7 July, 2009

Iran ‘security state’ lambasted
BBC News – UK
Although many opposition figures have accused the state of rigging the result, Iran’s most powerful figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8137718.stm

Raye Man Kojast? Where Is My Vote?: EU presidency condemns Iran …
By Sara
“The Presidency strongly condemns the executions in Iran during the past few days, in particular the execution of 20 persons in Iran on 4 July,” Sweden said in the statement, adding Iran should abolish the death penalty entirely. …
raymankojast.blogspot.com/2009/07/
eu-presidency-condemns-iran-for.html

Biden Firm that US will Engage Iran; If Israel wants an Attack …
By will to truth
I think Biden’s remarks on Israel and Iran were aimed at underlining the independence of US policy-making toward Iran. He underlined twice that the US would not alter its own posture toward Iran, regardless of what others did. …
www.willtotruth.com/2009/07/06/biden-firm-that-us-will-engage
-iran-if-israel-wants-an-attack-must-carry-it-out-itself/

PUNK ROCK REPUBLICAN “ Blog Archive “ Even Iran’s Mullahs Are …
By Alexander Dale
Because There’s Nothing Punk Rock About Democrats.
punkrockrepublican.com/?p=2554

Yes, there’s still news coming out of Iran “ The TrogloPundit
By Lance Burri
Yes, there’s still news coming out of Iran. Even I began to forget, considering all the Sarah Palin hubbub and the Fourth of July weekend. But Donald Douglas hasn’t: he’s got a big roundup of links over at American Power. …
troglopundit.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/
yes-theres-still-news-coming-out-of-iran/

Iran opposition leaders call for protesters release
Reuters – USA
Iran’s most powerful figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has upheld the result. The opposition leaders also said arrests, which began on June 13, …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE5661AY20090707

Egypt v. Iran, Cont’d – The Plank
By tnr1.com
The New Republic has done its fair share to invent and reinvent opinion journalism in this country. And we’ve had our share of success in the blogosphere.
blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive
/2009/07/06/egypt-v-iran-cont-d.aspx

Truthdig – Ear to the Ground – Friends Don’t Let Friends Bomb Iran
By editor@truthdig.com
2009/07/06 – Whatever their private discussions, the governing administrations of the United States and Israel are engaged in a public back and forth that ought to give one pause. It all started when Vice President Biden said “Israel …
www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/
20090706_friends_dont_let_friends_bomb_iran/

Disrespectful to the People of Iran “ Spreading the Word
By ReyMac
The people of Iran have listened, and they have seen for themselves what agitation can do. So has, in fact, Ayatollah Khamenei, who participated thirty years ago in the revolution in his country that ousted the American-friend Shah. …
powerfulbeyondmeasure.wordpress.com/
2009/07/06/disrespectful-to-the-people-of-iran/

Beegs.com “ Iran or ‘Star Wars’?
By Beegs
Iran or ‘Star Wars’? Posted on July 6th, 2009 by Beegs. By M. Lindsay Moore. 1. Supreme Chancellor 2. The Special Clerical Court 3. Assembly of Experts 4. Third Senate 5. Guardian Council 6. Imperial Ruling Council 7. Supreme Leader …
www.beegs.com/?p=1639

White House Not Backing Off Biden’s Suggestion That U.S. Wouldn’t …
By Greg Sargent
The White House is not backing off of Joe Biden’s apparent suggestion this weekend that the United States wouldn’t stand in the way if Israel took military action against Iran, a spokesperson tells me.
theplumline.whorunsgov.com/diplomacy/white-house-not-backing
-off-bidens-suggestion-that-us-wouldnt-interfere-with-israeli-
attack-on-iran/

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
By Andrew Sullivan
Iran has not responded. So, the ball is in Tehran’s court. Until Iran responds, the West should simply sit tight, build support for tougher sanctions and more isolation, if necessary. It might seem like the West has bad options right …
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily
_dish/2009/07/quote-for-the-day-1.html

Biden gives Israel green light on Iran
Boston Globe – United States
SO THE American vice president gives Israel the green light to deal militarily with Iran’s nuclear weapons program (”Biden says Israel can set own course on …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/
2009/07/07/biden_gives_israel_green_light_on_iran

Uighurs’ revolt: Iran minus the technology
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Coming on the heels of the recent Iran election protests, the events in Xinjiang draw a comparison between the two, particularly in the two groups’ efforts …
opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/07/uigherschinafreedom
ofspeechtibetuyghurprotestshanmajorityiran.html

Key Iran cleric’s party dismisses vote results
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
“If this continues, Iran may be heading to a much more militarized system of politics,” said Alireza Nader, an Iran specialist at the Rand Corp. …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fg-iran-security7-2009jul07,0,2303204.story

Morning Skim: Biden on Iran, Obama in Russia – The Opinionator …
By By Eric Etheridge
An early blogospheric opinion roundup, from Iran and Moscow to Honduras to Turkey.
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/06
/morning-skim-biden-on-iran-obama-in-russia/

American Power: Update Iran: Executions Accelerate as General …
By Donald Douglas
And we’re seeing the regime adopt an increasingly belligerent line, “Iran Warns West Against Interference.” Hardliners continue their propaganda efforts on the death of Neda Soltan, “Iran Police Chief Says Interpol Remarks Distorted. …
americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/
update-iran-executions-accelerate-as.html

RealClearWorld – The Compass Blog
There is a lot of worry in the U.S. that a nuclear-armed Iran would achieve some sort of hegemony over the Middle East. But the Saudi news in particular underscores the context in which the Iranian threat needs to be understood. …
www.realclearworld.com/blog/2009/07/
biden_saudi_arabia_threaten_ir.html

Iran: A Government on the Verge? — Politics Daily
By Ria Misra
As the rest of the world has watched the turmoil in Iran unfold, one of the takeaways for many people has been the ideological splits.
www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/06/iran-a-government-on-the-verge/

War in Context – EDITORIAL: Does Joe Biden want Israel to attack Iran?
By Paul Woodward
Earlier in the interview, Biden had reiterated that the US along with the other members of the permanent five plus one, Britain, China, France, and Russia, plus Germany, remain prepared to sit down and negotiate with Iran on its nuclear …
warincontext.org/2009/07/06/editorial-does
-joe-biden-want-israel-to-attack-iran/

Muslims Against Sharia Blog
By Liberal American Muslim
The state-run Fars news agency reported that 20 people were hanged at the Karaj prison west of the capital on Saturday, and another 14 executions elsewhere in Iran have been reported by state media since Wednesday, including six …
muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2009/07/
iran-hangs-34-people-most-of-them-pro.html

MWC News – A Site Without Borders – – Confessions and Torture in Iran
MWC News is an alternative news counterpoint to the Drudge Report, culling news, politics and alternative news from around the globe., Confessions and Torture in Iran.
mwcnews.net/content/view/31706/26/

How 30 Years of US Mistakes Saved Ahmadinejad in Iran
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
The Revolutionary Guard and Basij militiamen didn’t hesitate: they brutally cracked down on the civilian protesters who were trying to change Iran for the …
www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-adam-lankford/
how-30-years-of-us-mistak_b_226637.html

6 July, 2009

Mousavi: Iran Protests ‘Will Not End’
Washington Post – United States
Mousavi made the remarks at a religious gathering as Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a new warning to Western nations that he said …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/07/06/AR2009070602962.html

Israeli FM praises Biden on Iran stand
The Associated Press
President Barack Obama underlined that diplomacy with Iran remains an option. Israel considers Iran a strategic threat because of its nuclear program and …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
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Popular Tehran Bureau site covers Iran from Mass.
The Associated Press
(AP) — The updates shot quickly onto the Tehran Bureau Web site as postelection chaos gripped Iran: angry street protests, random police beatings, …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5jIije50e8VMgf5-egLyONADGFycgD9994HU84

British Embassy Worker Released in Iran
DigitalJournal.com – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Now, following British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s latest daily conversation with his country’s Ambassador in Iran, his office has issued a statement …
www.digitaljournal.com/article/275452

Canada wants G8 common position on Iran
Reuters – USA
OTTAWA, July 6 (Reuters) – Canada hopes that G8 leaders meeting in Italy this week will agree to a common position on dealing with Iran, a spokesman for …
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSOTW00040420090706

French anger as Iran holds woman
BBC News – UK
France has demanded the release of a French academic who it says has been detained in Iran since 1 July, accused of spying. The French foreign ministry …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8137351.stm

Matthew Yglesias “ Biden on Israel/Iran
By myglesias
Relative to Iran, attached is a couple of news articles that should give the mad Mullahs in Iran some pause. IMHO, any such attack will be made with nuclear equipped submarine launched cruise missiles. However, forcing the mad Mullahs …
yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/07/biden-on-israeliran.php

How to help Iran – World – Macleans.ca
By Michael Petrou
Canada’s only national weekly current affairs magazine.
www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/06/how-to-help-iran/

Truthdig – Ear to the Ground – So, What’s Up With Iran?
By editor@truthdig.com
2009/07/06 – After crackdowns, deaths, the detention of 1000 protesters and nine British embassy employees, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has warned the West of the power of the “united fist” of the Iranian people if they …
www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item
/20090706_so_whats_up_with_iran/

PrairiePundit: The clerical mutiny in Iran
By Merv
So, will the clerics be charged with threatening national security too? It would not surprise me but it would demonstrate how out of touch the current government is. The pretense of freedom of expression has been shattered in Iran. …
prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2009/07/clerical-mutiny-in-iran.html

Biden: US Won’t Stop Israel From Bombing Iran | ChattahBox News Blog (ChattahBox)---Vice President Joe Biden, appearing on ABC’s This Week, on Sunday made some remarks on US policy towards Israel and Iran, that raised some.
chattahbox.com/us/2009/07/06/biden-us
-wont-stop-israel-from-bombing-iran/

eatbees blog “ Iran: Let’s Be Clear
By doga
Here is guest poster doga’s response to recent events in Iran. He warns of possible hidden motives in the West’s support for Mir-Hossein Mousavi, asking why the West has been quick to champion a man who is part of the same system they …
www.eatbees.com/blog/2009/07/06/be-clear/

social protest, political reform. Is Iran going to change? “ IBSSblog
By bofillaa
Protesters have taken the streets of Iran ever since the last presidential elections of 12th June 2009. The turmoil started when the three opposition candidates accused the government of amending the election results, doubting that the …
ibssblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/social-
protest-political-reform-is-iran-going-to-change/

Iran Frees Arrested Reporter, Embassy Employees — News from …
By Jason Ditz
Iran has reportedly released the eighth of nine employees of the British embassy arrested and accused of a role in the post-election protests. The government also released a journalist with dual British and Greek citizenship, …
news.antiwar.com/2009/07/05/iran-
frees-arrested-reporter-embassy-employees/

Should Israel Bomb Iran? – Windows & Doors
By Brad Hirschfield
Writing in the Washington Post, Former UN Ambassador John R. Bolton suggests that an Israeli attack aimed at the eradication of Iran’s emergent nuclear capacity is a reasonable proposition. And just yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden …
blog.beliefnet.com/windowsanddoors/
2009/07/should-israel-bomb-iran.html

Flashback: Biden Said Israel Would Be “Ill Advised” To Attack Iran …
By Greg Sargent
Yesterday Joe Biden seemed to suggest that the United States wouldn’t interfere if Israel decided it had to attack Iran. Biden said the US couldn’t dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do.
theplumline.whorunsgov.com/diplomacy/flashback-
biden-said-israel-would-be-ill-advised-to-attack-iran/

Khamenei: West’s Meddling In Iran’s Affairs Will Damage Relations …
By heave-ho.org
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader warned Western governments on Monday of a negative impact on relations over what he called their meddling in Iran’s post-election riots, state television reported. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments …
heave-ho.org/news/khamenei-wests-meddling
-in-irans-affairs-will-damage-relations

Green Report #18 & #19 – Fresh News from Iran – July 4-5 | Iran …
By admin
I’m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar – twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter– and I’ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. …
www.irannewsnow.com/2009/07/green-report-17-18/

Sarkozy stands by UK over Iran row
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has pledged “total solidarity with Britain” as the country faces a diplomatic dispute with Iran over the arrest of …
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/07/20097614759499498.html

France, Britain stand firmly on Iran
Xinhua – China
PARIS, July 6 (Xinhua) — France and British stood firmly on the Iran crisis at a summit held Monday in French town Evian. At a joint news conference with …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11663785.htm

UK warns Iran of EU action over embassy arrests
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warns Iran of the European Union’s likely retaliation over the arrest of British Embassy employees in Tehran and the …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99942&sectionid=351020101

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard acknowledges taking a bigger role in …
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Borzou Daragahi Reporting from Beirut — The top leaders of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard publicly acknowledged they had taken over the nation’s…
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world
/la-fg-iran7-2009jul07,0,1530538.story

Defense For a Real Threat
Washington Post – United States
The next day, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says, Iran apparently tested a multistage, solid-propellant missile with a range of 1200 to 1500 miles,…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2009/07/05/AR2009070501744.html

Iran Warns West Against Interference
New York Times – United States
By ALAN COWELL and MICHAEL SLACKMAN PARIS — In sharpening exchanges with the West, Iran’s supreme leader warned Monday that outside criticism following its …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/world/
middleeast/07iran.html?ref=global-home

Biden says Israel has the right to attack Iran
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Associated Press Washington — Vice President Joe Biden signaled that the Obama administration would not stand in the way if Israel chose to attack Iran’s …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/
nation/la-na-biden6-2009jul06,0,6241017.story

G8 leaders focus on economy, Iran, climate change
BusinessWeek – USA
By COLLEEN BARRY Leaders of the Group of Eight will push for common positions on promoting democracy in Iran, combatting climate change and coordinating …
www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D998VR200.htm

Israel denies Saudi green light for Iran attack
Tel Aviv has denied reports that suggest Israeli bombers have been allowed to use Saudi airspace for an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites.
www.prisonplanet.com/israel-denies
-saudi-green-light-for-iran-attack.html

The Online News Page “ Clerics’ Shift Bolsters Iran Opposition …
By Editor
Clerics’ Shift Bolsters Iran Opposition (source: Wall Street Journal). Members of Iran’s powerful clerical class are stepping up anti-government protests, as Iran’s political opposition runs out of legal avenues. …
www.rocketnews.com/2009/07/clerics-shift-bolsters
-iran-opposition-source-wall-street-journal/

Batavia Daily News “ Blog Archive “ Iran frees British embassy …
By Batavian
Moussavi’s and Karrubi’s supporters turned out in crowds estimated in the hundreds of thousands to demand the results be overturned, but Iran’s Guardian Council — which oversees the elections — has declared the official count will stand …
www.indodaily.net/iran-frees-british
-embassy-worker-leaving-1-jailed/

Iran: Group of powerful clerics side with opposition, call …
By Kal El
Basically, these guys have defied the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khameinei. Usually voicing such opposition lands one in an Iranian jail or gets one “ghosted”. This could be a sign of division actual hope for reform appearing …
infidelsarecool.com/2009/07/06/iran-group-of-powerful
-clerics-side-with-opposition-call-election-illegitimate/

Iran: Did Joe Biden Just “Green Light” an Israeli Air Strike …
By Scott Lucas
Transcript: Vice President Biden on Iraq, Iran, Economy on “This Week” (5 July) Video: “An Iranian Atomic Bomb Can Wipe Israel off the Map in a Matter of.
enduringamerica.com/2009/07/05/iran-did-
joe-biden-just-green-light-an-israeli-air-strike/

Jon Slattery: CPJ: ‘Still around 20 journalists held in Iran’
By Jon Slattery
The Comittee to Protect Journalists has welcomed the reported release in Iran of journalist Iason Athanasiadis, who is of joint British and Greek nationality and was working for the Washington Times. He had been detained since June 17. …
jonslattery.blogspot.com/2009/07/still-20-journalists-held-in-iran.html

Shift by Influential Clerics Bolsters Iran Opposition — will to truth
By will to truth
Some members of Iran’s powerful clerical class are stepping up their antigovernment protests over Iran’s election in defiance of the country’s supreme leader, bringing potential aid to opposition figures as the regime is increasingly …
www.willtotruth.com/2009/07/06/shift-by
-influential-clerics-bolsters-iran-opposition/

IRAN: Clerics Call Election Illegitimate “ MEANINGFUL DISTRACTION
By boyo
To get a better idea of Iran’s political system’s structure, I would suggest that you look here. (note that if you click expediency council, you will find the name “President Hashemi Rafsanjani”, who is also a Mousavi supporter listed …
meaningfuldistractions.wordpress.com/2009/07
/06/iran-clerics-call-election-illegitimate/

France’s Sarkozy-Iran deserves better leadership
Ynetnews – Israel
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday the people of Iran deserved better leadership and pledged to support Britain in its standoff with Tehran. …
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3742182,00.html

Iran’s supreme leader denounces West for meddling
Xinhua – China
TEHRAN, July 6 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday denounced some Western leaders’ “explicit meddling” in Iran during the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/06/content_11662976.htm

Japanese navy ships leave for anti-piracy mission
The Associated Press
Iran, meanwhile, said it also sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian merchant containers and oil tankers from Somali pirates.…
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
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Britain says Iran frees embassy worker
Reuters – USA
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran has released one of the last two British embassy
employees detained in Tehran after the disputed presidential election, …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE5651H320090706

MyDD :: Mixed Signals on Iran
By Charles Lemos
As the New York Times notes the Vice President’s remarks went “beyond at least the spirit of any public utterances by President Barack Obama, who has said that diplomatic efforts to halt Iran’s nuclear program should be given to the end …
www.mydd.com/story/2009/7/6/1321/10563

Iran News – Iran to free 8th British embassy worker (Australian …
“There will be consequences” if Iran mistreats a British Embassy employee who was arrested in Tehran, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday, as cracks began to appear in the Iranian leadership.…
globalnewsblog.com/blog/2009/07/05/iran-news-iran-to-free-
8th-british-embassy-worker-australian-broadcasting-corporation/

Obama Gives Israel Green Light To Nuke Iran “ Pak Alert Press
By pakalert
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the Obama administration would not stand in Israel’s way should the latter chooses to take military action to eliminate Iran’s nuclear threat. …
pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/
obama-gives-israel-green-light-to-nuke-iran/

UPDATED Iran: Joe Biden’s “Green Light” and an Israeli Airstrike …
By Scott Lucas
Iran: Did Joe Biden Just “Green Light” an Israeli Air Strike? Transcript: Vice President Biden on Iraq, Iran, Economy on “This Week” (5 July) Video:
enduringamerica.com/2009/07/06/updated-iran
-joe-bidens-green-light-and-an-israeli-airstrike/

Iran Warns of Action if Israel Attacks Nuke Sites
By Kal El
One, what can Iran really do? They have some medium range missiles, but nothing along the lines of what the Israeli military can dump on them. Aren’t the mullahnazi’s and their stooges busy killing Iranians protesting the rigged …
infidelsarecool.com/2009/07/05/iran-warns
-of-action-if-israel-attacks-nuke-sites/