11 July, 2009

G8 warning on Iran crackdown
BBC News – UK
G8 leaders are “seriously concerned” about the “appalling events” after Iran’s elections, US President Barack Obama said as the summit closed. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8144611.stm

Atlas Shrugs: Iran Revolution Day 27: “IT WAS NOTHING LESS THAN …
By Pamela Geller
The demonstrators are risking their very lives in order to tell the world the truth about Iran: That it is one gigantic prison in which elections are rigged, children are sacrificed to clear landmines from the fields, and woman, …
atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs
/2009/07/iran-revolution-day-27-.html

Israel orders US stealth planes to counter Iran, Syria threat …
By SindhToday
Moscow, July 11 (RIA Novosti) Israel has ordered at least 25 US F-35 stealth fighter aircraft to counter any potential threat from the delivery of Russian advanced air defence systems to Iran and Syria, an Israeli daily said.
www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/29387.htm

Iranian-American arrested in Iran
CNN – USA
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — An Iranian-American who was briefly imprisoned in Iran in 2007 on an accusation of endangering national security was arrested Thursday …
cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/iranian-american-arrested-in-iran/

10 July, 2009

The Reality of Iran – Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
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rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/07/the_reality_of_iran.php

Iran: The Rooftop Project | MightierThan.com
By Chas Danner
One of the most compelling elements of the continued uprising in Iran has been when each night under the cover of darkness Iranians chant themselves hoarse from the rooftops, balconies, and windows of their homes. …
www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/rooftop/

Updates on Iran’s Post-Election Turmoil – The Lede Blog – NYTimes.com
By By Robert Mackey
The Lede is continuing to track the reaction to Iran’s disputed presidential election online. After Thursday’s renewed protests, on the tenth anniversary of student demonstrations in 1999, more evidence of the protests, …
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/
updates-on-irans-post-election-turmoil/

G-8 issues September deadline for Iran
Christian Science Monitor – USA
Iran’s crackdown on protesters may be hardening US policy. By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington– President Obama …
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0710/p02s14-usfp.html

Analysis: Sept. may bring push for Iran sanctions
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a half-year of extending patient feelers to Iran, President Barack Obama has set a timeline — warning Tehran it must show…
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
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Iranian-American academic detained in Tehran
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been arrested by authorities there for the second time …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
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Timothy Karr: Helping Iran Target Iranians
By Timothy Karr
The open Internet’s power cuts both ways: The tools that organize and empower people can also be used to target them. Companies that profit from this technology need to be held to a higher standard.
www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/
helping-iran-target-irani_b_229369.html

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
By Andrew Sullivan
The ability of Iran’s current rulers to suppress the current challenge to their rule is both disheartening and unsurprising, but there is a silver lining. By forcing them to reveal their true colors, recent events have further …
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/
2009/07/irans-shrinking-sphere-of-influence.html

Centre for European Reform: Iran, elections, and nuclear weapons
By Centre for European Reform
What the future holds for Iran’s theocratic regime is hard to read. True, the government has ensured its own survival by suppressing last month’s protests there with brutal force. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will remain in power …
centreforeuropeanreform.blogspot.com/
2009/07/iran-elections-and-nuclear-weapons.html

Iran Updates – July 10 “ niacINsight
By David Elliott
9:40 am: NIAC President Trita Parsi and Carnegie’s Karim Shadjadpour provided excellent analysis of the situation in Iran at the Newshour with Jim Lehrer last night. (Click on the image below to open the video player.)…
niacblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/iran-updates-july-10/

The Jawa Report: “Death to the Dictator” Protests in Iran
By mjpechar@yahoo.com
“Death to the Dictator” Protests in Iran. (Tehran) Despite government crackdowns leading to the arrests of activists, journalists, bloggers and opposition leaders, thousands of protesters chanted “death to the dictator” as they …
mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/198102.php

Freed journalist describes Iran jail, questioning
The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A British-Greek journalist released from jail in Iran said Friday that he had been blindfolded, held in solitary confinement and …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
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Obama: We won’t ‘wait indefinitely’ on Iran
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York,NY,USA
“If Iran chooses not to walk through that door, then you have on record the G-8, to begin with, but I think potentially a lot of other countries that are …
jta.org/news/article/2009/07/10/1006447
/obama-we-wont-wait-indefinitely-on-iran

Obama uses G8 debut to issue warning to Iran
Washington Post – United States
By Matt Spetalnick L’AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Friday the world will not wait indefinitely for it to end its …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/07/10/AR2009071002082.html

Iran Protesters Take to Streets Despite Threats
New York Times – United States
On Friday, the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran cited witnesses saying that dozens of people had been detained and many …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html

Sarkozy: Israeli attack on Iran would be ‘catastrophe’
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON (JTA) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy said an unilateral Israeli attack on Iran would be “an absolute catastrophe.” “Israel should know that …
jta.org/news/article/2009/07/10/1006441/
sarkozy-israeli-attack-on-iran-would-be-catastrophe

Israel: Iran Will Be Destroyed if It Launches Nuclear Attack
Voice of America – USA
By Robert Berger Israel has warned Iran of catastrophic consequences if it attacks the Jewish state with weapons of mass destruction. …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-10-voa10.cfm

Obama says G-8 leaders concerned about Iran
The Associated Press
L’AQUILA, Italy (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday the international community is “not going to just wait indefinitely” for Iran to renounce an …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
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US panel demands release of Baha’is facing trial in Iran
CNN International – USA
(CNN) — Seven Baha’i prisoners face a death-penalty trial Saturday in Iran amid calls for their release from a US panel on religious freedom. …
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/10/iran.bahais.jail.trial/

t r u t h o u t | Thousands Protest in Iran, Defying Crackdown Vow
In a photo from Thursday’s events in Tehran obtained by The Associated Press outside Iran, a woman with her black headscarf looped over her face raised a fist in front of a garbage bin that had been set on fire. …
www.truthout.org/070909S

Iran’s Broken Election “ Pak Tea House
By yasserlatifhamdani
What is happening in Iran is not a CIA conspiracy to destabilise the Middle East. It is simply more evidence of the incapability of Muslim societies to competently conduct their affairs within the confines of an agreed set of rules. …
pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/
10/iran%E2%80%99s-broken-election/

Violent clashes mark renewed protests in Iran
Philadelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia,PA,USA
By Nasser Karimi AP TEHRAN, Iran – Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital yesterday, chanting “Death to the dictator” and defying …
www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090710_
Violent_clashes_mark_renewed_protests_in_Iran.html