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26 Jun 2009 18:22

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World: Iran’s harsh leadership takes an unnecessarily harsh turn

  • Over the last few weeks, there have been sustained opposition protests that have been mostly peaceful but turned into moments of violence after Iran began fighting any dissent source
  • In response to these protests, Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami, a top-ranking cleric, has said that these protesters were “at war with God” and should be “dealt with without mercy.” WTF man? source
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25 Jun 2009 10:38

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World: Ahmadinejad wants an apology from the guy Republicans called “timid”

Because Obama dared to be modestly critical, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he’s striking the same critical tone as Bush. Hmmmm. source
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25 Jun 2009 10:30

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World: Mousavi under intense amounts of pressure to stop fighting Iran vote

  • I am pressured to abandon my demand for the vote annulment … a major rigging has happened … I am prepared to prove that those behind the rigging are responsible for the bloodshed … Continuation of legal and calm protests will guarantee achieving our goals.
  • Mir Hossein Mousavi • On the protests that continue despite much fighting by the leadership and his hand being forced to give up the protests. Beyond the protests, Mousavi was the managing editor of the Kalameh-ye Sabz daily newspaper, which was forced to close this week. He’s not happy about that at all. The protests have been slowed greatly because of increased police presence but the protracted fight has had the side effect of showing massive rifts within the Iranian establishment. • source
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24 Jun 2009 23:36

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World: Iran: Oh, Neda died because she looked like a terrorist’s sister!

  • Yeah. That sounds suspect. The Iranian government says that the reason why the shooting victim known as Neda was killed in such a violent fashion despite the fact that she wasn’t even protesting was because she looked like the sister of a known terrorist. Oh, and they also blamed her death on the throngs of people protesting, or as they called them, “those groups who want to create division in the nation.” Hm. Hmmmmmmmm. source
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24 Jun 2009 12:53

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World: Key sentence from this Iran protest story that should anger you

  • It was impossible to confirm first-hand the extent of the new violence in the capital because of draconian new press restrictions on coverage of the post-election mayhem.
  • New York Times reporters Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell • In a story about the latest rash of Iranian violence. Hundreds of protesters fought with riot police today and at least some people were confirmed dead in the melee. This is just getting awful, awful, awful. • source
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24 Jun 2009 08:51

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World: Khamenei: We won’t budge, no matter how much pressure we get

  • I had insisted and will insist on implementing the law on the election issue. Neither the establishment nor the nation will yield to pressure at any cost.
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • In comments about the hard-line stance his country will take against the protesters who have so gathered the world’s attention. In other news, Mir Hossein Mousavi’s wife has asked the country to free political prisoners arrested during the protests. Let’s hope they do. • source
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23 Jun 2009 10:56

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World: Will Iran’s Guardian Council annul the presidential vote?

  • NO they say fraud didn’t happen; uh, whatever dudes source
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22 Jun 2009 09:57

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World: The current death toll and arrest count in Tehran; numbers may fluctuate

  • 13+ people have been confirmed killed by Iranian TV; other reports have the number much higher source
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22 Jun 2009 09:46

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World: Today, hundreds are ignoring orders and protesting in Tehran

  • They’re defying orders and remembering Neda. The protesters are holding a vigil at Tehran’s Haft-e Tir Square for Neda, the young woman violently killed on camera over the weekend. One man was chased into an alley by Basij militia members. Protesting the Basijs and chasing them off, they shouted: “Do not be scared. We are all together.” That’s re-affirming. source
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22 Jun 2009 09:38

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World: Iran video of the day: Men getting arrested by police, Basijs

  • Both Iranian police and Basij militia members took part in the arrest of these two men on Sunday. The man shooting the video is (quietly) cursing the Basijs.source
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