Iran Crackdown

Iran Mounts Harsh New Web Crackdown

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 01.06.2012

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Iran is mounting new clampdowns on Internet expression, including rules that will impose layers of surveillance in the country's popular Internet cafe...

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Iran Uses Tear Gas To Disperse Protesters: Reports

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Police used tear gas and batons Tuesday to disperse resurgent anti-government protesters demanding the release of opposition lead...

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Middle East in 2011: Social Media to Take on Governments

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

By publishing online -- and dissenting in 140 characters or less -- journalists in the Middle East and North Africa are challenging dominant state institutions.

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Iran University Professors Denounce Crackdown

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Nearly 90 professors at Tehran University have told Iran's supreme leader that ongoing violence against protesters shows the weak...

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Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Senior Iranian Cleric, Calls System A Dictatorship

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's most senior dissident cleric on Wednesday criticized the ruling system under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a di...

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Mousavi Barred From Neda Graveside Memorial By Iranian Police

AP/Huffington Post | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands at a graveside memorial ...

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Iason Athanasiadis: Iran Releases British-Greek Reporter Held For Weeks

AP | NASSER KARIMI and JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Sunday it has released a British-Greek journalist detained for two weeks during its postelection crackdown as oppositio...

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Iran Frees More British Staff

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three more Iranian British embassy staff have been released by the authorities in Tehran, Iran's state-run Press TV reports....

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Iran Crackdown Impacts US Iraq Plans

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — The United States has no imminent plans to resume talks with Iran about Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday, taking a hard l...

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Iran Crackdown Impacts US Iraq Plans

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — The United States has no imminent plans to resume talks with Iran about Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday, taking a hard l...

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Arab Pro-Democracy Movements Should Support Iran's New Revolutionaries

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

While Iranians may look to the West for help, it is their immediate neighbors which should support their struggle.

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