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Iran Arrests Newsweek Reporter

Life photojournalist also missing

(Newser) - Iranian authorities have arrested a Canadian journalist who works for Newsweek, reports the magazine. Maziar Bahari—who has covered Iran for a decade from his home there—was asleep when officers raided the apartment he shares with his mom, seized his laptop and videotapes, and took him away. A photojournalist...

Obama Should Get Tough with Iran: McCain
Obama Should Get Tough with Iran: McCain
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jun 21, 2009 10:13 AM CDT

Obama Should Get Tough with Iran: McCain

Netanyahu: nuclear Iran could create Mideast 'tinderbox'

(Newser) - John McCain today called on President Obama to take a harder line against the Iranian regime, Politico reports. “This is a human rights issue—whether people can voice disagreement without being killed in the streets,” McCain told Face the Nation. “America’s position in the world is...

At Least 13 Dead in Iran Crackdown
 At Least 13 Dead 
 in Iran Crackdown 
UPDATED
Jun 20, 2009 10:41 PM CDT

At Least 13 Dead in Iran Crackdown

(Newser) - A violent and chaotic day in Iran left dozens of protesters injured, with reports ranging from 13 to 19 deaths, reports the New York Times. The government's feared militia, the Basij, cracked down with water cannons, electric rounds, and live bullets against thousands of protesters in Tehran. The developments came...

Iran Braces for Showdown Today

(Newser) - Iran's government threatened harsh action today if opposition supporters take to the streets again to demand a new election in open defiance of the country's supreme leader. Web sites run by supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi called for street protests, but the candidate himself issued no public statement....

Street Protests Cool, But Iran Opposition Takes to Rooftops

Mousavi supporters chant from rooftops, but opposition's next step is unclear

(Newser) - Calls of “Allahu Akbar” punctuated Tehran’s evening quiet as some residents took to their rooftops to protest Ayatollah Khamenei’s support of what they see as fraudulent election results, MSNBC reports. Despite the rooftop protests—a tactic used in the 1979 revolution—outright street demonstrations from supporters of...

Iran Accuses US of Meddling
 Iran Accuses US of Meddling  
Jun 17, 2009 4:56 PM CDT

Iran Accuses US of Meddling

(Newser) - As protesters clogged the streets of Tehran for a fifth consecutive day, the Iranian government accused the US of “intolerable” meddling, reports the Wall Street Journal. The government summoned the Swiss ambassador, who represents American interests in the country, to complain about “interventionist” statements made by US officials,...

Iran Blocks Foreign Press as Thousands Protest

Government cracks down on communications, arrests reformists

(Newser) - Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are planning more rallies today, despite an appeal for calm by the country's supreme religious leader. Iran has banned international journalists from the protests after Monday's violence at a Mousavi demonstration, where seven people died. But state television, which showed rallies in...

Top Ayatollah Appeals for Calm in Iran

(Newser) - Iran's supreme leader addressed the nation on TV tonight to criticize anti-government protesters and appeal for calm, the Guardian reports. Those stirring up trouble are simply “tension seekers,” said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rival protests again filled the streets of Tehran, though no more deaths were reported. Khamenei has...

Daily Show to Feature Dispatches From Iran

Parody news show inches closer to becoming an actual news show

(Newser) - The Daily Show will begin airing reports from a correspondent in Iran next week, the New York Times reports. Correspondent Jason Jones spent late May and early June filming in Tehran, Qom, and the Imam Mosque in Esfahan for his weeklong series Jason Jones in Iran: Access of Evil. Jones’...

Ahmadinejad Boxes Out Rival Rally

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supporters rallied in Tehran today, shouting slogans like, “Death to America!” and “Khamenei is our leader!” while Mir Hossein Mousavi’s supporters held a low-key march elsewhere in the city, the LA Times reports. The opposition had called for a...

Iran's Guardian Council Vows Recount as 7 Die in Protests

Guardian Council makes U-turn as state radio confirms deaths

(Newser) - The most powerful body in Iran declared it will allow a recount in last Friday's controversial presidential election, the BBC reports. The announcement follows three days of massive protests in Tehran, in which seven people were killed. State radio claims the deaths came as protesters attacked a military post after...

1 Dead After Shots Fired at Tehran Protest

(Newser) - Shots were fired at a huge street protest in Tehran today, the BBC reports, not long after opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi addressed the gathering in spite of a ban by the Iranian government; an AP photographer says one protester was killed, and that the shots came from a compound...

Iran Protesters Launch Twitter Revolution

(Newser) - Erupting protests over Iranian elections may be the first political upheaval tweeted from beginning to end, as demonstrators keep up a running account of what's happening, reports CNN. "My friend saying more than 100 students arrested. Bastards just attacked us for no reason. I lost count of how much...

Ayatollah Orders Ballot Probe
 Ayatollah Orders Ballot Probe 
Jun 15, 2009 5:36 AM CDT

Ayatollah Orders Ballot Probe

Khamenei accedes to Mousavi's request for vote fraud investigation

(Newser) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a probe into Iran's allegedly rigged presidential election, reports CNN. The country's supreme leader has already endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's supposed victory as "a divine miracle," but Khamenei today requested that a clerical body investigate Mir Hossein Mousavi's claims of widespread fraud. The ayatollah's...

Mousavi Cancels Tehran Rally, Cops Teargas Students

Iran crackdown hardens as Tehran riots continue

(Newser) - Mir Hossein Mousavi called off a major rally in Tehran today after the supposedly defeated presidential candidate was told that militias with live rounds would be standing guard, reports the BBC. Heated clashes are continuing between the police and Mousavi supporters disputing the declared election results. Security forces reportedly fired...

Mousavi Under House Arrest as Riots Rage

(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rivals for the Iranian presidency were placed under house arrest in the wake of the disputed election results as fiery riots beoke out across Tehran, the Los Angeles Times reports. Main challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, who had declared victory before the Interior Ministry's announcement that Ahmadinejad had prevailed,...

Iran: Ahmadinejad Wins; Rival Warns of 'Tyranny'

(Newser) - This could be a mess for a while: Iran's official count today gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a landslide victory in the presidential election, but his main challenger rejected the results as a "dangerous charade" and warned of "tyranny," reports the Guardian. The official numbers: Ahmadinejad gets 62.6%...

Saberi Freed by Iran, United With Parents
 Saberi Freed by Iran, 
 United With Parents
UPDATED
May 11, 2009 6:17 AM CDT

Saberi Freed by Iran, United With Parents

Jailed US journalist has prison term cut to two years suspended

(Newser) - Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American reporter jailed in Tehran for the last 5 months, has been freed and reunited with her parents, the AP reports. An appeals court yesterday cut her sentence to a 2-year suspended term, down from the 8 years she was given for spying for the US. The...

Nobelist Lawyer Defends US Prisoner in Iran

Ebadi urges bail release for journalist Roxana Saberi

(Newser) - Shirin Ebadi, the dissident Iranian human rights lawyer who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, will defend the Iranian-American journalist sentenced this weekend to 8 years in prison, reports the Washington Post. Ebadi is seeking to secure a bail release for Roxana Saberi, who was convicted of spying for the...

Tehran Judge Echoes Call for 'Fair' Saberi Trial

Iran minister chides Obama for not knowing details of closed trial

(Newser) - The head of Iran’s judiciary issued a statement today requesting that Roxana Saberi’s appeal “should be fairly, accurately, and quickly considered.” It’s not clear whether Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi means Saberi’s appeal will be successful, or if he merely wants to stress to international...

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