Jul 1, 2009 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Press TV: Following the conclusion of a probe into the complaints into the 10th presidential elections in Iran, the Interior Ministry has ordered all election headquarters to end their activities. "Any activities by the election headquarters in provinces, cities and districts will no longer have a legal basis," warned the ministry. The Guardian Council -- Iran's ...
Continue ReadingJun 29, 2009 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Times Online: Gordon Brown stepped up the pressure on Iran to free the British Embassy employees seized in Tehran by declaring their arrests “unacceptable, unjustified and without foundation†and hinting at concerted international action. One option being considered by the European Union’s member states is for all 27 to withdraw their ambassadors from Tehran temporarily as a ...
Continue ReadingJun 29, 2009 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
TEHRAN (AP) - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. ___ Iran's election oversight body on Monday declared the hotly disputed ...
Continue ReadingJun 29, 2009 1 Comment ›› Erik Wong
Surreal images from the streets of Tehran. It doesn't look terribly calm. It DOES look like martial law. Video is out of sync with sound, so use your imagination. . LiveLeak:
Continue ReadingJun 27, 2009 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
AtlasShrugs: Minutes ago: Ghoba Mosque closed, but more than 20,000 ppl around chanting against regime, some clashes, more trying join 12:43 pm Tweetdeck: There are reports of clash between military forces and people Thousands used the anniversary of 7th. tir martyrs memorial at the Ghoba mosque to take to the streets. Continued HERE
Continue ReadingJun 27, 2009 23 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CypressTimes: Bill Turner NOW WILL YOU LISTEN? I have been begging, pleading, cajoling and insisting you get active. Let me clarify the term active for you. Active is more than calling, writing, email and faxing. Active is getting in the street with protest signs. Active is going to your senators and representatives local office and demanding to see ...
Continue ReadingJun 26, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Jerusalem Post: By AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF Iran's hard-line president lashed out again at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, re-elected this month in a disputed vote that sparked huge protests, said the US response to the turmoil was a mistake and hinted it could imperil Obama's aim of improving relations ...
Continue ReadingJun 26, 2009 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
TEHRAN (AP) - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. ___ A senior cleric on Friday urged Iran's protest leaders to ...
Continue ReadingJun 25, 2009 7 Comments ›› Erik Wong
This is an outstanding video interview of the man who tried to save Neda. It’s about 19 minutes long but take the time to watch it…..one of the more shocking things to come out of it was that the crowd caught the gunman, and after taking his ID and picture let him go: . FloppingAces:
Continue ReadingJun 25, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
TEHRAN (AP) - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. ___ Iranian authorities briefly arrested dozens of university professors who met ...
Continue ReadingJun 25, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Only thing is, Bush would have whooped his sorry ass out of town by now. TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Barack Obama on Thursday of behaving like his predecessor toward Iran and said there was not much point in talking to Washington unless the U.S. president apologized. (EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media ...
Continue ReadingJun 24, 2009 35 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Forbes: President Obama has staked his reputation on being a human rights guru to people around the world. But his remarks at Tuesday's news conference and behavior since taking office have instead exposed a different persona--that of human rights charlatan. On June 15, three days after the phony Iranian elections and the same day that seven Iranian ...
Continue ReadingJun 24, 2009 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
RealClearPolitics: Here is the one immutable fact of President Barack Obama's foreign policy agenda as it relates to Iran: It's over. The rule book he came in with is as irrelevant as a tourist guide to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the forces of reform and democracy win, Obama's plan to negotiate with the regime is moot, for ...
Continue ReadingJun 24, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Times Online: The Iranian regime has appointed one of its most feared prosecutors to interrogate reformists arrested during demonstrations, prompting fears of a brutal crackdown against dissent. Relatives of several detained protesters have confirmed that the interrogation of prisoners is now being headed by Saaed Mortazavi, a figure known in Iran as “the butcher of the ...
Continue ReadingJun 23, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CAIRO (AP) - Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the outcome of the presidential election: holding up posters, shouting from rooftops and turning on car headlights. But the restrained expressions of discontent appeared to be scattered as Iran's ruling clerics dealt the opposition new ...
Continue ReadingJun 23, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
FOX News: Relatives and friends of Neda Soltan, the 26-year-old protester who's become an international symbol of Iranian resistance, wanted her to be remembered for her love of music and passion for travel. "She was a person full of joy," the Los Angeles Times quotes her music teacher and close friend Hamid Panahi, who was among mourners ...
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