Iran Protesters

Iranian Protest Leaders Could Face Execution

washingtonpost.com | Thomas Erdbrink | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


The attorney prosecuting leading opposition figures in Iran asked a court Tuesday to give them "the maximum punishment," offering the clearest indicat...

Iran tries more activists in post-election turmoil

Yahoo! News | NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer | Posted 09.16.2009 | World


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Iran Inmates 'Tortured To Death': Karroubi

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.14.2009 | World


One of Iran's defeated opposition presidential candidates has said some protesters held after July's disputed poll were tortured to death in prison....

Ali Larijani, Iran Speaker, Denies Prisoner Rape Allegations

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top opposition leader said Wednesday that the abuse and death of protesters detained after the disputed presidential elect...

Iran Must Probe Rape Detention Claims, Demands Mehdi Karroubi

Al Jazeera | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


One of the defeated reformist candidates in Iran's disputed presidential election is calling for an investigation into claims that anti-government ...

Details Emerge Of Iran's Abuse Of Protesters: Beatings, Forced To Lick Toilet Bowls

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


CAIRO — Iran's leadership faced sharp criticism Wednesday from top clerics and even conservative supporters over prison abuses, including detain...

Kahrizak Prison, Holding Iranian Protesters, Ordered Closed After Abuses

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Tuesday released 140 people detained in Iran's postelection turmoil and the supreme leader ordered the closure of a priso...

The Ayatollah's Tipping Point

Naomi Wolf | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


Naomi Wolf

History show us that when mass street protest has been sustained for more than a week or two, a regime eventually finds it practically and psychologically difficult to sustain its hold.

Ayatollah Khatami: Iran Protesters Will Be Punished "Without Mercy"

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 07.27.2009 | World


EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay...

Iran: Riot Police Attack Hundreds Of Demonstrators With Tear Gas, Bullets

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE and REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 07.23.2009 | World


CAIRO — Riot police cracked down anew on demonstrators in Iran's capital on Monday hours after the feared Revolutionary Guard threatened to crus...

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

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.16.2009 | World


Firas Al-Atraqchi

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