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More Details on Saturday’s Demonstrations
Update This video posted by BBC is worth watching all the way to the end. Update: A friend passed on this further eyewitness account of […]
Daughter of Rafsanjani Arrested; Death Toll for Saturday at Least 10; Khatami calls for Impartial Panel
The death toll caused by the state’s crackdown on the demonstrations in Iran on Saturday has risen to 10-13, with 100 injured. The regime has […]
OSC: Larijani admits Majority Has Doubts on Election Results, Urges Respect for them
The USG Open Source Center puts into English the gist of an interview in the official Iranian press with Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani […]
Mousavi Letter Translated
The below is not my translation but was sent by a kind friend.- JRIC Mir Hossein Mousavi has published on his Web site “Kalemeh” (The […]
Truck bomb Kills 70, wounds 170 in N. Iraq
A truck bombing at a Shiite mosque in Taza, Iraq, near the northern oil city of Kirkuk killed 70 and wounded 170 just after noon […]
Mousavi Defies Khamenei; Police Attack Protesters at Inqilab Square; Downtown Tehran Burning
Mir Hosain Mousavi issued a powerful implicit denunciation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday, and insisting again that the results of the presidential election […]
It Begins
AP reports that Iranian riot police have deployed tear gas and water cannons against protesters who were gathering for another big demonstration in Tehran. Aljazeera […]
Crunch Time in Tehran; Karroubi says Protests will Go On; And, What Khamenei Said
Reformist presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi said Saturday morning that the 4 pm GMT rally on Saturday against the alleged stealing of the presidential election in […]
Live Blogging Khamenei’s Friday Sermon
A correspondent in Iran sent along these thoughts, written as Khamenei was speaking on Friday: “Rough notes…The event is like the old Red Square May […]