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Opinion: While World Looks Away, Iran Cracks Down
By Barbara Slavin - AOL NewsWhile the world focuses its attention on the unrest in Libya, and on other Middle Eastern countries trying to throw off tyrannical leaders, Iran is seizing the opportunity to increase repression of its political dissidents. On Monday, Iranian opposition websites confirmed that security forces have arrested two 2009 presidential candidates who are the nominal leaders of the dissident Green Movement -- Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi -- along with their wives. The couples had been prisoners in their homes for weeks, but even house arrest was not enough to assuage the Iranian government's ...
Iranian Demonstrators Call for Execution of Opposition Leaders
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsThousands of supporters of the Iranian regime took part in demonstrations across the country today, demanding the execution of the country's two main opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi. The two ex-presidential candidates were placed under house arrest earlier this week after being accused of organizing Monday's anti-government protest in Tehran. Two men were killed during that demonstration -- the first sizable protest held in the city for months -- and protesters are now planning a second protest on Sunday. During a prayer sermon in Tehran today, influential cleric ...
Amid Clashes, Iranian Lawmakers Want Opposition Put to Death
By not in system - AOL NewsTEHRAN, Iran -- Hardline Iranian lawmakers called on Tuesday for the country's opposition leaders to face trial and be put to death, a day after clashes between opposition protesters and security forces left two people dead and dozens injured. Tens of thousands of people turned out for the opposition rally Monday in solidarity with Egypt's popular revolt that toppled President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years in power. The demonstration was the first major show of strength from Iran's beleaguered opposition after canceling planned rallies for the past year when authorities refused ...
Police Disperse Iranian Protesters With Tear Gas
By not in system - AOL NewsTEHRAN, Iran -- Clashes between Iranian police and tens of thousands of protesters wracked central Tehran on Monday as security forces beat and fired tear gas at opposition supporters hoping to evoke Egypt's recent popular uprising. The opposition called for a demonstration Monday in solidarity with Egypt's popular revolt that a few days earlier forced the president there to resign after nearly 30 years in office. The rally is the first major show of strength for Iran's cowed opposition in more than a year. AP Iranian protesters throw stones at anti-riot police officers during an ...
Israel Gets Close Look at Archenemy Ahmadinejad
By Matthew Kalman - AOL News
JERUSALEM (Oct. 14) -- "Like a landlord visiting his domain," according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his flower-strewn progress through southern Lebanon today to deliver a triumphant, tub-thumping speech at the Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil, just two miles from the Israeli border. "The world should know that eventually the Zionists will be forced to go and will not last long. They are enemies of humanity and will have no choice but to surrender. Occupied Palestine will be liberated from the yoke of the occupation with the help of resistance ...
Iran's President Calls for US Leaders to Be 'Buried'
By not in system - AOL News
TEHRAN, Iran (Oct. 3) -- Iran's president Sunday called for U.S. leaders to be "buried" in response to what he says are American threats of military attack against Tehran's nuclear program. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is known for brash rhetoric in addressing the West, but in a speech Sunday he went a step further using a deeply offensive insult in response to U.S. statements that the military option against Iran is still on the table. "May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world," he said using language in Iran reserved for hated enemies. Atta Kenare, AFP / ...
Obama to BBC Persia: Ahmadinejad Speech Was 'Offensive and Hateful'
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyFollowing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial remarks at Thursday's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama on Friday called the statements "offensive and hateful" and "inexcusable" in an interview with the BBC's Persian network. Ahmadinejad questioned the 9/11 attacks, suggesting they might have been the result of a conspiracy to "reverse the declining American economy and its grips on the Middle East in order also to save the Zionist regime." In response, the U.S. delegation walked out during Ahmadinejad's address -- a show of defiance and ...
American Woman Released From Iran Says She's Not a Spy
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NEW YORK (Sept. 19) -- An American woman who was held in Iran for more than 13 months and accused of espionage said Sunday she and two men detained with her never spied or committed any crime, calling their arrest "a huge misunderstanding." Discussing her experience at the most length since her release Tuesday, Sarah Shourd underscored her gratitude at being released but said she felt only "one-third free" because her fiance, Shane Bauer, and their friend Josh Fattal remain in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. "This is not the time to celebrate," Shourd, 32, said at a New York news conference. ...
Iran Bail Decision on American Stirs Backlash
By not in system - AOL NewsTEHRAN, Iran (Sept. 13) -- Iran's internal battles over the handling of American detainee Sarah Shourd flared again Monday as the mouthpiece of the powerful Revolutionary Guard led the backlash against a decision to free her on $500,000 bail. The criticism by Guard-linked Fars news agency and others - including one lawmaker calling it a "bonus for Quran burners" in the United States - show the judiciary's offer to release Shourd on health grounds had failed to quiet the political tempest among Iran's conservative factions. Atta Kenare, AFP / Getty Images Sarah Shourd, here in Tehran, Iran, ...
Is Iran the Winner of the War in Iraq?
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 1) -- As Barack Obama appeared on television Tuesday to declare the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, were viewers happiest in Baghdad, Washington, D.C., or Tehran? ...
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