20 July, 2009

Don’t Forget Iran – Bow. James Bow.
By James Bow
As Michael Jackson gets a funeral worthy of Lady Diana and the media goes gaga with it, I’d like to remind you all not to take your attention off of Iran. Unfortunately, the news from this country continues to get swamped by these …
bowjamesbow.ca/2009/07/19/dont-forget-ira.shtml

Docuticker “ Blog Archive “ CRS — Iran’s Economic Conditions: U.S. …
The Islamic Republic of Iran, a resource-rich and labor-rich country in the Middle East, is a central focus of U.S. national security policy. The United States asserts that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism and that Iran’s uranium …
www.docuticker.com/?p=26885

Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community
By Booman Tribune
Things continue to bubble away in Iran, as news reports now say that Iran’s army arrested 36 officers who had planned to attend a prayer service Friday where former President Hashemi Rafsanjani provided the sermon. From the Guardian: …
www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/7/19/18308/1200

Report: Iran opposition candidate blasts ‘clear lies’
CNN International – USA
(CNN) — An opposition candidate in Iran’s disputed presidential election blasted what he called the “thoughtless and clear lies” of the country’s security …
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/19/iran.elections/

Ex-President in Iran Seeks Referendum on Leaders
New York Times – United States
By ROBERT F. WORTH BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran’s reformist former president Mohammad Khatami called Sunday for a referendum on the legitimacy of the government …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/world/middleeast/20iran.html

Fausta’s Blog “ Blog Archive “ Iran: No end to the depravity
By Fausta
In a shocking and unprecedented interview, directly exposing the inhumanity of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s religious regime in Iran, a serving member of the paramilitary Basiji militia has told this reporter of his role in suppressing …
faustasblog.com/?p=14303

BBC – World Tonight: Iran: the shark reappears
Now, with an extraordinary sermon at Friday prayers at Tehran university, he has reappeared in public and, in effect, thrown down the gauntlet to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. As always when Iranian clerics speak, …
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldtonight/2009/
07/iran_the_shark_reappears.html

Iran Releases on Bail Last of Nine British Embassy Employees
Bloomberg – USA
By Jonathan Browning July 20 (Bloomberg) — Iran released on bail the last of nine local employees of the British embassy in Tehran, who were arrested…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aQp8HaKSlVzI

19 July, 2009

TV: Iran frees British embassy staffer on bail
Xinhua – China
TEHRAN, July 19 (Xinhua) — Iran has released on bail head of the security and political division of the British embassy in Tehran Hossein Rassam, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/20/content_11735796.htm

Hot Air “ Blog Archive “ Ahmadinejad managing to alienate the rest …
By Ed Morrissey
Ahmadinejad managing to alienate the rest of Iran.
hotair.com/archives/2009/07/19/ahmadin
ejad-managing-to-alienate-the-rest-of-iran/

Iran’s Ahmadinejad criticized over VP choice | Home Other …
TEHRAN,Iran (AP) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, already at the center of a post-election crisis, came under criticism from his own hard-line supporters yesterday for appointing a first vice president who once caused an outcry by …
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=
488464&publicationSubCategoryId=200

AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Iran …
By Chris in Paris
News and opinion about US politics from a liberal perspective.
www.americablog.com/2009/07/iran
-continues-to-round-up-opposition.html

Iran: A Paintball Embargo? | Enduring America
By Mike Dunn
Maryam from Keeping the Change notes a possible US link to the Iran’s Government suppression of protests: Green may be the color we now associate with the.
enduringamerica.com/2009/07/19/iran-a-paintball-embargo/

PoliGazette “ Report: Israel Preparing to Strike Against Iran
By Michael van der Galien
Arutz Sheva reports that the Israeli army is preparing to strike against Iran’s nuclear installations later this year. It quotes sources telling the British daily The Times that Europe and the US have reluctantly given Israel the green …
www.poligazette.com/2009/07/19/report
-israel-preparing-to-strike-against-iran/

Iran bails UK embassy employee | Rocket News
By Editor
Iran has released on bail the last of the British embassy employees arrested in Tehran in connection with last month’s election protests.He was one of nine local embassy staff originally held, and has been charged with inciting the …
www.rocketnews.com/2009/07/iran-bails-uk-embassy-employee/

Analysis: Iran’s Current Turmoil Has Deep Roots | NEWS JUNKIE POST
By Featured Author
NEWS JUNKIE POST Featured Author, William O. Beeman The turbulent internal politics of Iran following the June 12 election have been most often portrayed as a clash between secularizing reform forces and entrenched religious forces.
newsjunkiepost.com/2009/07/19/analysis-
iran%E2%80%99s-current-turmoil-has-deep-roots/

Iranian News, Iran Politics, Iran Election Pictures, Videos “ Iran …
By admin
Iran hardliners criticise Ahmadinejad over appointment. Reuters Mashaie, previously one of several vice presidents and in charge of a culture and tourism body, created a storm in 2008 by saying Iran was friendly with .…
www.proiran.com/iran-hardliners-criticise-
ahmadinejad-over-appointment-reuters/2009

Iranian protesters galvanized by sermon – Los Angeles Times
Jul 18, 2009 … A sermon by powerful cleric and opposition supporter Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani reignited Iran’s simmering protest movement …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fg-iran-prayer18-2009jul18,0,6890660.story

Thirty-six army officers arrested in Iran over protest plan
guardian.co.uk – UK
Rafsanjani used the sermon at Tehran university to challenge the authority of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by questioning the result in …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/19/iran-army-officers-arrested

Iran vice president resigns under pressure from hard-liners
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Analysts describe it as another demonstration of continued discord among top leaders of Iran. Another wave of demonstrations is expected Tuesday,…
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la
-fg-iran-resign20-2009jul20,0,6965373.story

Iran’s Ahmadinejad criticized over VP choice
The Associated Press
TEHRAN,Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, already at the center of a post-election crisis, came under criticism from his own hard-line supporters Sunday …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD99HLP680

Iran bails UK embassy employee
BBC News – UK
Iran has released on bail the last of the British embassy employees arrested in Tehran in connection with last month’s election protests. …
news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/2/hi/middle_east/8158245.stm

Iran’s crisis has nuclear fallout
guardian.co.uk – UK
The controversy surrounding the recent elections in Iran has greatly damaged the legitimacy of Ayatollah Khamenei’s administration. …
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/
2009/jul/19/iran-nuclear-programme

Iran hardliners criticise Ahmadinejad over deputy
Reuters – USA
Iran’s state-run English language Press TV said Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie “no longer wanted the job” of first vice president and had resigned because of the …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLJ606641

IRAN: Iranian cleric sees a long-planned conspiracy in protests
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
What’s behind the recent weeks of unrest in Iran, in which hundreds of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators have taken to the streets to dispute the …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/07/iran-khamene
is-rep-tot-the-revolutionary-guard-callss-protests-a-plot.html

Palestinian Authority in first talks with Iran FM
AFP
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat met Iran’s foreign minister in Egypt in the first such talks since the 1993 Oslo accords, …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5g7Xc7CR0uWO-qn1oGgbHpow-Z0Pg

Robert Gates to visit Israel: officials
Washington Post – United States
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to visit Israel on July 27 for talks likely to focus on Iran’s nuclear …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/07/19/AR2009071900562.html

IAEA inspection in Iran proceeding smoothly: ambassador
Xinhua – China
TEHRAN, July 19 (Xinhua) — Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said IAEA inspection in Iran is…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/19/content_11733932.htm

Iran to release local British embassy worker: lawyer
Reuters – USA
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran will release on Sunday a local British embassy staff member held at Tehran’s Evin prison for three weeks on charges of inciting …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE56I18T20090719

Rafsanjani to discuss Iran crisis with clerics
By DPA
TEHRAN – Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani will discuss the current political crisis with senior clerics in the religious city of Mashad in northeastern Iran, state media reported Sunday.
blog.taragana.com/n/rafsanjani-to-disc
uss-iran-crisis-with-clerics-114116/

Windows on Iran 82 (Election Special 29) “ Windows on Iran
By Fatemeh Keshavarz
Windows on Iran 82 (Election Special 29). July 19, 2009 by Fatemeh Keshavarz. Dear All,. It was Neda Agha Soltan, then Sohrab A’rabi, and now– the latest – is Taraneh Mousavi. Taraneh, a 28 year old woman was arrested while returning …
windowsoniran.wordpress.com/2009/07/1
9/windows-on-iran-82-election-special-29-2/

The Green Brief #32 (July 18) – Why We Protest – IRAN
By NiteOwl
I’m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar – twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter. I’m a journalist and a human rights activist and NOT Iranian. This is a.
iran.whyweprotest.net/green-brief/1606
4-green-brief-32-july-18-a.html

Iran hardliners criticize Ahmadinejad over appointment
Reuters – USA
Mashaie, previously one of several vice presidents and in charge of a culture and tourism body, created a storm in 2008 by saying Iran was friendly with …
www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSLG52375320090719

portland imc – 2009.07.19 – Green Rally for Iran Democracy, 1pm …
By xoxoxoxoxoxox
REMEMBER that words of U.S. lawmakers have deep and strong historical meaning in Iran. BE CONSCIOUS of the Iranian government’s accusations of Western meddling in its internal affairs and allegations for domestic and international …
portland.indymedia.org/en/2009/07/392823.shtml

Iran News – Iran hardliners oppose first VP choice – Khaleej Times …
Police clash with tens of thousands of protesters as cleric uses Friday prayers to claim people have lost faith with regime One of Iran’s most powerful clerics today attacked the Iranian government for its handling of protests and …
globalnewsblog.com/blog/2009/07/19/iran-news-
iran-hardliners-oppose-first-vp-choice-khaleej-times/

Worldview: Blast of dissent from inside Iran
Philadelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia,PA,USA
Events in Iran are moving so fast that Obama’s plan for engagement with Iran is becoming obsolete. The prayer service put new life into Iran’s opposition. …
www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719_Worldview
__Blast_of_dissent_from_inside_Iran.html

Kurdish rebels kill four Iran policemen: report
AFP
It said the raid took place on Saturday night in Targovar, which is close to the Iraqi and Turkish borders in northwestern Iran. In April, 18 policemen and …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5h7hSOhEAG3WZnGV7O8KOFESJ0qgg

Iran hardliners oppose Ahmadinejad’s VP choice
AFP
Mashaie, whose daughter is married to Ahmadinejad’s son, is a controversial figure who last year was rapped by hardliners and Khamenei for saying Iran is a …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
/ALeqM5jRuloJ9fSl2UjwTRWk3-ucRHvLcA

Israel prepares for ground invasion of Iran | The Arabist
By arabist
Two Israeli missile class warships have sailed through the Suez Canal ten days after a submarine capable of launching a nuclear missile strike, in preparation for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. …
arabist.net/archives/2009/07/18/israel
-prepares-for-ground-invasion-of-iran/

Lessons from Iran’s Academic Community Slaw
By Simon Fodden
The Washington Times is calling it “Iran’s Twitter Revolution”, as the largest political demonstrations since the 1979 revolution have unfolded in Iran since the highly questionable re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on June …
www.slaw.ca/2009/07/18/lessons-from-iran
%E2%80%99s-academic-community/

Secret US-Israeli meeting to focus on Iran | War On You: Breaking …
By WarOnYou
Secret US-Israeli meeting to focus on Iran Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:40:17 GMT presstv An Israeli warship arrives at an Israeli navy base in the.
waronyou.com/topics/secret-us-israeli-meeting-to-focus-on-iran/

Call for Iran protesters’ release
BBC News – UK
Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani has called for the release of people jailed after protesting at the result of the recent election. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8157153.stm