25 June, 2009

Iran unrest to dominate G8 summit
BBC News – UK
Unrest in Iran is expected to dominate discussions between foreign ministers as they prepare to meet for a G8 summit in Italy. The future of Afghanistan had …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8117956.stm

On Iran, Obama Changes Tone, Not Strategy
Washington Post – United States
Tough talk aside, “Obama refused to threaten any consequences and stopped short of freezing a major foreign policy goal: wooing Iran into diplomatic…
voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/24/
on_iran_obama_changes_tone_not.html?wprss=44

Twitter YouTube the voice of Iran Protest
Examiner.com – USA
Twitter YouTube social networking has been the most effective weapon against limiting the freedom of Iran’s people and a frustrating foil to the ayatollah …
www.examiner.com/x-8709-Norfolk-Technology-Examiner
~y2009m6d23-Twitter-YouTube-the-voice-of-Iran-Protest

In Iran, family members wait and worry outside Evin Prison
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Ramin Mostaghim They sip tea, amble around, look at their watches and stare at the posted lists of names, about 700 or 800 of them. …
mobile.latimes.com/inf/infomo?view=World+News+Item&
feed:a=latimes_1min&feed:c=worldnews&feed:i=47684723

Patrick Cockburn: Disunity will damage but not destroy Iran
Independent – London,England,UK
Is the revolution in Iran over before it began? Was it ever going to be a revolution? Will it leave the Iranian state permanently divided and weakened? …
www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-
cockburn-disunity-will-damage-but-not-destroy-iran-1718052.html

Iran: The White House is Tweeting in Farsi – Boing Boing
By Xeni Jardin
C, June 24, 2009 4:22 PM. President Obama’s Remarks on Iran at his Press Conference, with Persian Translation [Link]. That’s only what it appears to say. Really this is Obama’s secret code for controlling the unrest in Iran.…
www.boingboing.net/2009/06/24/iran-white-house-twe.html

Iran crisis: live – 24 June 2009 | News | guardian.co.uk
By Daniel Nasaw, Matthew Weaver
How will Iran react to Barack Obama’s condemnation of the brutal suppression of street protests? And can the opposition movement maintain momentum in the face of the crackdown? Follow live updates on.
www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/jun/24/iran-crisis

Iran Regime Says, ‘Double Plus Good’ on President Obama: Kayhan …
By WILLIAM KERN
Perhaps unaware that it was using a phrase taken from the nightmarish, counter-intuitive language known as Newspeak from George Orwell’s novel 1984, the.
themoderatevoice.com/36782/iran-regime-says-double-plus-
good-on-president-obama-kayhan-islamic-republic-of-iran/

Laura Secor: Burning Silence in Iran: News Desk: Online Only: The …
By Laura Secor
Silence seems to have rolled over Iran’s burning landscape, not because the situation has calmed, but because we know it less and less. Reporters have been banned, communications slowed, and civic organizations that might aggregate …
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009
/06/laura-secor-burning-silence-in-iran.html

t r u t h o u t | Iran’s Supreme Leader Declares: The Vote Stands
Tehran – Iran’s supreme leader vowed today he would neither reconsider vote results nor bow to public pressure over the disputed reelection of his ally President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as state-controlled broadcasting intensified a media …
www.truthout.org/062409U

Ed Driscoll “ “Iran Has Executed Its Tiananmen Square”
By Ed Driscoll
Thousands of people in Iran are marching in the streets, protesting a sham election, heroically risking life and limb to try to tear some little breathing space in the smothering shroud of theocracy. Yet President Barack Obama, …
pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/06/24
/iran-has-executed-its-tiananmen-square/

MediaBloodhound: Op-Ed Column: CNN’s Iran Timeline Omits US-Backed …
By Brad Jacobson
It might be more difficult for Republicans to bash President Obama for being “timid” in his comments about the Iranian government’s violence against protesters if the US media didn’t consistently censor US-Iranian history.
mediabloodhound.typepad.com/weblog/2009/06
/oped-column-cnns-iran-timeline-omits-1959-coup.html

How Will Iran Behave After the Turmoil? — Politics Daily
By David Wood
Will the surviving hard-line, conservative regime in Iran, battered and defiant, now lash out at the West in a new spasm of nationalist whip-up-the-m.
www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/24/
how-will-iran-behave-after-the-turmoil/

New York – Runnin’ Scared – Hundreds Protest Iran Crackdown in …
By Roy Edroso
Wednesday evening between about three hundred demonstrators, many wearing green, gathered in Union Square for a vigil against the continuing government crackdown in Iran. Candles were carried and laid along a green ribbon on the Square; …
blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/
archives/2009/06/hundreds_protes.php

The Online News Page “ Amid Iran Protests, Rumors Of Power …
By Editor
Rumors are swirling of a power struggle unfolding within Iran’s ruling elite, amounting to a direct and unprecedented challenge to the authority of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The unrest is raising questions as to …
www.rocketnews.com/2009/06/amid-iran-
protests-rumors-of-power-struggle-source-npr/

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive …
By rsinderbrand
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Obama administration has decided to rescind invitations to Iranian diplomats for July Fourth celebrations overseas due to violent crackdowns against protesters in Iran, the White House said Wednesday. …
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/24/white-
house-rescinding-july-4-invitations-to-iran-diplomats/

Foreign office recalls embassy families from Iran
AFP
LONDON (AFP) — The Foreign Office on Monday warned against non-essential travel to Iran and started withdrawing families of embassy staff there following …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5g8HIYdYKdne2rGmUJar3mlnb-nzQ

Amid Iran Crackdown, Online Chatter Indicates Protests Will Resume
Washington Post – United States
A day after 25 Iranian journalists and two foreign reporters were detained in Iran, as The Post’s Tara Bahrampour reports, news from Iran is continuing to …
voices.washingtonpost.com/livecoverage/2009/06/
amid_iran_crackdown_online_cha.html?hpid=topnews

US Intervention in Iran
Palestine Chronicle – Mountlake Terrace,WA,USA
But Steve Weissman writing in Truthout, an independent website, has described the historical background to US intervention in Iran. During the George Bush …
www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15234

IRAN SACKS PLAYERS WHO PROTESTED
UK Express – UK
According to Iran’s state news agency, four players – Ali Karimi, 31, Mehdi Mahdavikia, 32, former Leicester City player Hossein Ka’abi, 24, …
www.express.co.uk/posts/view/109786
/Iran-sacks-players-who-protested

Freed American Journalist Voices Support for Ex-Cellmate in Iran
FOXNews – USA
By Anita Vogel June 24: A protester in Paris holds a poster bearing the image of Silva Harotonian, who has already spent a year in Iran’s Evin prison and …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528980,00.html

Hot Dog Diplomacy is nixed
FOXNews – USA
The State Department last month told its US embassies that they could invite “representatives from the government of Iran” to 4 th of July events.
whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/
06/24/hot-dog-diplomacy-is-nixed/

Iran’s Second Islamic Revolution?
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
Last week, Ali Gharib made the important point that what’s happening in Iran is thus far not a rejection of the Islamic republic, but a struggle over its …
www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-duss/
irans-second-islamic-revo_b_220106.html

Papers react to Iran tit-for-tat
BBC News – UK
International reaction to the ongoing political turmoil in Iran is the focus for many of the papers. Iran also accused the head of the United Nations of …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8116038.stm

Hope Fades but Anger Is Alive as Iran’s Rulers Crack Down
Washington Post – United States
All were supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the man Mehrdad was certain would be the next president of Iran. That was two weeks ago. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2009/06/24/AR2009062403659.html?hpid=topnews

US Rescinds Invitations to Iranian Diplomats
Voice of America – USA
The Obama administration says it is not closing the door to eventual dialogue with Iran on such issues as its support of terrorism and nuclear program. …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-24-voa58.cfm

Defeated Iran conservative scraps vote complaint
AFP
“(Iran’s) political, social and security situation has entered a sensitive and decisive phase, which is more important than the election,” the former…
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5jGjLn5ycy0eoYuHabvOj8SjFb8mw

Iran: Is Larijani the New Rafsanjani?
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
For much of the past 10 days (in fact, for much of the past 20 years) the prevailing wisdom among Iran watchers has been that it is Ali Akbar Hashemi…
www.huffingtonpost.com/john-ghazvinian/
iran-is-larijani-the-new_b_220378.html

Neda: More Than An Icon
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
The government-run Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) reported that a “reliable source” confirmed after examining the bullet and the way Ms. …
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/23/
world/worldwatch/entry5106343.shtml

IRAN: Ahmadinejad to be sworn in
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
19, according to Iran state-owned Press TV, which reported the following: Iran’s Interior Ministry declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner of …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/
2009/06/iran-ahmadinejad-to-be-sworn-in-.html

Crisis in Iran: It’s the Economy, Stupid!
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
At this critical juncture, the economy is certainly not “front and centre” of the protests in Iran since the future of the young republic as some suggest is …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=
opinion&xfile=data/opinion/2009/June/opinion_June125.xml

Iran Envoys Disinvited From US Festivities
Washington Post – United States
The United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations for nearly three decades, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recently authorized the …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2009/06/24/AR2009062403424.html?hpid=topnews

Report: US Contacted Iran Supreme Leader Before Election
FOXNews – USA
June 19: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes his address as part of Friday prayers at Tehran University. June 19: Iran’s Supreme Leader…
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528781,00.html

ANALYSIS – Chances for US-Iran talks dim, but not snuffed out
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran’s political turmoil has dimmed immediate prospects for US dialogue with Tehran but US President Barack …
in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40579620090624

Can Women Change The Course Of History In Iran?
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
Iranian women have hit the streets in protest, no longer willing to stifle their demands for reform of Iran’s constitution and laws affecting women’s rights …
www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-judith-rich/
can-women-change-the-cour_b_219313.html

Fifa demand Iran clarification
Straits Times – Singapore
Iran has refused to overturn the results of the controversial presidential poll which saw President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected despite a wave of public …
www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2B
News/Sport/Story/STIStory_395103.html

Photos: Women and Iran’s Disputed Election
Newsweek – USA
Iran’s authoritarian restrictions haven’t held back women from participating in post-election protests; rather, women have featured prominently in street …
www.newsweek.com/id/203379

Britain expels Iran diplomats
AFP
LONDON (AFP) — The diplomatic row between Britain and Iran looks set to continue Wednesday after the government ordered the expulsion of two Iranian …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5jA8do1GoV97QQeoEq0jvvmn2lzkQ

Habitat Uses Iran Twitter Spam to Pimp Furniture
Mashable – San Francisco,CA,USA
The cheap trick has led many Twitter users to ask: what does selling furniture have to do with the situation in Iran? It’s wasn’t just Iran: Habitat …
mashable.com/2009/06/24/habitat-spam/

Obama to Iran: Let Them Eat Ice Cream
Town Hall – Washington,DC,USA
by Ann Coulter On Iran, President Obama is worse than Hamlet. He’s Colin Powell, waiting to see who wins before picking a side. Last week, massive protests …
townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2009/
06/24/obama_to_iran_let_them_eat_ice_cream

Iran considering downgrading ties with Britain
AFP
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran is considering whether to downgrade ties with Britain, the ISNA news agency …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5iZ7ROKIvdkhQZqqtDBZXwyzF7HFA

No Iranians Allowed At US Fourth Of July Parties; Iran Reacts …
Wonkette (satire) – Washington,DC,USA
Because the Obama Administration hates Iran’s freedoms so much, it has rescinded permission for US embassies to invite Iranian diplomats to their Fourth of …
wonkette.com/409441/no-iranians-allowed-at-us-fourth-of-july-
parties-iran-reacts-fine-losers-we-didnt-even-want-to-go

Iran arrests reporter working for US media
Xinhua – China
TEHRAN, June 23 (Xinhua) — Iran arrested a reporter working for US Washington Times, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/23/content_11589056.htm

Iran’s defeated candidate Rezaei withdraws election complaints
Xinhua – China
TEHRAN, June 24 (Xinhua) — Iran’s defeated candidate Mohsen Rezaei withdrew his complaint to the Guardian Council over presidential election results, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/24/content_11595938.htm

24 June, 2009

Iran TV: partial vote recount verifies election result
Reuters – USA
Iran’s English-languate Press TV said in a scrolling headline: “Iran: partial vote recount verifies election result.” It did not give details.…
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSDAH456610

Obama hopeful on Iran but preparing for setback
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama remains publicly hopeful that Iran will emerge from its political crisis more open to international concerns about …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/A
LeqM5iNA_rjexLDy25bFct-7osZ28_MtgD990L44G0

I am Woman, hear my Neda: the new face of Iran
Examiner.com – USA
Immortalized after her last moments (left) were recorded and spread online, Neda Agha Soltan has become the face of a movement and, perhaps, of Iran itself. …
www.examiner.com/x-12370-Chicago-Foreign-Policy-Examiner~
y2009m6d24-I-am-Woman-hear-my-Neda-the-new-face-of-Iran

Obama condemns ‘unjust’ crackdown on Iran protests
guardian.co.uk – UK
Barack Obama condemned for the first time the violence in Iran, saying today that he was appalled and outraged by Tehran’s crackdown on protesters. …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/
obama-condemns-crackdown-iran-protests

Iran crackdown ‘very inhuman’: freed journalist
AFP
PARIS (AFP) — Iranian-American reporter Roxana Saberi, who was jailed for 100 days on spying charges in Iran earlier this year, said she was“disturbed and …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5jHqWK_HXHEt_1waxELsS0MXXhRlA

Commander: Iran successfully tests radar-evading, unmanned bomber
Xinhua – China
TEHRAN, June 24 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Air Force commander Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi announced Wednesday that Iran has successfully tested a home-made …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/24/content_11595957.htm

MJ Rosenberg, neocons & Iran
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York,NY,USA
By Ami Eden · June 24, 2009 Over at TalkingPointsMemo, the Israel Policy Forum’s MJ Rosenberg has had two recent posts on Iran and the Jews — not the …
blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/06/24
/1006083/mj-rosenberg-neocons-iran

Gingrich Grades Obama’s Iran Response
FOXNews – USA
MAJOR GARRETT, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: In your opening remarks, sir, you were — you said about Iran that you were appalled and outraged. …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528950,00.html

INTERVIEW-Kerry: US energy independence would pressure Iran
Reuters – USA
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) – The best US option for pressuring Iran’s hard-line government is to drive down oil prices by reducing …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN24198255

Witnesses report clashes around Iran’s parliament – Yahoo! News
EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election

Iran ‘will not yield’ over poll
BBC News – UK
Iran’s supreme leader has said the nation “will not yield to pressure” over a disputed presidential election. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei again said the result …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8116515.stm

IRAN: Journalist Roxana Saberi discusses election protests with BBC
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
In the clip, Saberi discusses her imprisonment in Iran earlier this year and her views about the protests over the country’s disputed presidential election. …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/06/the-bbc-has-
posted-a-video-clip-of-an-interview-conducted-tuesday-bynews
nights-jeremy-paxman-with-iranian-american-journalist.html

Women in Iran’s protests: head scarves and rocks
The Associated Press
This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. ___ For years, women’s defiance in Iran …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5hkzosTgK3ner6HkyGtGYXjNNo9vQD9918E0G0

Security forces attack Iran protesters
United Press International – USA
Iran’s riot police stand guard as demonstrators gather on the streets to protest the results of the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, Iran on June 20 …
www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/24/Security-forces
-attack-Iran-protesters/UPI-60221245854788/

IRAN: Reports of clashes near parliament building
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Journalists are barred from reporting from Iran’s streets, and it was not possible to independently verify the accounts. CNN interviewed a woman who said …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/06/
iran-reports-of-clashes-near-parliament-building.html

IRAN: Rights group publishes partial list of those killed, detained
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has published a list of the people it says it has been able to confirm were detained or killed since the …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/06/iran-human
-rights-group-publishes-partial-list-of-the-dead-or-detained.html

Forget Negotiations, President Obama, Seize the Moment
Human Events – Washington,DC,USA
The Policy Of Engagement With Iran Is Dead. The Protestors Killed It. Yesterday, President Obama finally spoke forcefully and eloquently about the …
www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32420

Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 24)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
I’m liveblogging the latest Iran election fallout. Email me with any news or thoughts.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/
iran-election-live-bloggi_n_220128.html

Hot Air “ Blog Archive “ Massacre near Iran’s Parliament? Audio …
By Ed Morrissey
Massacre near Iran’s Parliament? Audio: Eyewitness describes massacre.
hotair.com/archives/2009/06/24/massacre-near-irans-parliament/

The Washington Monthly
By Steve Benen
LETTER TO IRAN… It seems one of the bigger political stories of the day is this Washington Times report about previous outreach efforts towards Iran by the Obama administration. Reading the details, though, this isn’t especially …
www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_06/018749.php

Gawker – A Quick Update on the Situation in Iran – Mir hossein mousavi
By The Cajun Boy
There have been a few new developments 24 hours in regards to the uprising in Iran. Here’s a brief recap.
gawker.com/5301947/a-quick-update-on-the-situation-in-iran

Iran updates – June 24 “ niacINsight
By Patrick Disney
What’s going on in Iran these days is extremely troubling, and watching all of this unfold is incredibly dramatic. But the folks slamming the President over this are making mountains out of mole-hills. With the President’s deft handling …
niacblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/iran-updates-june-24/

The Insanity on and in Iran – The Conversation Blog – NYTimes.com
By By David Brooks and Gail Collins
Left, Alex Wong/Getty Images; right, Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters Left, President Obama at a news conference on June 23. Right, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon during Friday prayers at Tehran University, four days earlier. …
theconversation.blogs.nytimes.com/
2009/06/24/the-insanity-on-and-in-iran/

Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Iran Today: Europe Condemns Iran, Obama …
By Pastorius
Iran Today: Europe Condemns Iran, Obama Throws a Picnic, and Mousavi Attends Protest Outside of Parliament. From Gateway: Great Britain ordered the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats, signalling a new low in relations between the two …
ibloga.blogspot.com/2009/06/iran-
today-europe-condemns-obamas.html

t r u t h o u t | Iran’s Mousavi “Under 24-Hour Guard”
Mr Makhmalbaf, 52, an informal spokesman abroad for the protest in Iran, said that Mr Mousavi was not under arrest but “he has security agents, secret police with him all the time. He has to be careful what he says.”…
www.truthout.org/062409K

Roxana Saberi, American Journo Imprisoned in Iran, Redeeming Celeb …
By Boris Kachka
She spent six years studying Iran from the inside, but does she have time to write the book she needs to?
nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/
06/roxana_saberi_american_journo.html

Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive – Two Forces Shaping Iran …
By CNN
My guess (and let’s be honest – when it comes to Iran, we’re all
guessing) is that two grand narratives are playing a shaping role in Iran right now — call them Grant Park and Karbala, otherwise known as the current Era of Obama and the …
ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/24/two-forces-shaping-iran/

Comment Central – Times Online – WBLG: Devilish digits in Iran’s …
By Hattie Garlick
Since the Iranian elections earlier this month, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who thinks Ahmadinejad fights a clean fight. With hard fact mired in swirling stories and deliberate obfuscation, pollsters and pundits have jumped on …
timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2009
/06/devilish-digits-in-irans-election-results.html

Iran’s Supreme Leader: Nation Will Not Yield to Pressure
Voice of America – USA
By Edward Yeranian Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he is not prepared to back down, under pressure, over Iran’s disputed June 12 …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-24-voa4.cfm

Officials: Obama reconsidering July 4th invitations to Iran
CNN International – USA
President Obama on Tuesday toughened his stance on Iran’s crackdown on protesters. The officials said intense discussions on the issue were taking place, …
edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/24/iran.invitations/

Iran Reviewing Ties With Britain
Voice of America – USA
Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Wednesday said Iran was reviewing its ties with Britain. Earlier this week, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-24-voa13.cfm

Rival candidate calls Iran’s new government ‘illegitimate’
USA Today – USA
Mehdi Karoubi, one of the three candidates defeated in Iran’s presidential elections, is calling the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …
blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/06/rival-
candidate-calls-irans-new-government-illegitimate.html

The World Mourns Neda
ABC News – USA
“The authorities are aware that everybody in Iran and throughout the whole world knows about her story. So that’s why they didn’t want a memorial service. …
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/
2009/06/the-world-mourns-neda.html

UK retailer Habitat sorry for Iran tags on Twitter
MLive.com – MI,USA
Some Twitter users became angry after the upmarket store’s messages turned up in searches for topics such as “Iran” and “Mousavi,” the name of Iranian…
www.mlive.com/newsflash/technology/index.ssf?/base/
international-6/1245869791133390.xml&storylist=technology

On the White House At Air-Conditioned News Conference, Obama Feels …
New York Times – United States
He delivered the news he came to deliver — a message on Iran, energy legislation and health care — before his question-and-answer session quickly became …
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/politics/25zeleny.html

Iran Headed for More Militancy and Repression
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It is no surprise that Iran’s Council of Guardians has declined to cancel the presidential elections and has set a date for the re-inauguration of Mahmoud …
www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/31143

Obama speaks out on Iran
Chicago Tribune – United States
Tribune Newspapers WASHINGTON — Under growing pressure to speak out more forcefully on Iran, President Barack Obama used his toughest language yet Tuesday …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi
-tc-nw-iran-obama-0623-0624jun24,0,5937357.story

Romney grading Obama better now on Iran statements
The Associated Press
… candidate Mitt Romney is giving President Barack Obama higher marks now for his response to civil unrest and a government crackdown in Iran. …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5gOf8tGaeLEp2e43_OQdmovgjMRPgD9910ML00

The New Republic: A Field Guide To Flip The Iranian Military
NPR – USA
by Amanda Silverman Iran’s riot police parade during a ceremony to mark Army Day at the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, …
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105849753

Iran minister says CIA funding “rioters”: report
Reuters – USA
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s interior minister on Wednesday accused US spy agency the CIA of helping to fund “rioters,” stepping up accusations of Western …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55N27920090624

Iran Won’t Yield to Pressure Over Election, Supreme Leader Says
Bloomberg – USA
By Ali Sheikholeslami and Heather Langan June 24 (Bloomberg) — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran won’t yield to pressure to annul the results …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a94clWq19iAA

Nokia and Siemens in Iran controversy
By Jonathan Berr
According to the Wall Street Journal, the European companies sold Iran the technology for what’s known as deep packet inspection, which the paper says“involves inserting equipment into a flow of online data, from emails and Internet …
www.dailyfinance.com/2009/06/24
/nokia-and-siemens-in-iran-controversy/

Iran: Violent Crackdown on Protesters Widens | Human Rights Watch
By Human Rights Watch
(New York) – A notoriously abusive Iranian prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, has been put in charge of the investigation of detained reformist leaders and party officials amidst a widening security crackdown in Iran following the disputed …
www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/06/23
/iran-violent-crackdown-protesters-widens

Stuart Whatley: Iran Uprising: Is Mousavi Becoming Irrelevant?
By Stuart Whatley
Who is running the show? Is Mousavi really guiding the movement on the streets, or is the street guiding Mousavi?
www.huffingtonpost.com/stuart-whatley
/iran-uprising-is-mousavi_b_219739.html

Morning Skim: Iran, Obama and a Puppy Named Latte – The …
By By Eric Etheridge
Moussavi has apparently called a demonstration for tomorrow afternoon outside the old parliament building (which evokes memories of Iran’s Constitutional Revolution in 1906), and it’ll be instructive to see how that goes. …
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/morning
-skim-iran-obama-and-a-puppy-named-latte/

Did Obama Change His Position On Iran? – The Atlantic Politics Channel
By Marc Ambinder
What Obama wants Iran’s current government to hear: that’s harder to say. At the top of the press conference, Obama restated the top national security priority vis-a-vis Iran, which was to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. …
politics.theatlantic.com/2009/06/did_
obama_change_his_position_on_iran.php

Obama Condemns Iran’s “Iron Fist”
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
President Obama’s Tuesday press conference focused primarily on events in Iran. The continued upheaval there, and the President’s comments, led all three …
www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_090624.htm

Britain and Iran’s fraught history
BBC News – UK
By Paul Reynolds The mutual expulsion of diplomats by Iran and Britain shows that relations between these two old antagonists are alive and bad.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8116245.stm

Iran’s Crisis: The Opposition Weighs Its Options
TIME – USA
24, 2009 Iran’s political crisis would end pretty quickly if the opposition went toe-to-toe with the security forces — and no matter how courageous and …
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906696,00.html

Neda’s Death Highlights Women’s Role in Iran Protests
Bloomberg – USA
They are trying to create a regime of terror,” said Mohammad-Reza Djalili, an Iran expert at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aX.UJaDJj_Fg

Netanyahu in France as settlements strain US ties
AFP
PARIS (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Paris on Wednesday for talks on Iran with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, amid reports …
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Live: outbreaks of violence reported in Iran
Times Online – UK
14.17 The wife of Iran’s opposition leader said the government crackdown amounted to military rule. Zahra Rahnavard, who campaigned beside her husband, …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
world/middle_east/article6568308.ece

OMV may walk away from Iran’s South Pars project
Reuters – USA
However, western investment in Iran’s oil and gas industry has stalled following pressure from the US and European governments who fear Iran is trying to …
www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSWLA739220090624

Obama and Iran
msnbc.com – USA
The Washington Post: “Obama’s approach to Iran, including his assertion that the unrest there represents a debate among Iranians unrelated to the United …
firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/23/1974190.aspx

Iran arrests foreign nationals in connection with protests
CNN International – USA
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian authorities said Wednesday they have arrested several foreign nationals, some with British passports, in connection with the …
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/iran.election/

Obama ‘outraged’ by Iran’s violent crackdown
Hindustan Times – India
Some in the Iranian government are trying to avoid that debate by accusing the United States and others outside of Iran of instigating protests over the…
www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=2df39219-
db8d-4ec5-9e89-926c87b4984e&SectionName=HomePage

Theocracy of thugs
National Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
As Canadians, we must remind ourselves just how different the government of Iran is from our own liberal democracy: Iran is a theocracy. …
www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=1726984

ISRAEL: Sympathy for Iranians swells, solidarity gatherings planned
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Demonstrators in Iran are clamoring for stronger statements from the West, in particular from the US Netanyahu has said he doesn’t intend to second-guess …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/06/israel-sympa
thy-for-iranians-swells-solidarity-gatherings-planned.html

Gates: Gulf Nations Support of Iraq Contains Iran
Systems – Atlanta,GA,USA
Gates called on the Gulf nations to support Iraq, adding that would help curtail aggression by Iran, which he noted was meddling in Iraqi affairs by…
www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=35544

RJ Eskow: Iran: It’s Not About You, People
By RJ Eskow
We all need to look in the mirror and remind ourselves: This isn’t about you.
www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/
iran-its-not-about-iyoui_b_219655.html

Iran expels 2 British diplomats over riots “ Pak Alert Press
By pakalert
Iran summoned the British ambassador to Tehran last week in protest to UK officials’ remarks on Iran’s post-election unrest, which has erupted since the re-election of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the presidential vote last week. …
pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/
iran-expels-2-british-diplomats-over-riots/

Iran Isn’t About Us “ Democrashield.com
By Democrashield
Conservatives are hitting President Obama over Iran, arguing that he should be doing more to support the opposition there. I bristle at the politicization of the situation in Iran because, ultimately, what the Iranian people are going …
democrashield.com/2009/06/23/iran-isnt-about-us/

Human Rights Are ‘A Problem’ in Iran – Kathryn Jean Lopez – The …
By Kathryn Jean Lopez
Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Human Rights Are ‘A Problem’ in Iran [Kathryn Jean Lopez]. “I’m not hinting,” Obama tells Chuck Todd. “When a woman gets shot in the street, that’s a problem.” 06/23 01:06 PM · Share …
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Obama Remarks on Iran, Answers Question About Vote Legitimacy …
By Andy
Obama Remarks on Iran, Answers Question About Vote Legitimacy. Obama_iran. In a press conference today, Obama remarked on the situation in Iran, saying, in part: “This is what we have witnessed. We have seen the timeless dignity of tens …
www.towleroad.com/2009/06/obama-remarks-
on-iran-answers-question-about-legitimacy.html

Obama Shows Progress on Iran, But …
FOXNews – USA
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Did the president change his tone today about Iran, or his GOP critics — are they still not satisfied? …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528820,00.html

Iran holds man who filmed local student
Albany Times Union – Albany,NY,USA
“We are deeply concerned,” said Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek, for whom Bahari has reported from Iran for more than a decade. …
timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=813192

Mike Huckabee slams Obama on Iran, abortion in speech to SBC pastors
Associated Baptist Press – Jacksonville,FL,USA
Huckabee called it frightening to see video of protesters in Iran risking their lives, but also found it encouraging “because they know within their own …
www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=
com_content&task=view&id=4173&Itemid=53

Iran so far away from reform?
Daily Pilot – Costa Mesa,CA,USA
Dana Rohrabacher were president here’s how he’d handle the situation in Iran: Talk tough to Iran’s leaders and covertly help the rebels. …
www.dailypilot.com/dailyblogger/panderson/?p=294

Three EU states summon Iran envoys
Tehran Times – Iran
France, Sweden and Finland summon Iran’s ambassadors to their countries a day after Iran criticized some western countries for interfering in its internal …
www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=197476

Homeland for Jews is fundamental
Boston Globe – United States
IN “NETANYAHU’S juggling act’’ (Editorial, June 17), you dismiss the need for Palestinian recognition of Israel as the national homeland of the Jewish …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/
articles/2009/06/24/homeland_for_jews_is_fundamental

US House panel takes aim at Iran in foreign aid bill
Reuters – USA
But the committee debate centered on trying to pressure Iran, where huge crowds of demonstrators have flooded the streets for days protesting that the …
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2336577220090623