Iran Sentences 5 To Death Over Post-Election Protests
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed t...
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Reflecting on Iran, Social Media, and Change
Adam Elkus | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
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Networked social movements are still in a immature stage. But as information campaigners grow more experienced, skilled, and above all else pragmatic the quality of digital campaigns is sure to improve.
Iran Condemns Oxford For Honoring Neda Agha-Soltan, Slain Protester
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon o...
Iran Arrests Foreign Journalists
Times Online | Nico Hines | Posted 11.06.2009 | World
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The Iranian regime has responded to mass protests in Tehran this week by implementing a crackdown on foreign journalists. ...
Neda's Mother Recalls Daughter Four Months After Brutal Killing Captured World's Attention
cnn.com | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
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(CNN) -- The night before she was killed on the streets of Tehran, the woman the world would come to know simply as Neda had a dream. "There was a war...
Iranian Protesters: "Obama, Are You With Us Or Against Us?" (VIDEO)
Posted 11.04.2009 | World
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A video on Youtube appears to show protesters in Iran chanting, "Obama: Are you with us or against us?" Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of the U.S. ...
Iran Protests: Is Obama Staying on Ahmadinejad's Good Side?
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.06.2009 | World
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The Iranians are still coming. In droves. Despite the intermittent media coverage in the United States, Iranians have not yet stopped protesting the...
Iran: On US Embassy Anniversary, Police Beat Opposition Protesters With Batons (PHOTOS)
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
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TEHRAN, Iran — (AP) Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons Wednesday on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies t...
Tehran: Embassy Occupation Anniversary May See Fresh Protests
TIME | Robin Wright | Posted 11.02.2009 | World
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A new showdown looms in Iran this week, as the regime and its intrepid opposition gear up for what may be their biggest street confrontation since the...
A License to Chat
Matthew Sugrue | Posted 10.30.2009 | World
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An important symbol of U.S. support in Iran would be to state unequivocally that anything that helps the Iranian people speak out against repression should be allowed -- and, indeed, encouraged.
Israelis Brace Themselves For War With Iran
wsj.com | YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI | Posted 10.30.2009 | World
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The postcard from the Home Front Command that recently arrived in my mailbox looks like an ad from the Ministry of Tourism. A map of Israel is divided...
Iran Talks: Shadows of Iraq, Legitimacy of Regime
Evelyn Leopold | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
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Two elephants are and were in the room during negotiations on Iran's nuclear ambitions: the rigged elections that brought President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power and the shadow of Iraq.
Leave Punishing Iran to Iranians
Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
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It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.
As Obama Scores an Iran Breakthrough, Congress Fumbles
David Elliott | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
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Just like June 12 and the weeks that followed changed our notions about the Iranian people, it's time for the U.S. Congress to change its approach to Iran.
Passing Oceania
Matt Osborne | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media
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For all our worries about Big Brother intruding on our lives, Big Brother has no way to stop individuals from intruding on him.
UPDATE: Empire State Building No Longer Going Green
Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
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UPDATE 7:09pm: Despite plans to light the Empire State Building green tonight in honor of the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, the building is in...
Protesters Descend On UN (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
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It seems as if anyone who has ever had a grievance with a world leader is descending on the United Nations this week to make his or her voice heard lo...
Ahmadinejad Kicks Diversion Efforts into High Gear
Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
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In the lead-up to his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is up to his old tricks. And sadly, the global community seems to be falling for them.
Iran: Newly Published Protest Photos Document Election Brutality (Caution: Graphic)
washingtonindependent.com | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
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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...
Obama Meets Ahmadinejad At UN? Unlikely.
nytimes.com | HELENE COOPER | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
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WASHINGTON It was just over two years ago that Barack Obama, then the junior senator from Illinois with aspirations to the presidency, famously pronou...
Iranian Regime Faces Worst Enemy Yet: Itself
Melody Moezzi | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
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Iranians could empathize with Palestinians Friday more than ever, but not in the way that Iran's self-proclaimed President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wanted them to.
Khamenei Issues Warning To Iranian Opposition
nytimes.com | NAZILA FATHI | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
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TORONTO �" Iran's Supreme Religious Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned opposition leaders of a "harsh response" Friday if they continued challen...
Iran's Universities Punish Students Who Disputed Vote
nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iranian universities have begun disciplining and suspending students who took part in street protests after the dispute...
Stand Your Ground, Obama
Josh Shahryar | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
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As a journalist who has been covering the Iranian Election, I was shocked and dismayed when I read Kaveh L. Afrasiabi's article that urges President Obama to congratulate Ahmadinejad on his victory.
Iran Approves First Female Minister
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
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TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a broad mandate Thursday as parliament backed his main Cabinet choices – naming the ...
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