Iranian Election

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Void the Elections or Risk Violence

Shirin Ebadi | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Iranian Election, Iran Election, Iran Student Protests, World News

Security forces have killed an estimated four students, many others have been injured. According to the students themselves, 300 of their brethren have been arrested in these past few days.

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I Never Thought I'd Be Rooting for Iran

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Israel, Iranian Election, Bradley Burston, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Iran Demonstrations, Barack Obama Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran Israel, Israelis Palestinians, Soccer Iran, World News

The people in Tehran's streets have made it possible to begin to see past Ahmadinejad. I have to get used to Iran not as a cartoon bully, but as my neighbor. It is a nation of people, as we are.

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Dispatches From a Twitter Revolutionary

Jessica Olien | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Iranian Election, Iran Twitter, Media News

I hope @SupremeLeaderK gets it together and intervenes on behalf of all of us @Mousavi supporters. Then I can finally relax and catch up on Hulu.

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John Kerry: McCain Should Try Listening To The Iranians

nytimes.com | JOHN KERRY | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: John Kerry, Iran Uprising, Mccain, Iran Election, Iranian Election, Iran Protests, John Kerry John McCain, Kerry, Iran, John McCain, John Kerry : Mccain Should Try Listening to the Iranians, John Kerry/Mccain, Kerry Mccain Iran, Kerry McCain, World News

THE grass-roots protests that have engulfed Iran since its presidential election last week have grabbed America's attention and captured headlines -- ...

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Iran Rally: Mousavi Calls Demonstration To Mourn Dead Protesters

AP | NASSER KARIMI and ANNA JOHNSON | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Mousavi, Iran Rallies 2009, Iran Protests, Iran Rally June 18 2009, Iranian Election, Iran, Iran Uprising 2009, Iran Rally, Iran 2009, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of protesters dressed in black and green flooded the streets of Tehran on Thursday in a somber, candlelit s...

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Shirin Ebadi for President

Melody Moezzi | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Obama Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iran Protests, Islamic Republic of Iran, Shiraz, Iranian Election 2009, Obama Iran Policy, Tehran, Obama Iran Engagement, Iranian Election, World News

It took Ayatullah Khomeini to lead us away from imperialist rule and toward bona fide independence, and it will take an equally charismatic and rousing figure to lead us toward secular democracy.

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Iran and the Paradox of Paradise

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iranian Protests, Iran, Iranian Election, Koran, Quran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, World News

The contradictions between a modern state and one based on the Quran are simply too great. The issue of theocracy comes down to that.

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Why American Neo-Cons Wanted Ahmadinejad to Win

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Neocons, Neoconservatives, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iranian Election, Iran Election, Neoconservatives Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Heritage Foundation, Daniel Pipes, World News

It is unfortunate that Ahmadinejad is apparently remaining in office despite the fact that the United States now has a reformer in the White House.

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How the Iranian Election Was Stolen

Jeremy J. Stone | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, Iran Election, Iran, Ayatollah Yazdi, Iran Elections, Iranian Election, Ahmadinejad, World News

After May polls showed that Ahmadinejad would lose the election, Ayatollah Yazdi gave the Interior Ministry employees a Fatwa authorizing the changing of votes.

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Grand Ayatollah's pronouncement is sign of disintegrating regime

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: People-Power, Nonviolent Action, Iran, Middle East, Muslim World, Iranian Election, World News

In case you missed it, another blow to the Iranian regime's legitimacy was delivered yesterday when the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri issued a statement d...

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Iran: Washington Responsible For Post-Election Protests

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran directly accused the United States of meddling in the deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election and broadened i...

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Iran's Revolution Will Be Twittered (and Blogged and YouTubed and...)

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Web 2.0, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Freedom of the Press, Twitter, Cyberattacks, Freedom, Democracy, Iran, Iranian Elections, Facebook, Iranian Election, Cyberwar, Media News

Social media hasn't only given Iranians a way to evade censorship and speak out; it has given them a way to mobilize attacks on Ahmadinejad's coalition, attacks that go beyond rallies.

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Iran's Competing Rallies Use Widely Different Tactics

GlobalPost | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Election, Iran Protests, Iranian Election, Iran, Tehran, Iran's Rallies, Iran Rally, Iran Protests 2009, Akmadinijad, Ahmadinejad, World News

TEHRAN -- With cellphone connections disrupted and SMS services shut off by the government, Mousavi demonstrators at the historic rallies in the capit...

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Guardian Council Agrees To Conduct Limited Recount In Iran's Disputed Vote

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JASON KEYSER | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Iran Election, Guardian Council Recount, Iran Election 2009, Guardian Council, Iran Riots, Iran Uprising 2009, Iranian Election, Iran 2009, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of Iranians swarmed the streets of Tehran on Tuesday in rival demonstrations over the country's disputed presidential e...

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Facing the Bushes' Iranian Whirlwind

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stolen Election, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah, Schwarzkopf, Iranian Election, Mossadegh, Politics News

The parallels between the stolen Iranian election of 2009 and the American of 2000 and 2004 are tempting. The histories -- and futures -- of the two nations are inseparable.

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We Still Must Engage Iran

Max Bergmann | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Bill Kristol, Iranian Protests, Iranian Election, World News

The Obama administration must not give Ahmedinejad the chance to claim that his fight is with Washington, and not with his own citizens.

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The New Iranian Political Party

Melody Moezzi | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iran Protests, Islamic Republic of Iran, Shiraz, Iranian Election 2009, Obama Iran Policy, Tehran, Obama Iran Engagement, Obama Iran Message, Hillary Clinton Iran, Iranian Election, World News

As members of Iran's baby-boomer generation such as myself start entering our 30s, we are sending a message to our leaders: we've grown up, we're sick of your empty promises, and we've learned how to mobilize in true Iranian style.

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Ahmadinejad Says Huge Crowds Are for "Iran's Got Talent"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Borowitz Report, Reality TV, Tehran, Andy Borowitz, Iranian Election, Satire, Comedy News

In a sign that the Iranian government is cracking down on dissent, the Interior Ministry banned most Facebook applications today, except for the "What Ayatollah Are You Most Like" game.

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"This Planet Is Screaming For Change, Morrison...": Iranian Rage As Bait For US Engagement.

Pye Ian | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Rapprochement, Russia, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iranian Election, China, World News

The momentum now is clearly in favor of assisting a beleaguered, sophisticated class of young, educated, ambitious, mobilized and networked Iranian class who are boiling over with a textbook example of an outright rage against the machine.

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Iran's Stolen Election Has Sparked an Uprising -- What Should the U.S. Do?

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Election 2009, Nonviolent Action, Democracy, Iranian Election, U.S.-Iran Relations, Iran, World News

The Iranian people alone have the right and the capability to reform or bring down the country's increasingly illegitimate regime and establish a more just and democratic society.

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Ayatollah Khamenei Orders Probe Of Iran Election Fraud

AP | ANNA JOHNSON and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — In a massive outpouring reminiscent of the Islamic Revolution three decades ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranians streamed throu...

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We Have No Standing to Complain About Election Fraud

Craig Crawford | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iranian Election, Iran, Election Fraud, Iran Election, Politics News

Under the circumstances we probably ought to leave the outrage about Iran's questionable balloting to nations with a better established record of putting the real winners in office.

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The Stealing of the Iranian Election

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iran Election, Iranian Election, World News

The stealing of the Iranian presidential elections is a dream come true for American neo-conservatives and others pushing for a more confrontational approach with Iran.

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On Iran, the Power of Obama's Silence

Patrick Disney | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Middle East, Obama Iran, Iranian Election, Iran Election, World News

Before we Americans come rushing onto the scene with an offer of help for the process of democratization in Iran, we need to be certain that it won't in fact do more harm than good.

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