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Iran: we'll produce nuclear fuel by February

The Independent | Independent | Posted 01.02.2010 | Home


Iran warned today it will produce nuclear fuel on its own if there is no deal to have the West deliver the fuel in exchange for Tehran's enriched ura...

'No evidence' hostage held in Iran

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.31.2009 | Home


London and Tehran repudiate claim that UK hostage released in Iraq was held in Iran. ...

Iraq link to hostage played down

The Independent | Independent | Posted 12.31.2009 | Home


Claims that Iran masterminded the kidnap of five British contractors in Baghdad were played down by UK and Iraqi officials tonight. ...

Iran protest coverage reflects spectrum of Arab media bias

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 12.31.2009 | Home


A screenshot of Al Arabiya’s homepage showing Iran protesters. Worldfocus’ Mohamad al-Kassim writes about bias in the Arab media&...

Iran troops reportedly move into Tehran ahead of opposition rally

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.31.2009 | Home


An Iranian opposition website said on Thursday the government was moving troops and armored military vehicles to the capital on the day supporters of ...

Full Show: December 30, 2009

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 12.30.2009 | Home


Please view the original post to see the video. Watch the full show from Wednesday, December 30: The Christmas Day attempted bombing of an American je...

Iran: Opposition leader Mousavi has fled Tehran

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.30.2009 | Home


Iran's state news agency IRNA said on Wednesday that two heads of "sedition" in the country - including oppposition leader Mir Houssain Mousavi - have...

UN human rights chief: Stop excessive violence in Iran

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.30.2009 | Home


The UN's human rights chief said Wednesday that she is shocked by the recent violence in Iran and has urged the government to keep security forces fro...

Iran 'seeks Kazakh uranium'

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.30.2009 | Home


Purported intelligence report leaked as US and allies consider new sanctions....

Iran's Great Green Divide

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 12.29.2009 | World


Charlotte Safavi

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."

"After Sunday clashes in Iran, 'Green Movement' supporters take stock," by Iason Athanasiadis, The Christian Science Monitor

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 12.29.2009 | Home


The young, unemployed college graduate joined Sunday's bloody anti-regime protests in Tehran even after an army friend of his warned him that Iran's s...

Ahmadinejad: Opposition rally a Zionist, U.S.-ordered masquerade

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.29.2009 | Home


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday opposition rallies were a foreign-backed "nauseating masquerade," the official IRNA news ......

Iran accuses Britain of meddling

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.29.2009 | Home


Tehran says UK support for protesters is an interference in country's domestic affairs....

Iran MPs demand demo punishment

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.29.2009 | Home


Hundreds of opposition activists reportedly arrested after clashes in Tehran....

Full Show: December 28, 2009

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 12.28.2009 | Home


Please view the original post to see the video. Watch the full show from Monday, December 28: A day after political violence sweeps across Iran, autho...

Citizens of Iran mobilize during Ashura holiday protests

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 12.28.2009 | Home


Protests on the Shiite holiday Ashura commemorating the death of Shiite Islam’s holiest martyr, Imam Hussein, were met with severe violence yest...

The 21st Century's First Authentic Revolution

Mahmood Delkhasteh | Posted 12.28.2009 | World


Mahmood Delkhasteh

The violent confrontations in Iran this week, which resulted from widespread resistance to the brutality of the regime's various security forces, have shifted the balance of the struggle towards the people.

Reports: Iran arrests 7 in stepped-up crackdown on opposition activists

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 12.28.2009 | Home


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Opposition activists said Iranian security forces rounded up at least seven prominent activists on Monday, stepping up a cra...

Reports: Iran arrests 7 opposition activists, stepping up crackdown

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 12.28.2009 | Home


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian security forces stormed a series of opposition offices on Monday, rounding up at least seven prominent anti-governme...

Reports: Iranian opposition activists arrested day after protests turn deadly

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 12.28.2009 | Home


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian opposition Web sites say a total of seven anti-government activists have been arrested in a new crackdown on the opp...

Iran opposition leader: Tehran regime worse than the Shah

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.28.2009 | Home


Reformist Iranian cleric Mehdi Karoubi condemned the killing of eight protesters during Shiite Islam's most important observance a day earlier, saying...

Mousavi's nephew said among nine killed at Iran rallies

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.27.2009 | Home


At least nine Iranian demonstrators, including the nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, were killed on Sunday in dissident clashes with se...

'Mousavi nephew' among Iran dead

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.27.2009 | Home


State television confirms deaths during continuing clashes between police and protesters....

Mousavi's nephew said among at least 8 killed at Iran rallies

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.27.2009 | Home


At least eight Iranian demonstrators, including the nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, were killed on Sunday in dissident clashes with s...

Iran opposition: 4 protestors killed in Teheran clashes

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 12.27.2009 | Home


Four opposition supporters were killed on Sunday during clashes with police in central Tehran, reported the Iranian opposition website, Jaras. ......