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Is Katherine Harris in Tehran?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Dennis Ross, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Middle East, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Barack Obama, World News

While Iranians yearn for an end to their isolation, what has driven hundreds of thousands to the polls and subsequently into the streets is the boiling resentment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Khaste Nabahsheen (Don't Be Tired)

Davyde Wachell | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Documentary, Tehran, Iran, Filmmaking, Iran Film, Mousavi, Iran Election, Iran Riot, Media News

In our first days of casting in Tehran we met a 75-year-old dervish who asked incredulously, "Why have you come here to make a film? Imagination is illegal, creativity is illegal, life here is illegal."

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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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Did Ahmadinejad Actually Win?

Taylor Marsh | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Iran Elctions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, Iran Election, World News

Everyone needs to take a deep breath, especially if you're not in Iran and are sitting safely behind the walls of our democratic republic.

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Tehelka in Tehran

Parvez Sharma | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Ministry of Interior Arrests, Ahmadinejad, Un, Tehran, World News

This is a first person account from the filmmaker James Longley, who was violently detained in Tehran.

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Inside Iran: Tehran Student Mourns For Her Country

The Independent | "Maryam" | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran Election, Iran Election 2009, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Tehran Now, World News

"Maryam" I The Independent I cannot put my feeling into words. I can only express my sorrow for my country. The result is unbelievable. It is a blata...

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Ahmadinejad opponents shout protests from rooftops

AP | ANNA JOHNSON and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Election 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, Iran Violence, Iran Election Violence, Iran Election, Ahmadinejad, Iran Protests, Iranian Election, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Protesters battled police over Iran's disputed election and shouted their opposition from the rooftops Sunday, but President Mahm...

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IRAN VIOLENCE: Protesters Chant "Death To The Dictator, Death To Ahmadinejad"

msn.com | Posted 07.14.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Election, Iran Protests, Iranian Election, Iran Election 2009, Iran Riots, Iran, Tehran, Iran Violence, World News

TEHRAN, Iran - Riot police clashed with protesters Saturday after officials said the count in Iran's presidential election pointed to a landslide vict...

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Iranian Election: Massive Campaign Rallies Are Reminiscent Of The Revolution

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

The street gatherings that are taking place in the last days and nights before the Iranian election are reminiscent of the sorts of rallies and demonstrations that were eventually called the Revolution.

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Iran's First Female President: Not Gonna Happen

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Law, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Al Zahra University, Iran Presidential Election, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mehdi Karroubi, Zahra Rahnavard, First Lady, Mohsen Rezai, Supreme Jurist, Tehran, Female, Guardian Council, Dr. Zahra Rahnavard, Vetting, Iran Reformists, Women, Parliament, Iran Supreme Leader, Hijab, Women Voters, Hejab, University, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Women, Women and Politics, Candidate, Chancellor, Presidential Election, Iran Women's Rights, Tehran-Iran, World News

In a society where about 70% of the university population is female, the election vetting process is a sad comment on the true condition of Iran's girls and women: second-class citizens.

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Decision 2009 -- Iran's June 12 Elections

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Dennis Ross, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Centrifuges, Mehdi Karroubi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tehran, Israel, Supreme Leader, Mohsen Rezaei, Beshehr, Natanz, World News

As President Obama calibrates his engagement policy with Iran and plans his next steps with the vexing Islamic Republic, that nation will go to the polls on June 12 to elect a president.

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Hostage Diplomacy: Roxana Saberi and the Three Jailed Iranian Diplomats

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Roxana Saberi, Evin Prison, President Ahmadinejad, The Revolutionary Guard, Barack Obama, Tehran, World News

The US has to come to the realization that it's impossible to take three Iranian diplomats hostage for almost two years, no matter what you call them, and then expect the Iranian government to release Roxana Saberi.

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Mislabeled Israeli-Grown Oranges Spark Panic In Iran

Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Oranges in Iran, Foreign Affairs, Tehran, Iran, Israel, Israel Iran, Jaffa Oranges, China, Advocacy, Israeli Oranges, Jaffa, World News

Here's a juicy story: Panic erupted over the weekend in Tehran after Iranian authorities were horrified to discover that citrus fruit being snatched u...

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Roxana Saberi's Parents Visit Her In Jail After Iran's Judiciary Chief Orders Full Investigation Into Case

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Us Iran Relations, Roxana Saberi Convicted, Press Freedom, Roxana Saberi, Tehran, Roxana Saberi Trial, Iran, Us Journalist Iran, Iran Press Freedom, Foreign Affairs, Obama Roxana Saberi, Roxana Saberi's, Roxana Saberi Parents, Roxana Saberi's Mother, Saberi Jail, Swimsuit Roxana Saberi, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's judiciary ordered a full investigation Monday into the case of an American journalist imprisoned for allegedly spying for ...

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Iranian Dissidents Abroad At Risk Of Having Nowhere To Go

Economist | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Iranian Dissidents, Iran Human Rights, Camp Ashraf, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Tehran, Camp Ashraf Detainees, Iraq, Advocacy, World News

"IT WAS one of the strangest places I'd ever seen," says one of the few Farsi-speaking Westerners to have spent weeks in Camp Ashraf, 65km (40 miles) ...

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Roxana Saberi's Parents Going To Iran To Fight For Daughter's Return

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Roxana Saberi Arrest, Roxana Saberi Iran, Foreign Affairs, Journalist in Iran, Roxana Saberi, Tehran, Iran, Advocacy, World News

Reporting from Tehran and Beirut -- The parents of an Iranian American journalist being detained in an Iranian prison were scheduled to arrive in Tehr...

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Why Is President Obama Not Protecting American Citizens Abroad?

Sam Sedaei | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Human Rights, Guantanamo, Roxana Saberi, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Barack Obama, Tehran-Iran, World News

How could President Obama speak up for humane treatment of foreign detainees at Guantanamo, but keep silent on the torture and mistreatment of Americans in Iran's Guantanamo?

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Mir-Sayafi: Iranian Blogger's Writings Bring Him To Life

Huffington Post | Telmah Parsa | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Omidreza, Iranian Blogger Died, Iran Free Speech, Iranian Blogger, Evin Prison, Hesam Firouzi, Omid-Reza, Omid-Reza Mir-Sayafi, Tehran, Iran, Omidreza Mirsayaf, Bloggers in Danger, World News

"I have never been a person who would stoop to self-censoring and will never be," wrote young Iranian blogger Omid-Reza Mir-Sayafi on his blog in 2006...

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Iranian Businessman Charged In Weapons Smuggling Scheme

Washington Post | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Smuggling, Hossein Ali Khoshnevisrad, Doj, Gun Running, Commerce Department, Tehran, Iran, Justice Department, Iranian Weapons Smuggler, Weapons Smuggling, World News

A Tehran businessman at the center of an alleged international weapons-trafficking scheme was charged today in federal court with violating U.S. expor...

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Sheep Heads, Brains And Hooves Are Delicacies In Iran

Washington Post | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Iranian Society, Iranian Food, Iranian Culture, Sheep Brains, Persian Culture, Sheep Head, Persian Food, Iran, Tehran, Sheep Hooves, Sheep, World News

Khayyam Street, the entrance to Tehran's grand bazaar, was still covered in darkness. The fluorescent lamp outside the Ali 110 restaurant was a rare b...

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Iran Arrests Up To 70 Students After Rare Protest In Tehran

BBC NEWS | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Amir Kabir University, Iran Opposition, Iran Protests, Iran Students, Iran, Tehran, Amir Kabir, Amir Kabir Protests, World News

A group of Iranian students are reported to have been arrested following a rare show of opposition to government policies....

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Iran And The Future Of Afghanistan

Council on Foregin Relations | Greg Bruno and Lionel Beehner | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: US Military, Council on Foreign Relations, Afghan Taliban, Middle East, Afghanistan, Middle East Politics, Cfr, Iran, Tehran, Taliban, US Military Afghanistan, Iran Nuclear, President Bush, Iran Nuclear Program, General Petraeus, World News

In crafting a new approach to the war in Afghanistan, U.S. military and political leaders say Iran-once dubbed a member of the "axis of evil" by ...

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Iran's Anti-Americanism Not Easily Undone With New US President

The Christian Science Monitor | Scott Peterson | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama Iran, Ayatollah, Anti-Americanism, Obama Ahmadinejad, Iran Ayatollah, Tehran and US, Ayatollah Ali Khameni, Tehran Diplomacy, Tehran, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ahmadinejad, World News

"On that day when the United States of America will praise us, we should mourn," said Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revol...

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British Council Closes Culture Center In Iran, Local Staff 'Intimidated'

The Guardian | Julian Borger, Diplomatic Editor | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: William Burns, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Cultural and Eduational Center, Tehran, British Council, Iranian Government, Iranian Nuclear Program, Iran, World News

The British Council has stopped work in Iran because of "intimidation and harassment" of its staff by the Iranian government, it will be announced tod...

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