …
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/opinion/24friedman.html?ref=opinion

Iran’s Regime Will Never Be the Same
Wall Street Journal – USA
By EDWARD N. LUTTWAK At this point, only the short-term future of Iran’s clerical regime remains in doubt. The current protests could be repressed,…
online.wsj.com/article/SB124580553688545019.html

Netanyahu slams Iran at start of Europe trip
AFP
ROME (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticised Iran on Tuesday as he began his first trip to Europe since taking office,…
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
/ALeqM5ijwRJurrEVFe8z5dL5wiTpwrlhBQ

Barack Obama: The West won’t accept blame for Iran
Mirror.co.uk – London,UK
By James Lyons and Anton Antonowicz 24/06/2009 Barack Obama last night condemned the “unjust actions” of Iran and slammed its leaders’ vitriolic claims that …
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/06/24/
obama-west-won-t-accept-blame-115875-21466817/

How will technology affect post-election Iran?
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
CNET writes: Iran is well-known for erecting one of the world’s most restrictive Internet blockades, second only to China in its scope. …
www.thisisbrandx.com/2009/06/how-will-
technology-affect-postelection-iran.html

Why Iran’s Ahmadinejad is preferred in Israel
ABC News – USA
Reformist leader Mr. Mousavi, by contrast, isn’t expected to alter Iran’s drive for nuclear power, but he would win international sympathy. …
abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=7905255&page=1

UK has duty to speak out over Iran, Brown says
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) – Britain does not want Iran to be isolated but has a duty to speak out over repression and censorship, Prime Minister Gordon …
in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINLN88675420090623

Night protests in Tehran
BBC News – UK
… in Tehran told the BBC he did not think the authorities would stop people from demonstrating. The BBC is restricted in its reporting of events in Iran.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8114466.stm

Iran’s Filmmakers Challenge Regime, Clamor for New Elections
Bloomberg – USA
Iran is the world’s fourth-biggest oil producer. From his base in Paris, 52-year-old director Mohsen Makhmalbaf (who made the 2001 movie“Kandahar”) has …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aXmXDDVU0TH4

Reports: Iranian Soccer Stars Forced to ‘Retire’ Over Wristband …
FOXNews – USA
AP June 17: Iran’s national soccer team players pose, some wearing green wristbands in a sign of support for Iranian opposition leader. …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528629,00.html

GOP Congressman Says Obama’s Hesitance On Iran Responsible For …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
It was bound to happen. Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, accused Barack Obama on Tuesday of allowing violence in Iran to get out of hand by not speaking out against the country’s …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/23/video
-gop-congressman-say_n_219858.html

Stronger Words on Iran, More Details on Health Care – Political Punch
By Kristina Wong
Our World News look at the president’s press conference this afternoon:– jpt Political Punch Blog.
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/stronger
-words-on-iran-more-details-on-health-care.html

On Looking Deeper, Or, Things About Iran You Might Not Know …
By fake consultant
It has been an amazing week in Iran, and you are no doubt seeing images that would have been unimaginable just a few weeks ago. For most of us, Iran has been a country about which we know very little…which, obviously, makes it tough to …
uppitywis.org/looking-deeper-or-things-about-iran-you-might-not-know

Truthdig – A/V Booth – Obama ‘Strongly Condemns’ Iran Crackdown
By editor@truthdig.com
2009/06/23 – The president opened his Tuesday press conference by saying,“The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the beatings, and imprisonments of the last few days.
www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20090623
_obama_strongly_condemns_iran_crackdown/

Donklephant “ Blog Archive “ The President’s Statement On Iran …
By Justin Gardner
Because Obama has to hedge his bets on Iran…and that means not trying to undermine the current regime which has a better than even chance of remaining in power. If he comes out in support of Mousavi and the revolution doesn’t start, …
donklephant.com/2009/06/23/the-presidents
-statement-on-iran-why-its-right/

Intensified crackdown mutes protests in Iran | Home Other …
CAIRO (AP) — Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the outcome of the presidential election: holding up posters, shouting from rooftops and …
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=
480601&publicationSubCategoryId=200

The Green Brief #7 – NiteOwl – Why We Protest – IRAN
By NiteOwl
The Green Brief #7 – NiteOwl Please retweet this link. Apologies for the lateness of today’s brief. I had urgent matters to take care of. I’m Josh.
iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-events
/2202-green-brief-7-niteowl.html

Iran exports the resource curse | FP Passport
By Elizabeth Dickinson
As the world watches Iran, one unexpected country is paying particularly acute attention: Uganda. That country’s oil-exporting future lies — for now at least — in the hands of whoever sits in power in Tehran. …
blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/06/23/iran
_great_exporter_of_the_resource_curse

Obama slams Iran, leaves opening to engage
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York,NY,USA
“There is a path available to Iran in which their sovereignty is respected, their traditions, their culture, their faith is respected, but one in which they …
jta.org/news/article/2009/06/23/1006074/
obama-leaves-opening-for-iran-to-engage

Irvine Protesters Fear Reprisals for Relatives in Iran
OC Weekly – Santa Ana,CA,USA
Some of them fled Iran during the revolution and were afraid to give their names, concerned about retaliation by pro-mullah groups in California against …
blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/a-clockwork
-orange/irvine-protesters-fear-reprisa/

Netanyahu thinks he’s pinned Obama on settlements
Mondoweiss – New York,NY,USA
As Obama said about Iran, the whole world is watching. [Not that anyone asked about it at the press conference today] If the administration flinches, …
www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/netanyahu
-thinks-hes-pinned-obama-on-settlements.html

Iraqis say “hands off” to Iran
Iraq Oil Report – Washington,DC,USA
By BASIM AL-SHARA, ABDULADHIM KARIM and SAMAR SALIH Political turmoil in neighbouring Iran has been closely followed by Iraqis, with many saying their main …
www.iraqoilreport.com/politics/iraqis-say-hands-off-to-iran-1811/

Nokia, Siemens Help Iran Spy on Internet Users
Wired News – USA
By Kim Zetter According to a somewhat confusing Wall Street Journal story, Iran has adopted NSA-like techniques and installed equipment on its national …
www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/wsj-nokia
-and-siemens-help-iran-spy-on-internet-users/

9 die in DC rail crash…Iran voting officials find no major …
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck – Bismarck,ND,USA
Iran voting officials find no major fraud…New jet crash clues? WASHINGTON (AP) Crews are still picking through the wreckage of two Metrorail trains that …
www.kxmb.com/News/395166.asp

Los Angeles Iranians protest against Iran’s government
Examiner.com – USA
Hundreds of thousands Iranians protesting the outcome of the presidential election on Monday June 15 in Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran, Iran. …
www.examiner.com/x-9449-LA-City-Hall-Examiner~y2009m
6d23-Los-Angeles-Iranians-protest-against-Irans-government

Israeli minister presses Canada to take tougher stand with Iran
Globe and Mail – Canada
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman continued his push for Western nations to prepare to impose tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear …
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/israeli-minister-
presses-canada-to-take-tougher-stand-with-iran/article1193019/

Pro-opposition Iran soccer players may quit team
The Associated Press
The Seoul incident was a gesture of solidarity with opposition leader Mir Hossain Mousavi whose supporters accuse the government of rigging Iran’s June 12 …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe
qM5i35dSnAVc-nxii0Xu1OWMxJGmKsQD990JKHO0

Obama stiffens tone toward Iranian leaders
Minneapolis Star Tribune – Minneapolis,MN,USA
WASHINGTON – President Obama hardened his tone toward Iran on Tuesday, condemning the government for its crackdown on election protesters and accusing its …
www.startribune.com/politics/48952326.html?elr=KArks:
DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

Nokia Siemens clamps down on Iran snoop claims
Register – London,England,UK
By John Oates • Get more from this author Nokia Siemens Networks has denied it provided Iran with any special snooping equipment or capabilities when it …
www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/23/iran_nokia_snoop/

Obama decries Iran’s brutality with protesters
Houston Chronicle – United States
By HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama hardened his tone toward Iran on Tuesday, condemning the government …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6494509.html

Rise of BBC Persian channel and its role in Iran elections
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
It is aimed at the 100 million Persian speakers in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The annual budget of £15 million is funded by the Foreign and…
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5613516/Rise-of-
BBC-Persian-channel-and-its-role-in-Iran-elections.html

Italy says Iran turned down G8 meeting
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
Iran will not be present at a Group of Eight meeting as the country has failed to reply to an invitation put forward by Rome, Italy’s Foreign Minster says. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98815&sectionid=351020101

Western Journalists Among Reporters Detained in Iran
Washington Post – United States
By Tara Bahrampour In the first days after Iran’s disputed election, journalists covered it openly. Then, as government militias cracked down,…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303494.html

Crackdowns on Protesters Drape Tehran in Silence
New York Times – United States
More Photos By MICHAEL SLACKMAN and NAZILA FATHI TEHRAN — Iran’s government continued to move aggressively on Tuesday to crush popular protests over a …
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html?
bl&ex=1245988800&en=948520d3f4de6dd5&ei=5087%0A

Symantec CEO assails Iran, China Web blocks
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
By Dina Bass and Pimm Fox Countries like Iran and China will have trouble controlling access to the Internet and could hurt their economies if they cut off …
www.mercurynews.com/businessheadlines/ci_12676259

David Axelrod Discusses Obama’s Iran Response, Health Care Reform …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama, appeared on “Hardball” tonight to discuss Obama’s press conference earlier this afternoon. Two core issues which Axelrod addressed are the ongoing turbulence in Iran and the push to get …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/23/dav
id-axelrod-discusses-o_n_219862.html

Truthdig – Reports – Iran’s Revolution Reveals Its Brutality
By editor@truthdig.com
2009/06/23 – The truly significant result of the suppressed Iranian revolt is that the most important Islamist radical movement in the contemporary world has demonstrated that it has become a brutally repressive dictatorship whose …
www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090623
_irans_revolution_ends_in_dictatorship/

Jules Crittenden “ Disgust-Blogging The Press Conference
By Jules Crittenden
The president of the United States just kicked off his press conference with a stalwart speech that almost made it sound like he stands with the people of Iran. For all the words of bravery and historical right, though, he stopped short …
www.julescrittenden.com/2009/06/23/
disgust-blogging-the-press-conference/

Behind the Protests, Social Upheaval in Iran
New York Times – United States
The government crackdown in Iran continued on Tuesday as hundreds of people, including moderates associated with Mir Hossein Moussavi, the presidential …
roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/
behind-the-protests-social-upheaval-in-iran/

Canada and Newsweek Seek Release of Reporter Detained in Iran
New York Times – United States
Reporters Without Borders, an advocacy group, estimated that 26 journalists had been arrested in Iran since the presidential election on June 12. …
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/world/
middleeast/24canada.html?ref=global-home

Digtal World: Lessons for Israel from Iran, courtesy of Twitter
Jerusalem Post – Israel
But the Twitter Revolution in Iran was the first one to be recognized in a big way – possibly because many mainstream journalists have started using Twitter …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=12451849051
36&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iranian hard-liners attempt to shut down opposition movement
MiamiHerald.com – Miami,FL,USA
By JONATHAN S. LANDAY Iran’s hard-line leaders moved aggressively Tuesday to silence protests over the disputed June 12 presidential election, …
www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1110906.html

I know the true nature of Iran’s regime: Deemed a ‘threat’ to the …
New York Daily News – New York,NY,USA
By Amir Farshad Ebrahimi Most reasonable people believe that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection was a fraud, and that the leaders of Iran have lost …
www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/06/23/2009-06-23_i_know_
the_true_nature_of_irans_regime_i_was_brutalized_for_.html

Iran extends deadline for election inquiry
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi stand in the streets during unrest June 16, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/
world/la-fg-iran24-2009jun24,0,4945198.story

Hot Air “ Blog Archive “ Ramirez on Obama, Iran
By Ed Morrissey
Ramirez on Obama, Iran. posted at 2:12 pm on June 23, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly. Sometimes, an introduction is completely unnecessary. Ramirez has a terrific collection of his works: …
hotair.com/archives/2009/06/23/ramirez-on-obama-iran/

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
By Andrew Sullivan
The women have been a very dominant factor in Iran throughout the ages. It sounds counterintuitive because in some instances, in the court of law, no matter what law we’re talking about – criminal, divorce, inheritance, child custody, …
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily
_dish/2009/06/the-women-of-iran.html

Obama Ratchets Up the Rhetoric on Iran — Politics Daily
By Carl M. Cannon
It took a while for President Obama to speak out forcefully on Iran, but it may have been worth the wait. At a noon-hour press.
www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/23
/obama-ratchets-up-the-rhetoric-on-iran/

President Obama Ups the Rhetoric on Iran – But Doesn’t Rescind the …
By Kristina Wong
President Obama amped up his rhetoric about the Iranian government crackdown on protestors Tuesday afternoon, expressing concerns about the death of a young woman who’s become an icon of the protests – Neda Agha-Soltan — but also not …
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/president-obama-
ups-the-rhetoric-on-iran-but-doesnt-rescind-the-invitations-to-talk.html

Iran To Teach Protesters A Lesson : Stop The ACLU
By William Teach
Somehow, I doubt that Iran will deal with the rioters in a manner that the New Black Panthers were dealt with, nor even how an Inspector General was dealt with who became inconvenient. No worries, though. Members of the Iranian regime …
www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/06/23/iran-to-teach-protesters-a-lesson/

White House Tweets to Iran — Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire
The White House posted a message in Persian to Twitter with a link back to his remarks today on the Iranian elections. Comments (View) | Share | White House Tweets to Iran
politicalwire.com/archives/2009/06/23/white_house_tweets_to_iran.html

Matthew Yglesias “ Iran’s Dissident Soccer Players Banned for Life
By myglesias
One of the more noteworthy twists in the Iranian political crisis was the moment when several players on Iran’s national soccer team showed up for a World Cup qualifying match wearing green armbands in solidarity with the opposition. …
yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/06/
irans-dissident-soccer-players-banned-for-life.php

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive …
By js609163
The president said Iran’s “faith, sovereignty, and traditions” can be accepted while the country’s government nevertheless adheres to a set of“international norms and principles” regarding violence and the right of peaceful dissent. …
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/23/obama-iran
-still-has-a-path-to-international-acceptance/

Iran council asks for more time for vote complaints
Reuters – USA
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s top legislative body urged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday to extend the deadline to receive complaints of …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55M57G20090623