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News Source: The independent
| 5 months ago
Iranian security forces used water cannon, batons and tear gas in clashes with protesters in Tehran yesterday after crowds demanding fresh presidential elections gathered in defiance of government and police warnings. Eyewitnesses described fierce...
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News Source: The Examiner
| 5 months ago
Police and militia were blocking protesters from gathering on the main thoroughfare running east from Revolution Square to Freedom Square, the witnesses said. A massive rally in Freedom Square Monday set off three consecutive days of protests...
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News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 5 months ago
Supporters of Iran's opposition have gathered in Tehran for another mass protest against the country's election result, despite warnings that police force will now be used. Riot police have now been deployed following days of protests since the...
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News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 5 months ago
It is still not clear whether today's planned rally by Iranian opposition supporters will go ahead in the wake of warnings by the country's Supreme Leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has effectively banned all further protests against last week's...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
Tensions are high in Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered an end to street protests that have shaken the establishment. The country's powerful Guardian Council is due to meet defeated candidates in the contested elections on Saturday...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 5 months ago
Mr. Mousavi is expected to address the rally in Tehran's Revolution Square. Tehran's governor, Morteza Tamadon, said the gathering is not authorized and should be canceled. On Friday, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said if opposition...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
US President Barack Obama has warned Iran that "the world is watching", after its supreme leader criticised voters who protested over the election. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said opposition leaders would be blamed for further "bloodshed" if protests did...
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 5 months ago
Iran's supreme religious leader threw his weight behind the disputed landslide victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday, calling the vote "God's blessing," ruling out any fraud, and ordering an end to massive street protests. In what may...
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News Source: The Globe & Mail
| 5 months ago
Tehran — Reuters and Associated Press, Friday, Jun. 19, 2009 06:13AM EDT I ran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei defended Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday as the rightful winner of a presidential election that has sparked the biggest street...
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News Source: The Journal Gazette
| 5 months ago
Iran – A huge throng of opposition supporters, many clad in black, took to the streets of Tehran on Thursday to mourn protesters killed by a pro-government militia and back a challenge to the proclaimed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.