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News Source: The Scotsman
| 5 months ago
S embattled but defiant regime is ramping up its rhetoric against the West and increasing repression at home â but is failing to silence leading opposition voices who are furious with president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "stolen" election. Despite...
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News Source: The independent
| 5 months ago
Iran's embattled opposition leader, Mirhossein Mousavi, faces a new threat after the Basiji militia accused him of "offences against the state" and "disturbing the nation's security", charges which carry a sentence of 10 years' imprisonment. The...
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News Source: Gulf News
| 5 months ago
But tensions with many western countries are rising and the need to ease the unexpressed popular anger remains. "It looks like that things are totally finished," Tehran-based analyst Mohammad Sedeqian said. "No. That is over," Iranian-American...
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News Source: pakistantimes
| 5 months ago
Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, on Wednesday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddling and demanded an apology before any more talks on Tehran's nuclear programme. Iran's top military commander laid down...
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News Source: CNN
| 5 months ago
Saying it has tallied the votes and investigated the complaints, Iran's Islamic leadership considers the election that gave incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an overwhelming win "case closed." And the massive protests that concentrated in...
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News Source: Kiev Post
| 5 months ago
Ray Odierno, top U.S. commander in Iraq, talks to reporters at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 30, 2009...The fallout from Iran's disputed presidential vote is dimming what were already modest prospects for meaningful negotiations...
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News Source: Press TV
| 5 months ago
Bahari, who also had connections with the BBC and Britain's Channel 4 news, was arrested in Tehran during the unrest that followed the announcement of the result of the 10th presidential election. In a Tuesday press conference that was held while he...
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News Source: The Sunshine Coast Daily
| 5 months ago
A defiant Ahmadinejad hit out at world powers over their response to unrest which has shaken the foundations of the Islamic regime, as Western governments condemned the continued detention of four British embassy staff in Tehran. Mousavi's camp...
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News Source: Press TV
| 5 months ago
The Tuesday announcement came one day after Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed that five of the nine detainees had been released following primary investigation into their alleged role in 'inciting mass public protests' following the June 12 vote.
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News Source: Hindustan times
| 5 months ago
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday hailed his disputed re-election as a victory for the Iranian people and a defeat for the Islamic Republic's enemies. The June 12 poll sparked Iran's most vigorous internal unrest since the 1979 Islamic...