12 July, 2009

Troops willing to die to stop Iran unrest, general says
CNN – USA
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — A top Iranian general said government troops are“ready to sacrifice our lives” rather than back down in the face of protests over …
www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/12/iran.protests/

Iranians held by US in Iraq return to Iran-TV
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
TEHRAN, July 12 (Reuters) – Five Iranian officials detained by the US military in Iraq for up to two years returned to Iran on Sunday, three days after they …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DAH226231.htm

The Latest on Iran (12 July): When Is Normal Not Normal …
By Scott Lucas
0710 GMT: The First Post-election Reform? Press TV’s website reports that the Expediency Council has ruled that, in future, a member of the President’s.
enduringamerica.com/2009/07/12/the-latest
-on-iran-12-july-when-is-normal-not-normal/

Movement for change in Iran most powerful in 30 years | Sindh …
By SindhToday
Washington, July 12 (ANI): A specialist on Iranian history and religions has determined that basic, irreversible changes are occurring in Iran, which is the most powerful in 30 years.
www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/29693.htm

URGENT: Iran Opposition Under Cyberattack on Twitter – Why We …
By FintanDunne
CLICK IMAGE: URGENT: Iran Opposition Under Cyberattack on Twitter Persons unknown are destroying the #iranelection tag on Twitter. Currently the real.
iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-events/11854-
urgent-iran-opposition-under-cyberattack-twitter.html

The end of Obamania
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
At the G-8 summit, the United States, Britain and France had hoped for a tough statement on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The closest they got to a warning was …
www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/
la-oe-mcmanus12-2009jul12,0,7010231.column

Misreading Iran’s unrest
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
It is a struggle for the future vision of Iran that is overlaid by deep personality differences that in turn arouse deep passions. …
www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-
oe-crooke12-2009jul12,0,294349.story

Iran News – Stalled movement in Iran (Chicago Sun-Times) | Global …
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran’s disputed …
globalnewsblog.com/blog/2009/07/11/iran-
news-stalled-movement-in-iran-chicago-sun-times/

Atlas Shrugs: Iran Revolution Day 27: Mullahs Use Axes, Daggers to …
By Pamela Geller
Obama Frees Iranian Terror Masters (Andrew McCarthy) The release of the Irbil Five is a continuation of a shameful policy. Photo from Iran tweeter (hat tip Chad) Anti-Iranian Cartoons in the Arab Press in the Wake of Iran’s Presidential …
atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/07/iran-
revolution-day-27-mullahs-use-axes-daggers-to-attack-iranian.html

Open Source Movements and Iran: NedaNet | DigiActive.org
By Tiby Kantrowitz
(Courtesy of Misterarasmus) Background: In late June, following the Iranian government’s repression of public protest over the results of the 2009 elections,
www.digiactive.org/2009/07/11/open-
source-movements-and-iran-nedanet/

Revolutionary Road…: Protests in Iran are a lesson for Tajiks!
By saeed valadbaygi
People’s protests in Iran last week that have been in the headlines of all major world media outlets and in fact, have turned violent, can be of life lesson value to other countries with a similarly restrictive“democracy” systems. …
shooresh1917.blogspot.com/2009/07/
protests-in-iran-are-lesson-for-tajiks.html

Iran News Round-Up “ Hope2012
By hope2012
Iran News Round-Up. July 11, 2009, 3:03 pm. Filed under: Barack Obama, International news, Iran, Israel, Middle East, colonialism, empire, fascism, hypocrisy, imperialism, news, obama, politics, troops, war, war atrocities, war crimes …
hope2012.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/iran-news-round-up/

Iran Successfully Clones Its First Calf “ Shahrazad
By Shahrzad
Following the successful cloning of various farm animals, including a lamb named ‘Royana’ and a kid named ‘Hanna’, a cloned calf was successfully born at Royan institute in Isfahan, Iran. The calf known as ‘Bonyana’— meaning the …
shahrzaad.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/
iran-successfully-clones-its-first-calf/

Iran Cites Preparations for Talks With West
Wall Street Journal – USA
By CHIP CUMMINS DUBAI — Iran said Saturday it was preparing a package of wide-ranging proposals it hopes to discuss with Western governments, …
online.wsj.com/article/SB124733778
244927245.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Advisor to Iran supreme leader calls for tolerance of dissent
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Borzou Daragahi Reporting from Beirut — A top advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Saturday urged the country’s establishment to be more tolerant of dissent …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/
world/la-fg-iran12-2009jul12,0,2061606.story

11 July, 2009

Still Important To Engage Iran
Voice of America – USA
President Barack Obama has condemned the violence that was used to quell peaceful Iranian demonstrators last month in the aftermath of Iran’s disputed …
www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2009-07-11-voa2.cfm

Iranian-Americans rally in front of White House
The Associated Press
They also shouted “death to Ahmadinejad,” referring to the Iranian president whose disputed June 12 re-election prompted days of street protests in Iran. …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM
5jv943_1ci7un0GiAmJcqTsSnbvDQD99CF9GG1

Iran Updates – July 11 “ niacINsight
By David Elliott
A scary anecdote from Iran. A trusted colleague – who is married to an Iranian-American and would thus prefer to stay anonymous – has told me of a very disturbing episode that happened to her friend, another Iranian-American, …
niacblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/iran-updates-july-11/

Iran preparing package for talks with West | Sindh Today – Online News
By SindhToday
Washington, July 11 (ANI): Iran is preparing its stands on political, security and international issues so that they can become a basis for talks with the West and calm down the mounting international pressure.
www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/29602.htm

The Latest from Iran (11 July): Drawing Breath | Enduring America
By Scott Lucas
LATEST Video: The 18 Tir Protests (9 July) NEW Iran: Rebellion of the Clerics? Not So Fast Iran Video: Mr Ahmadinejad and His Wonderful, Brightly-Coloured.
enduringamerica.com/2009/07/11/the
-latest-from-iran-11-july-drawing-breath/

China Confidential: Embargo Iran’s Gasoline Imports, Crude Oil Exports
By Confidential Reporter
Shutting Iran down would force the Islamist regime to choose between persisting in its pursuit of nuclear weapons and economic survival. Should the regime respond with military attacks, the Western response should be obliteration of the …
chinaconfidential.blogspot.com/2009/07/
embargo-irans-gasoline-imports-crude.html

Iran Detains Iranian-American Without Disclosing Charges
AHN – USA
Tehran, Iran (AHN) – The family members of an Iranian-American detained by authorities in Tehran are still waiting for more information on his whereabouts, …
www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015759845?Iran%20Detains
%20Iranian-American%20Without%20Disclosing%20Charges

IRAN: Mehdi Karroubi warns of ‘unimaginable consequences’
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi (at right), a prominent reformist who served twice as speaker of Iran’s parliament, issued a scathing letter …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/07/etemaad-
melli-newspaper-----unfortunately-the-republican-nature-of-
the-islamic-regime-was-called-into-question-due-to.html

NewsDaily: Iran prepares package to offer West: minister
Iran is preparing a new package of “political, security and international” issues to put to the West, its foreign minister said Saturday.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56a0s1-us-iran-package-west/

State of the Union “ Is war with Iran inevitable?
By Jamie
I don’t think the G8 will be disbanded anytime soon because it offers the main western powers a format within which they can engage in intimate, informal setting to discuss sensitive political issues such as Iran. …
www.irishtimes.com/blogs/stateoftheunion
/2009/07/11/is-war-with-iran-inevitable/

small dead animals: The Iran-Syria Alliance
By Kate
The Iran-Syria Alliance. An exerpt from Guardians of the Revoltion: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs, at Oxford University Press blog. Posted by Kate at July 11, 2009 10:09 AM. Comments. Post a comment…
www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/011789.html

Obama: World Won’t Wait for Iran to Build Nuclear Weapon — News …
By Jason Ditz
President Barack Obama stepped up his harsh anti-Iran rhetoric today at the G8 summit, declaring that world leaders were “appalled” by the post-election violence in the nation and declaring that the US and the rest of the international …
news.antiwar.com/2009/07/10/obama-world-
wont-wait-for-iran-to-build-nuclear-weapon/

Powers won’t wait for Iran to build nuclear weapon: Obama
By admin
US President Barack Obama cranked up pressure on Iran by saying Friday world leaders were appalled at post-poll violence and would not stand idly by while Iran builds a nuclear weapon.
www.prisonplanet.com/powers-wont-wait
-for-iran-to-build-nuclear-weapon-obama.html

Iran hardliners protest German killing of Egyptian
Reuters – USA
Sherbiny’s murder has incensed public opinion and the media in Iran, where hundreds of worshippers condemned the crime at Friday prayers, and state media …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56A1H520090711

Obama: G-8 has shown Iran ‘door’ to diplomatic engagement
CNN International – USA
L’AQUILA, Italy (CNN) — President Obama argued Friday that the Group of Eight nations had sent a clear message to Iran: The world will not “wait…
edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/10/obama.iran/

German embassy in Iran pelted with eggs over murder
AFP
On Friday, Iran had summoned Herbert Honsowitz, Berlin’s ambassador to Tehran, and protested against the murder and urged Berlin to step up efforts to …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5gGZBO0jN1GvJpEdT_6hiekrrOTaQ

Iran to offer West ‘new package’
BBC News – UK
Iran’s government says it is preparing a new package of proposals to put to the West. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said it would concern“political, …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8145809.stm

Iran to hang top Sunni rebel, 11 others: report
AFP
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran will execute 12 members of a Sunni rebel group, including one of its senior militants, by the end of this week, the Fars news agency …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM
5gwj8cSsT5DfrL1ezcQqcUSdFN9RQ

Obama Suggests Sanctions For Iran: Analysis
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON — After a half-year of extending patient feelers to Iran, President Barack Obama has set a timeline _ warning Tehran it must show willingness to negotiate an end to its nuclear program by September or face consequences.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/10/
obama-suggests-sanctions-_n_229900.html

Barack Obama is satistifed with G-8 leaders’ statement on Iran …
By Josh Gerstein
He rejects media reports that Russians blocked US efforts to urge stricter sanctions against Tehran.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24773.html

Madmen: Iran, Israel, America and the Bomb | TPMCafe
By MJ Rosenberg
The stolen Iranian election, and the ugly events that followed it, cannot help but raise new fears about the possibility that Iran will soon join the list of nuclear armed states that includes the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, …
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/
10/madmen_iran_israel_america_and_the_bomb/

Iran prepares new package to offer West – minister
Reuters – USA
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran is preparing a new package of “political, security and international” issues to put to the West, its foreign minister said on…
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56A0OL20090711