21 July, 2009

Iran Turmoil May Cost Hezbollah, Hamas as Regime Goes Defensive
Bloomberg
By Ben Holland and Massoud A. Derhally July 21 (Bloomberg) — The power struggle in Iran sparked by the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=agYWspc5YSZQ

Negotiating With a Troubled Iran – Council on Foreign Relations
By Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Fitzpatrick, a nonproliferation policy expert on Iran, says the chance exists that in the aftermath of Iran’s disputed presidential election, a“new need for legitimacy could make it more willing to accept some tactical compromise” …
www.cfr.org/publication/19876/negotiating_with_a_troubled_iran.html

Truthdig – Reports – Support Iran Protesters Without Meddling
By editor@truthdig.com
2009/07/20 – In reality, the US has very little ability to impact what has become a massive, spontaneous movement for change in Iran. And it shouldn’t. – Support Iran Protesters Without Meddling.
www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090720
_support_iran_protesters_without_meddling/

Iran election dispute escalates to new phase – Yahoo! News
Iran’s election dispute has moved beyond the drama of mass street protests to a new phase: a fight for power within the ruling religious establishment…
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090720/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election

Hot Air “ Blog Archive “ Germans: Of course Iran kept working on …
By Ed Morrissey
When the American intelligence community reversed itself in 2007 and announced that Iran had quit working on nuclear weapons in 2003, jaws dropped around the world. George Bush’s political opponents at home and enemies around the world …
hotair.com/archives/2009/07/20/germans-of
-course-iran-kept-working-on-nuclear-weapons/

Dreyfuss and Iran’s “Women Commandos” “ Muslimah Media Watch
By Faith
In fact, the Western media has put a feminine face on much of its coverage of what is happening in Iran connecting feminism once more to Western interests in Iran and the region as a whole. …
muslimahmediawatch.org/2009/07/20/
dreyfuss-and-irans-women-commandos/

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Iran Update …
By admin
According to eyewitnesses who reported to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, unidentified individuals in plain clothes violently confronted human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr as she was walking to Friday Prayers with …
www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/07/shadi-sadr-protests/

For Iran’s Opposition, ‘Death to Russia’ is New ‘Death to America …
By By Robert Mackey
In Iran, opposition supporters who attended the Friday Prayer service in Tehran last week responded to calls to chant “Death to America!” by chanting “Death to Russia!” instead.
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/why-death-to
-russia-is-the-new-death-to-america-for-irans-opposition/

NewsDaily: Ayatollah warns against helping Iran’s enemies
By Zahra Hosseinian
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned senior officials on Monday not to help Tehran’s enemies after two former presidents expressed defiant opposition to the result of June’s disputed presidential poll.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/lk129491-us-iran-election/

20 July, 2009

Iran, on the path to a transformation
Following the 2005 elections and Ahmadinejad’s sweeping victory, Mesbah Yazdi declared that Iran now had its first Islamic government, and that there was no …
www.iranian.com/main/node/73266

No differences on Iran’s nuke programme: Hillary
Times of India
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said that there are no differences between US and India’s position on Iran’s nuclear programme. …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/No-differences-on-
Irans-nuke-programme-Hillary/articleshow/4800358.cms

Islamic Guards Emerge as Key Power Bloc in Splintered Iran
New York Times
The corps has become a vast military-based conglomerate, with control of Iran’s missile batteries, oversight of its nuclear program and a …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/world/middleeast/21guards.html

Report: Iranian Militias Marry, Rape Virgin Prisoners Before …
FOXNews
AP FILE: Members of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force on parade in Tehran. A reputed militia member said prison guards in Iran marry and rape female virgins …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534116,00.html

On Direct Diplomacy With Iran
Voice of America – USA
“We watched the energy of Iran’s election with great admiration, only to be appalled by the manner in which the government used violence to quell the voices …
www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2009-07-20-voa5.cfm

Iran Leader Warns Detractors on Post-Election Unrest
New York Times – United States
By ROBERT F. WORTH BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned political leaders on Monday to be cautious in addressing the …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/world/middleeast/21iran.html

Iran’s ‘friend of Israel’ VP denies reports of his resignation
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
By DPA An entry on the website of Iran’s newly appointed vice-president Monday denied a local television report about his resignation. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1101518.html

Must it be Business as Usual as the People of Iran Hang in the …
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
After an election that would make Tammany Hall blush, it’s now clear to the whole world that millions of Iran’s citizens despise — not embrace — the…
www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-abraham-
cooper/must-it-be-business-as-us_b_241351.html

Iran’s package eyes Israeli nukes
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
Amid Iran’s efforts to settle disputes over its nuclear activities, Foreign Ministry spokesman has explained details about the country’s new package to be …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=101149&sectionid=351020101

Iran Uprising Blogging (Monday July 20)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
I’m liveblogging the latest Iran election fallout. Email me with any news or thoughts, or follow me on Twitter.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/iran
-uprising-blogging-mo_n_240767.html

War in Context – Iran – 7/20
By Paul Woodward
Mr. Khatami’s comments amounted to a bold challenge to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has dismissed the opposition’s claims that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s landslide victory on June 12 was rigged, …
warincontext.org/2009/07/20/iran-720/

Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: Iran Protests Again
By Brian Leiter
A dramatic account by a philosophy student in Tehran of protests this past Friday. (Thanks to Parsa Pezeshki for the pointer.)
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2009/07/iran-protests-again.html

Majikthise : Anonymous Basiji describes prison rape in Iran
By Lindsay Beyerstein
An alleged serving member of Iran’s brutal Basiji militia spoke to a reporter about his role in suppressing the recent street protests and earlier abuses including raping Iranian virgins in order to facilitate their executions: In the …
majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2009/07/
anonymous-basiji-describes-prison-rape-in-iran.html

Iran’s new nuclear supremo – Tehran Bureau
By tehranbureau
[TEHRAN BUREAU] The appointment of Ali Akbar Salehi as the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation will be taken as a sign the Iranian leadership has not closed the door to talks over the nuclear programme. But it will take more than …
tehranbureau.com/irans-nuclear-supremo/

Iran’s top leader reportedly warns politicians against disturbing …
By Bureau News
Iran’s top leader reportedly warns politiciansTEHRAN, Iran — State radio says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has told politicians to be careful in their stances on the country’s postelection unrest, saying that disturbing …
blog.taragana.com/n/irans-top-leader-reportedly-
warns-politicians-against-disturbing-security-114727/

Rhetoric and reality in Iran
guardian.co.uk – UK
There was no hint of reconciliation, or any mediation “message” for Iran’s supreme leader in the sermon delivered by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani last Friday. …
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/iran-rafsanjani

Lieberman trip to South America aimed at curbing Iran influence
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
He plans to address the issue of Iran’s infiltration, said Ayalon, particularly the close ties Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1101556.html

Iran’s Tragic Joke
New York Times – United States
By ROGER COHEN NEW YORK — Allow me to quote the British novelist Martin Amis, writing about Persia in The Guardian: “Iran is one of the most venerable …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/opinion/21iht-edcohen.html

Iran and the West: From Khomeni to Ahmedinejad
BBC News – UK
For the first time, the BBC tells the story of Iran’s relationship with the West over the last thirty years – as seen by the key players and political…
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/
2009/07/090720_iran_and_the_west_1.shtml

Gates to visit Israel for talks on Iran, US-Israeli ties
WashingtonTV – Washington,DC,USA
Washington, 20 July (WashingtonTV)—US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit Israel on 27 July for talks likely to focus on Iran’s nuclear program and …
televisionwashington.com/floater_
article1.aspx?lang=en&t=3&id=12273

Mousavi wants Iran protesters freed
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated reformist candidate in Iran’s presidential election, has demanded the release of scores of protesters detained following …
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/
2009/07/2009720112418612488.html

Israel condemns Iran-PA meeting
BBC News – UK
Israel has accused a senior Palestinian official of meeting “the extreme enemies of peace” after he held talks with Iran’s foreign minister. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8159051.stm

Israel’s Lieberman to fight Iran clout on S.America tour
AFP
JERUSALEM — Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman kicks off a tour of key Latin American states on Monday aimed at countering archfoe Iran’s growing …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5hcWcLsJBEe8mJLuilTvZ8Ua6SSTg

At Top Delhi Restaurant, the ‘Hillary Platter’
Washington Post – United States
After all, when Clinton announced the plans for the conference a few weeks ago, the invite to Iran was the top news out of the announcement. …
blog.washingtonpost.com/on-the-plane/?sid=
ST2009071900710?hpid=moreheadlines

Rap for Iran “ Filasteen
By ed~
This entry was posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at 11:17 am and is filed under Human Spirit, Iran. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. …
filasteen.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/rap-for-iran/

NewsDaily: Iran: Khatami wants referendum on government’s legitimacy Iran’s reformist former president Mohammad Khatami called on the authorities to hold a referendum on the legitimacy of the government after the country’s disputed June presidential vote, a website reported.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56j13j-us-iran-khatami-referendum/

Iran’s ex-president Khatami calls for a referendum on government’s …
By Bureau News
Khatami: Referendum can end Iran’s election crisisTEHRAN, Iran — Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has called for a nationwide referendum on the legitimacy of the government to end the country’s post-election crisis.
blog.taragana.com/n/irans-ex-president-khatami-calls-for-a
-referendum-on-governments-legitimacy-to-end-crisis-114522/

Is There Trouble Brewing In Iran’s Military?
By Fred Stopsky
The Iranian army has arrested at least 36 officers who were so furious at the brutality of the crackdown on demonstrators that they planned on Friday to attend.
theimpudentobserver.com/world-news/
is-there-trouble-brewing-in-irans-military/