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Iran Protest, March 16: Tehran Police On Alert For Festival Demonstrations

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 03.16.2010 | World

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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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The President's Narrowing Options on Iran

Norm Kurz | Posted 02.25.2010 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Iran, Regime Change, Middle East, Tehran, Iran Sanctions, Obama, Mullahs, Biden, World News

What can we do while a ruthless Iran intensifies the pace of its efforts to acquire nukes and to silence internal opposition?

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Kissing Cousins: Assad Hangs Tough With Ahmadinejad

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.25.2010 | World

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Syrian President Assad rewarded the Obama administration's decision to re-establish normal relations with Syria this week by laying out the red carpet today for Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Iran, the Green Movement, and Cricket

Josh Shahryar | Posted 02.22.2010 | World

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The key to the Iranian opposition's success is consistency. Every time it has called for a protest, now over more than eight months, it has put people on the ground.

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Iran May Be Working On Nuclear Weapon, UN Report Says

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 02.18.2010 | World

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VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear agency on Thursday said it was worried Iran may currently be working on making a nuclear warhead, suggesting for the f...

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Obama's Push-Back Against China Is Bitter Medicine

Sam Sedaei | Posted 02.16.2010 | World

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Analysts remind us that we aren't supposed to anger China because they could stop lending to us. What analysts don't point out is that China would also be hit severely if they stopped lending to the U.S.

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High Noon in Tehran

Will Marshall | Posted 02.11.2010 | World

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Washington should keep probing for signs of Iranian tractability on the nuclear issue. But over the long haul, political change inside Iran is our surest guarantee of safety.

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Iran's Defiant Dare = Crunch Time for Obama

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.09.2010 | World

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Biting economic sanctions -- the type that hit at the very economic and financial heart of the regime and not the Iranian people -- must be aggressively pursued and carefully constructed.

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Iranians Protest At Italy's Tehran Embassy, Throw Eggs, Chant 'Death To Berlusconi'

AP | Posted 02.09.2010 | World

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ROME — About 100 Iranians protested Tuesday in front of the Italian embassy in Tehran, shouting "Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi, " Italy's ...

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Iran Green Movement Promises February Protests

csmonitor.com | Iason Athanasiadis | Posted 01.28.2010 | World

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Opposition Green Movement activists in major cities around Iran are playing a cat-and-mouse game with authorities seeking to shut down their operation...

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Iran Plans Major Military Exercise

wsj.com | CHIP CUMMINS | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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Iranian media on Sunday reported Tehran will conduct a large-scale defensive military exercise next month, coinciding with what government officials n...

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Tehran: God is Great!

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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Yes, we are witnessing in this time of suffering and contraction the greatest proof of humanity. The proof of those who wish for one simple, profound state of being - freedom.

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The American Skepticism About Helping Iranians Not Justified

Sam Sedaei | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Green Movement, Mehdi Karroubi, United Nations, Iran, Tehran, Khatami, Barack Obama, The Green Revolution, World News

The United States owes it to the Iranian people to do what it can to help. We should not see assistance to Iranians in their struggle now as an optional act of benevolence, but as an ethical responsibility.

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Iran's Economy Forces Women To Hawk Trinkets On Subways

GlobalPost | Iran GlobalPost Correspondant | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran -- The train stops at Tehran's 7-Tir station. Doors open and a rush of female passengers elbow their way inside the woman-only wagon. On ...

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Iranian Police Chief: We'll Show 'No Mercy' In Crushing Protests

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of hard-liners poured into the streets in support of Iran's clerical rulers at state-sponsored rallies Wednesda...

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Iran's Great Green Divide

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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After fishing in a rushing stream of Tweets, I watched YouTube clips showing a police station burning, a group of Basij militia cornered but not hurt, a police van overturned. Chants included, "Khamenei is a murderer. His reign is over."

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Iran Accuses West Of Instigating Protests

Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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(AP) TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of...

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Iran Is Burning in Revolution; Not Recognizing It Can Lead to Calamity

Sam Sedaei | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Green Movement, Mehdi Karroubi, Ashoura, Iran, Tehran, The Green Revolution, World News

No one wants to see another anti-American regime in Iran following the current one. If that's not what we want, then we must stand up with the protesters when it counts.

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Iran Police Gun Down Protesters, Protesters Fight Back (PHOTOS) (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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HONOLULU - The Obama administration on Sunday strongly condemned the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters, offering its support to civilians "...

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Iran Protests Turn Violent, Police Fire At Anti-Government Demonstrators, Kill At Least Five

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters in the center of the capital Sunday in one of the bloodiest confrontat...

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Eman Bin Laden In Iran: State Confirms That Bin Laden's Teen Daughter Is At Saudi Embassy

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran confirmed Thursday that a daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has turned up at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, but said...

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Iranian Twitter Hackers Briefly Silence Narcissists

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.18.2009 | Comedy

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A group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army briefly hacked the social messaging service Twitter last night, frustrating the efforts of narcissists to share their most mundane and banal thoughts.

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House Votes To Expand Sanctions On Iran, Focuses On Oil

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The House voted Tuesday to impose new economic sanctions on Iran as lawmakers cast doubt on Iran's willingness to respond to diplom...

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Iran To Try 3 Americans Who Crossed Border

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Monday a court will try three Americans who wandered across the border from Iraq last July and became ensnared in an in...

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Iranian Police, Basij Clash With Pro-Reform Protesters At Tehran University

AP | By ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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(AP) TEHRAN, Iran - Security forces and militiamen clashed with thousands of protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on ...

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