Iran Protest

The Ballot or the Bullet: American Foreign Policy at a Crossroads

Ian Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Malcolm X called 1964 the year of "the ballot or the bullet." Today, it is only a matter of time before the bullet forces calls for freedom and democracy to be answered.

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Iran Protests 2011: Dramatic Videos

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Following revolutionary protests in Egypt, Iranians have now also begun protesting, as thousands have taken to the streets. Protesters clashed with p...

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Pink Floyd Hit Re-Worked As Iran Protest (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Iran's politics and Pink Floyd make strange bedfellows in an updated take on the classic 1979 anthem "Another Brick In The Wall" sung by an exiled Ira...

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Ahmadinejad Speech Interrupted By Angry Crowd Shouting 'We Are Unemployed'

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some Protesters Succeed In Iran

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Protests by merchants in Tehran's main bazaar forced authorities to back off of plans to increase taxes on their businesses, Iran...

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Iran Protest: Tehran Police On Alert For Festival Demonstrations

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian riot police and militiamen fanned out around Tehran on Tuesday in a major show of force during a national festival that a...

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Iranian Opposition Demoralized After Failed protests at revolution's anniversary

washingtonpost.com | Thomas Erdbrink | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN -- The opposition supporters nervously smoked cigarettes in the kitchen as loud music blared from the empty living room. A student, a businessm...

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Iran Opposition Leaders Urge Rally On Anniversary Of Shah's Overthrow

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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A major Iranian opposition leader slammed his country's regime Wednesday and what he termed its tyrannical behavior after the disputed presidential el...

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Iran Hangs Two Opposition Activists

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Thursday executed two men accused of involvement in an armed anti-government group, as the public prosecutor announced th...

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Iran Admits Protesters Beaten To Death By Jailers

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil wer...

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Iran: Newly Published Photos Document Election Brutality (Caution: Graphic)

washingtonindependent.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepares to speak to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, a trove of photographs most of which h...

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Today is the Anniversary of the 1999 Iran Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Without the July 1999 protests, there could never have been June 2009. What the students courageously started then has led to a massive movement encompassing all Iranians.

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Demonstrating for Freedom

David Vines | Posted 05.25.2011

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As mass protesting and violence continue to rage through the streets of Tehran, Iranian-Americans and sympathizers gathered at the U.N. Saturday to demonstrate on behalf of Iranian freedom.

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