Iranian election and its aftermath - article collection

compiled by Sheila Musaji

This will be updated regularly.  At this point in time the best and most up to date information can be found at:  Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/ - Josh Marshall’s Talkiing Points Memo http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/  - Juan Cole’s Informed Comment http://www.juancole.com/  - Nico Pitney liveblogging on the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html  - The Lede, New York Times blog http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/landslide-or-fraud-the-debate-online-over-irans-election-results/?partner=rss&emc=rss and now latest updates http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/latest-updates-on-irans-disputed-election/  - The Iranian http://www.iranian.com/ - Iran protests live, Guardian, U.K. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/blog/2009/jun/21/iran-unrest-live

The most recent postings by date are at the bottom of this article.

BACKGROUND:

Karima Alavi blog posting journals and letters from her travels to Iran (78-79 and 03-04) http://www.karimadianealaviblog.com/
Amnesty International Human Rights Report on Iran http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/iran
Hierarchy of power in Iran http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/06/28/weekinreview/20090628_MARSH_GRFK.html
Fatemeh Kashevarz blog posts at Windows on Iran http://windowsoniran.wordpress.com/
Iran 101: Understanding the unrest http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/18/iran.101.explainer.qa/
Iran and the West: A History of Violence, Eric Margolis http://www.ericmargolis.com/political_commentaries/iran-and-the-west-a-history-of-violence.aspx
Preparing the Battlefield: The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran,  Seymour M. Hersh http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh?currentPage=all
Profile:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4107270.stm
Profile: Assembly of Experts? http://middleeast.about.com/od/iran/f/assembly-of-experts.htm 
Profile: Ayatollah http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-ayatollah.htm
Profile: The Basij http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basij
Profile: The Guardian Council http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/iran_power/html/guardian_council.stm
Profile: Guardianship of the Jurists (Valiyat al-faqih) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokumat-e_Islami_:_Velayat-e_faqih_(book_by_Khomeini)
Profile:

, Iran’s supreme leader http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/14/ali-husseini-khamenei-background-iran
Profile:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3034742.stm
Profile:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1373476.stm and http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/02/200928161948353851.html
Profile:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3625155.stm
Profile:

http://middleeast.about.com/od/iran/p/mir-hossein-moussavi-profile.htm and http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6510974.ece and http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/world/middleeast/18moussavi.html?_r=1
Profile:

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/r/ali_akbar_hashemi_rafsanjani/index.html?inline=nyt-per
Profile: Revolutionary Guards http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7064353.stm
Profile:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yousef_Sanei
Profile:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3033306.stm
Profile: Iran’s Supreme Leader http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran
Sunni Shiah Unity Resources - collection of articles, compiled by Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/sunni_shiah_unity_resources1/
Timeline: Iran’s Islamic Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Iranian_Islamic_revolution
Timeline: The road to Iran’s election and its aftermath http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55F23520090616
Timeline:  Ups and downs in British-Iranian ties http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40648120090628
Timeline: U.S. - Iran ties http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3362443.stm
U.S. intervention in Iran (video by Keith Olbermann) http://digg.com/politics/US_Intervention_in_Iran#
Wikipedia: 2009 Iranian election protests http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_election_protests
Who Controls Iran’s Military And How Big Is It? http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/who-controls-irans-military-and-how-big-is-it.html
Who Rules Iran? A Primer on the Islamic Republic’s Power Structure http://middleeast.about.com/od/iran/a/who-rules-iran.htm 
Who Holds the Power in Iran? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/iran_power/html/default.stm
Who Runs Iran, Bronwen Maddox http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6511245.ece
Who’s Who in Iran http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/627590.stm
1953 overthrow of the democratically-elected government of Iranian Prime Minister

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d’%C3%A9tat

PREVIOUS ARTICLES ON IRAN on The American Muslim site:

http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/iran_article_collection/0017423

PRIOR TO THE ELECTION:

The Iran Election: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spencer Ackerman http://washingtonindependent.com/46708/the-iran-election-curb-your-enthusiasm
Iran Election: What Is At Stake, Stuart Whatley http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/01/iran-election-what-is-at_n_209842.html
Iran election race tightens, Christiane Amanpour http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/11/amanpour.iran.poll/
Iran’s old guard are poised to crush any hope of revolution, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-irans-old-guard-are-poised-to-crush-any-hope-of-revolution-1703225.html
Iran’s Riveting Political Drama, Reza Aslan http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-10/irans-riveting-political-drama/
John McCain election ad about Iran http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/preconditions.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html

THE ELECTION - JUNE 12, 2009 -

34% on JUNE 13, 2009

AFTER THE ELECTION:

After a Disputed Election, Tehran’s Streets Become a Battleground, Nahid Siamdoust http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1904577,00.html

challenges Obama anew to a debate, Bridget Johnson http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ahmadinejad-challenges-obama-anew-to-a-debate-2009-06-14.html

whips crowd to frenzy as opposition muzzled http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ahmadinejad-whips-crowd-to-frenzy-as-opposition-muzzled-1705296.html

wins landslide http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3423/html/
Al-Arabiya protests Tehran news bureau closure http://digitalproductionme.com/article-1412-al_arabiya_protests_tehran_news_bureau_closure/
An Ayatollah (

) Dissents http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/an-ayatollah-dissents.html
An Emboldened Leader Seals Unity of Iran’s Elite, Bill Keller http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/world/middleeast/15assess.html?hp
Class v. Culture Wars in Iranian Elections: Rejecting Charges of a North Tehran Fallacy, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/class-v-culture-wars-in-iranian.html
Concerns for Violence Against

Supporters Grow http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/06/electionupdate2/
Culture war erupts in Iran, Patrick Martin http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/culture-war-erupts-in-iran/article1181728/
Difficult moment for Iran - and world, John Simpson http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099374.stm
EU Nations Criticize Iran Election, Concerned Over Protests http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526223,00.html
Iran authorities ban planned opposition march http://www.southernledger.com/ap/282844/Iran_authorities_ban_planned_opposition_march
Iran Cracks Down on Protests After

Election Success, Ladane Nasseri and Ali Sheikholeslami http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aAdboeuv4f98
Iran Clamps Down On Protests, Press http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/14/world/main5087285.shtml
Iran closes Arabic satellite news channel’s Tehran bureau http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273128,iran-closes-arabic-satellite-news-channels-tehran-bureau—summary.html
Iran election result makes a U.S. overture more difficult, Paul Richter http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran14-2009jun14,0,5902993.story
Iran erupts as voters back ‘the Democrator’, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-iran-erupts-as-voters-back-the-democrator-1704810.html
Iran puts curbs on media http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iHxXhGb26ofhaxxeVxcD4Zw1yeNQD98QNJA80
Iran reformists held after street clashes, John Simpson http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099218.stm
Iran vote stuns voices for reform, opening to West http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2009/June/middleeast_June387.xml
The Iranian Rebellion: Will Obama stand with Tehran’s democratic reformers? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124501928874713539.html
Iranians heat up post-election protests http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/15/iranians-heat-up-election-protests/
Tehran warns, ‘There will be no velvet revolution!’, Shiva Bhalaghi http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/dear-friendsbelow-ive-compiled-some-information-on-whats-happening-in-irantoday-from-various-sourcessomethings-happen.html
Iran’s Clarifying Election: No longer can anyone pretend theocracy and democracy are compatible, Amir Taheri http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124502114089613711.html
Iran’s Election and its Economy, Erica Alini http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/06/14/irans-election-and-its-economy/
Iran’s Election Results Stoke Global Debate Amid Some Calls to Challenge Ahmadinejad Victory, U.S. and European Allies Commit to Engaging Tehran Over Proliferation http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124499485944713205.html
Iran’s military coup, Reza Aslan http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-15/irans-military-coup/
Iran’s Presidential Farce: ‘Death to the Dictator’, Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/06/14/irans-presidential-farce-death-to-the-dictator/
Mir Hossein Mousavi letter http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/13/mousavi-letter/  - Mousavi email http://www.scribd.com/doc/16412731/Mousavis-Announcment-24-June-2009
Mobile phones, Facebook, YouTube cut in Iran http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jSPlmVgh-SfeEO9WhpOVG6Slnu0w

plans speech on Monday http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/renewed-clashes-in-tehran-as-moussavi-plans-speech_100204969.html

supporters plan rallies in Tehran and other cities on Monday http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061400987.html

seeks permission for rallies in Iran http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98106&sectionid=351020101

wife today called for a united, peaceful demonstration across 20 cities from 4pm tomorrow Monday, and a national strike on Tuesday http://twitter.com/TehranBureau/status/2166432810
Netanyahu could use Iran vote in policy speech http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD98QFG681
Politicians from many countries react to Iranian election http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSTRE55C17K20090613
Poll results prompt Iran protests http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009613172130303995.html
Post-Election Demonstrations, Violence, Arrests, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/post-election-demonstrations-violence.html
Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now, Shirin Sidighi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shirin-sadeghi/post-election-iran-what-a_b_215349.html
The Power Behind Ahmadinejad’s Disputed Win:

, Tony Karon http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1904589,00.html
Protests Flare in Tehran as Opposition Disputes Vote, Robert F. Worth and Nazila Fathi http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/world/middleeast/14iran.html?_r=1

  has apparently just resigned as chairman of the Expediency Council http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/14/iran/
Re-election of

illustrates growing Iranian threat, say Israeli officials, Karin Laub http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/06/israeli_officials_iran_vote_shows_growing_threat.php?ref=fpa
Reverberations as Door Slams on Hope of Change, Bill Keller http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/world/middleeast/14memo.html?_r=1&hpw
Statistical Report Purporting to Show Rigged Iranian Election Is Flawed, Nate Silver http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/statistical-evidence-does-not-prove.html
Stealing the Iranian Election, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/stealing-iranian-election.html
Tehran blocks broadcasts from BBC http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jPnTo_78Zp4rlDBZ1xVZDJ35b4zQ
Thousands protest at Iran vote result http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090614/FOREIGN/706139890/1002
US/Israeli Neocons Celebrate Ahmadinejad Victory as Iran Burns, Mark Eades http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eades/2009/06/usisraeli-neocons-celebrate-ah.php?ref=reccafe
Was election a military coup, Brian Ulrich http://americanfootprints.com/drupal/node/4435
What

win means for Iran, Israel and the United States, Christopher Dickey http://www.newsweek.com/id/201934
Widespread Clashes in Tehran, Jason Rezaian http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/13/widespread-clashes-in-tehran/
Will Iran Get The Revolution It Needs?, Pejman Yousefzadeh http://newledger.com/2009/06/will-iran-get-the-revolution-it-needs/
Wishful thinking from Tehran, Abbas Barzegar http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/13/iranian-election

MONDAY JUNE 15, 2009

A Counter-Coup Brews In Iran, Ramin Ahmadi http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/15/isfahan-tabriz-tehran-iranian-election-opinions-contributors-mousavi-ahmadinejad.html
A Coup In Three Steps, Abbas Milani http://core.insightexpressai.com/adServer/showInvite.aspx?uninvite=0&branding=0&SiteID=&BannerID=148928&CampaignID=1657&redir=http%3A//core.insightexpressai.com/adServer/acceptInvite.aspx%3FBannerID%3D148928%26referrer%3Dwww.forbes.com%26adiqs%3Desi%253dtrue%2526bannerID%253d148928%2526referer%253dwww.forbes.com%26
About those Iranian public opinion polls http://voices.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2009/06/about_those_iran_polls.html?hpid=topnews

delays Russia visit http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55E1DS20090615

Says Huge Crowds are for ‘Iran’s Got Talent’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/ahmadinejad-says-huge-cro_b_215691.html

whips crowd to frenzy as opposition muzzled, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/ahmadinejad-whips-crowd-to-frenzy-as-opposition-muzzled-1705296.html

is who Iranians want http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jun/15/iran-election-polling

won. Get over it, Flynt Leverett http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23745.html
BBC’s Jon Leyne, in Tehran, says he understands plain-clothed militias have been authorised to use live ammunition for the first time http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099952.stm
citizen journalism round-up http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/15/iran-election-protests-blogs
CNN summary of events to date http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/15/iran-shows-signs-of-reining-in-unrest/
Could

Be Vulnerable? http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1904729,00.html
Dashing Fabricated Hopes: The Meaning of

Victory, Pierre Tristam http://middleeast.about.com/b/2009/06/13/dashing-fabricated-hopes-the-meaning-of-ahmadinejads-victory.htm
EU calls for full probe in Iran http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=977424&lang=eng_news
‘Extraordinary Amount of Wishful Thinking’ by US http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,630552,00.html
Global Fallout, from Cairo to Washington, Bruce Crumley http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1904678_1904689,00.html?xid=rss-specials
How Did the Iranians Really Vote?, Eric Etheridge http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/morning-skim-how-did-the-iranians-really-vote/
How Did the Hardliners Pull Off a Coup?,  Haroon Moghul http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/international/1561/undemocratic_republic_of_iran%3A_how_did_the_hardliners_pull_off_a_coup
Iran curbs media http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200961581957321161.html
Iran opposition figure sees leadership rift http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSDAH533476
The Iranian Election and a Hysterical Media, Ron Jacobs http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/the-iranian-election-and-a-hysterical-media/
The Iranian People Speak,  Ken Ballen and Patrick Doherty http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061401757.html
Iran’s Election: None of America’s Business, Justin Raimondo http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/06/14/irans-election-none-of-americas-business/
Iran’s supreme leader (

) sides with Ahmedinejad http://www.americablog.com/2009/06/irans-supreme-leader-sides-with.html
Iran’s unsuprising farce, Robert Tait http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/15/iran-elections-ahmadinejad

orders mullahs to probe vote count http://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/15/khameini-orders-mullahs-to-probe-vote-count/

supports peaceful protest http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLF570302
Message From Mousavi by phone http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/message-from-mousavi.html

appears at rally in Tehran http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/15/defeated-iran-candidate-appears-at-rally-4/ and http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/15/75997.html
Obama vs.

, Eboo Patel http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/2009/06/obama_vs_ahmadinejad.html#more
Obama’s Iran dilemma http://www.motherjones.com/foreign-policy/2009/06/obamas-iran-dilemma
Pictures: ‘Iran Elections Protest’ http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/features/article_1483685.php/In_Pictures_Iran_Elections_Protest  and http://i.friendfeed.com/964a1db90888ea24557e85045a2dc37f45099133 and http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/2009/06/mousavi.php?img=1&ref=fpa  and http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/irans_disputed_election.html
Protests Reflect Wider Splits, Gary Thomas http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-15-voa60.cfm
Pro-Mousavi Crowd Defy Iran Protest Ban http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Iran-Election-Mirhossein-Mousavi-
Supporters-Plan-Rally-In-Tehran-Against-Ahmadinejad-Victory/Article/200906315305665?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_1&lid=ARTICLE_15305665_Iran_Election%3A_Mirhossein_Mousavi_Supporters_Plan_Rally_In_Tehran_Against_Ahmadinejad_Victory
Repressive Islamic rule loses its lustre, Irfan Yusuf http://www.altmuslim.com/a/a/a/3129/
Shots fired at Tehran Rally http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8101098.stm and http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD98R7JVG2
Tens of thousands defy ban to march in Tehran in support of Mousavi http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6503944.ece
Turmoil follows silent protest, Afshin Salimpour http://tehranbureaublog.blogspot.com/2009/06/turmoil-follows-silent-protest.html
Updates on Iran’s Disputed Election, Robert Mackey http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/mondays-updates-on-irans-disputed-election/?hp
Undemocratic Republic of Iran: How Did the Hardliners Pull Off a Coup?,  Haroon Moghul http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/international/1561/undemocratic_republic_of_iran%3A_how_did_the_hardliners_pull_off_a_coup
U.N.‘s Ban Ki Moon says respect Iranian people’s will http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE55E49120090615
U.S. “deeply troubled” by Iran election outcome http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE55E4H520090615
Video: violence on Iran’s streets http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/jun/15/iran-election-protests
Video:  protests in Tehran http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey9Kgf-cB40
Video: protests in Tabriz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnzMlhBst1o
Videos: protests in Iran June 15 http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/06/video_protests_in_iran.php?ref=fpblg
White House Notes “Concerns” Over Iran, Mark Knoller http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/15/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5089552.shtml
World reacts to Iranian election result http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iran.elections.world.reaction/

TUESDAY JUNE 16, 2009

7 confirmed dead from yesterday’s shootings http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/16/2009-06-16_targeted_recount_in_iran_as_violence_escalates_7_confirmed_dead.html
120 professors resign and join sit-in by students in Tehran University http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6509/1/

was arrested http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSDAH619963

supporters hold unity rally http://www.islamonline.com/news/articles/34/Ahmadinejad_supporters_hold_unity_rally_.html

travels to summit in Russia http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124514843729318409.html#mod=article-outset-box
An Iron Cleric (

), Now Blinking http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/world/middleeast/16cleric.html?scp=4&sq=iran%20&st=cse
Are fists unclenching in Iran?, Adam Cameron http://www.altmuslim.com/a/a/a/3132/
Are You Ready For War With Demonized Iran?,  Paul Craig Roberts http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22844.htm
Better relations with Iran require Change in U.S. Thinking and Policy, Ivan Eland http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/63448
The “Bomb Iran” contingent’s newfound concern for The Iranian People, Glenn Greenwald http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/16/iran/index.html
Dueling Demonstrations in Tehran, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/dueling-demonstrations-in-tehran.html - and At opposite ends of Tehran’s great avenue, the two Irans gathered http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/16/iran-tehran-protesters-violence-election
Gordon Brown: West must not take sides in Iran http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gFE4gvAEEv39bOJoZmVZHfzqSYhA
For A Prudent Idealism (not taking sides in Iran situation) http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/06/16/for-a-prudent-idealism.aspx
Guarding the Revolution, Afshin Rattansi http://www.counterpunch.org/rattansi06162009.html
History floods Iran’s moment, Ian Black http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/16/iran-revolution-freedom-tehran-rally
Iran bars foreign media from reporting on streets http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD98RP8GO2  - if seen on street with cameras they will be arrested http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/16/world/worldwatch/entry5091219.shtml
Iran Election Poses Dilemma for Obama Administration, Gary Thomas http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-16-voa55.cfm
Iran ‘to hold election recount’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8102400.stm
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Shirin Ebadi Calls For New Elections http://www.rferl.org/content/feature/1755897.html
Iranian Speaker (

) Condemns Attack On University Students http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Speaker_Condemns_Attack_On_University_Students/1755581.html
Iran’s Human Rights Activists Being Arrested, Nobel Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi Tells NPR http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/06/ebadi.html

calls for calm as unrest grows http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/16/iran-elections-rally-tehran
The Larger Context of the 2009 Iranian Elections,  Reza Fiyouzat http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22845.htm
Limited recount possible in Iran’s disputed vote, Akbar Dareini & Nasser Karimi http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD98ROFAO3

calls for three days of mourning starting Wednesday to commemorate the deaths those killed in clashes in recent days. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-protests17-2009jun17,0,2676845.story
Mousavi calls off today’s rally “to protect lives” http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLG520379
Obama guarded in Tehran criticism, Anne Davies http://www.theage.com.au/world/obama-guarded-in-tehran-criticism-20090616-cgin.html
Obama: Little Difference in Policy Between Ahmadinejad, Mousavi http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-16-voa59.cfm
Protesters aren’t about ending the Islamic Revolution, they’re about getting back to it, Ali Gharib http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/ali-gharib-writesthe-regime-is-not-going-to-collapse-and-thats-not-the-goal-of-any-of-those-marching-tehrans-streetsthis-i.html

gambit backfires,  M K Bhadrakumar http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF16Ak05.html
Recount announced in disputed areas as uprising grows http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/16/iran-elections-protests-recount
Recount Offer Fails to Quell Political Tumult in Iran http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/middleeast/17iran.html?_r=2
Revolutionary Guards Arrested in Iran http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2009/jun/15/revolutionary-guards-arrested-iran/
Some reformist leaders are being arrested http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=98257&sectionid=351020101 -

arrested http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSDAH619963
The Supreme Leader’s (

) Next Move, Laura Secor http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/06/laura-secor-the-supreme-leaders-next-move.html
Supreme leader (

) under pressure http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009616184556951795.html
Thousands rally again in streets of Iran’s capital, Ali Akbar Dareini & Nasser Karimi http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD98S009O2
Video: The CIA’s Iranian Plan? http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22839.htm
What do Iranians want? http://www.rferl.org/content/pressrelease/1755095.html
What’s New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller Up To In Iran? http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/media_people/whats_new_york_times_executive_editor_bill_keller_up_to_in_iran_119101.asp
Who’s Fighting Who in Iran’s Struggle?, Trita Parsi http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1904989,00.html

WEDNESDAY June 17, 2009

Reza Aslan on CNN: Emergency meeting of the Assembly of Experts in Qom called by

http://www.mideastmonitoring.com/2009/06/reza-aslan-on-cnn-emergency-meeting-of.html
Criminalizing Dissent: Obama Pot Calls Iranian Kettle Black, Dave Lindorff http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff06172009.html
Don’t Assume Ahmadinejad Really Lost, Robert Baer http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090616/wl_time/08599190495300
Extraordinary scenes: Robert Fisk in Iran http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/17/2600571.htm
Fear has gone in a land that has tasted freedom, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-fear-has-gone-in-a-land-that-has-tasted-freedom-1706912.html
Feeling better about Iran, Deepak Chopra http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/06/15/chopra061509.DTL
Iran: Foreign media supporting ‘hooligans’ http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/17/iran.journalists/
Iran Faces Greater Risks Than It Knows, Paul Craig Roberts http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22856.htm
The Iranian System Chooses the Hard Path, Fathi al-Maraghy http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1243825401856&pagename=Zone-English-Muslim_Affairs%2FMAELayout
Iranians want more democracy, Ken Ballen and Patrick Doherty http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/ballen.iranian.democracy/ (update of their previous article The Iranian People Speak posted on Monday)
Iran’s Culture Clash, Richard Bulliet http://www.agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=2032
“Iran’s Rural Vote and Election Fraud”, a Must Read, Abdallah Schleifer http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/irans_rural_vote_and_election_fraud_a_must_read/0017405
Israeli Effort to Destabilize Iran Via Twitter #IranElection http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/06/proof-israeli-effort-to-destabilize-iran-via-twitter/ - Jewish Post responds to this claim http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184858248&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Mohammad of Vancouver:

is exploiting the crisis http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/tehran-is-burning-but-who-is-fuelling-the-fires——based-on-opinion-polls-conducted-a-few-weeks-before-the-election-by-terr.html

slams election, confirming split http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iran/story/70155.html

calls for a rally on Thursday http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD98SD3VO4

calls day of mourning for Iran dead http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55F54520090617
Questions grow as Ahmadinejad stays out of sight http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/18/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-iran
Revolutionary Guards issue warning to media http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election_211
US confirms it asked Twitter to stay open to help Iran protesters http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/17/obama-iran-twitter
U.S. Conservatives’ Dangerous Iran Response Runs Off the Rails http://www.nsnetwork.org/node/1340
US sees both Iran rivals as hostile http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/2009616235841279404.html
What’s behind Iran’s power struggle, Scott Peterson http://www.islamicity.com/m/news_frame.asp?Frame=1&referenceID=44839
Will the looming war between Iran and Israel now be averted?, Johann Hari http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-will-the-looming-war-between-iran-and-israel-now-be-averted-1706858.html

THURSDAY, June 18, 2009

A song from 1979 revolution in Iran http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/a-song-from-1979.html
Are the Protests in Iran Getting Hijacked?,  Jasmin Ramsey http://www.alternet.org/world/140751/are_the_protests_in_iran_getting_hijacked/?page=entire
Basij militia declared Friday a day for the Iranian nation to renew its allegiance to Khamenei http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/18/iran.university/
BBC Caught In Mass Public Deception With Iran Propaganda http://www.prisonplanet.com/bbc-caught-in-mass-public-deception-with-iran-propaganda.html
Cutting the Gordian Knot, Michael J. Totten http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/totten/70541
Day of Mourning, Protests, Called by

on Thursday, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/day-of-mourning-protests-called-by.html
Death toll reaches 32 http://www.newsobserver.com/1573/story/1573122.html
Former Iranian deputy prime minister

arrested out of hospital bed by Basij http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/17/iran.activist.arrested/
Experts See No ‘Smoking Gun’ for Iran Election Fraud,  Andrew Beatty http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1706271
Guardian Council Offers to Meet With Presidential Candidates http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061800657.html
Guardian estimates over 1 million at todays protests http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/jun/18/iran-unrest
Iran Has Had Enough of the Mullahs, Afshin Ellian http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124528279284625447.html
Iranians to Obama: Hush, Azadeh Moaveni http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-17/iranians-to-obama-hush/?cid=hp:blogunit1
Iran’s Balance of Power Has Been Upended—Is the Country Teetering Toward Civil War?,  Robert Dreyfuss http://www.alternet.org/world/140727/iran%27s_balance_of_power_has_been_upended_—_is_the_country_teetering_toward_civil_war/
Iran’s National Interest,  Daniel M Pourkesali http://www.iranian.com/main/node/68367
Iran’s supreme leader (

) to speak at site of crackdown on Friday http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/18/iran.university/
Is this how a regime that has conducted a free election behaves?, Phillip Weiss http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/is-this-how-a-regime-that-has-conducted-a-free-election-behaves-.html

to toe the line over election or be cast out http://cdn.optmd.com/V2/62428/118292/index.html?g=Af////8=&r=www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6531648.ece

statement to protest today http://niacblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/post-election-iran-as-it-develops/
Secret letter ‘proves

won poll’, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-secret-letter-proves-mousavi-won-poll-1707896.html
Twitter, Israel and media coverage of the Iranian election protests, John W. Kennedy http://www.examiner.com/x-9063-Faith—Media-Examiner~y2009m6d18-Twitter-Israel-and-media-coverage-of-the-Iranian-election-protests
Twitter 1, CNN 0 http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13856224
US values ‘free and fair’ election in Iran, Iranian Press TV http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98407&sectionid=3510203
Videos of Iran rallys http://www.youtube.com/user/kosoofvid
Void the Elections or Risk Violence, Shirin Ebadi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shirin-ebadi/iranian-authorities-must_b_217597.html
What Do We Really Know About Iran’s Election?, Kathy Gill http://themoderatevoice.com/35887/what-do-we-really-know-about-irans-election/
Why Iran’s Rulers Fear a Revote,  Douglas Schoen http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-18/why-irans-rulers-fear-a-revote/?cid=hp:mainpromo1

FRIDAY JUNE 19, 2009

After

calls for election cancellation http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSEVA959993

Re-elected: Israel and Obama’s Iran Puzzle, Ramzy Baroud http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/ahmadinejad_re_elected_israel_and_obamas_iran_puzzle/0017419

Is No Hitler, by Nazee Moinian http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-18/ahmadinejad-is-no-hitler/
An Iranian Intifada, Amal Amireh http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/an_iranian_intifada/0017415
Ayatollah’s: A silence that speaks volumes, Bahman Niruman http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=476&wc_id=1175
Ayatollahs

- have openly denounced the election results http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25661727-15084,00.html
‘Fatal wound’ inflicted on Iranian regime’s ideology, Fareed Zakaria http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/zakaria.iran.elections/index.html
Google just installed a Farsi translation feature to GoogleTranslate. They can now instantly translate Farsi tweets http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/google-translates-persian.html
GOP Uses Iran Resolution to Slam Obama, Undermine Iranian People, Adam Blickstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-blickstein/gop-uses-iran-resolution_b_218008.html
Iran Makes History Again, by Rami G. Khouri http://www.agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=2037
The Iranian Elections and the Faith-Based Media, Anthony DiMaggio http://www.counterpunch.org/dimaggio06182009.html
Iran’s supreme leader rules out election fraud http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-iran-khamenei-speech19-2009jun19,0,664593.story - says election valid and warns of a crackdown http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=azmyr6rXMIZE
ISNA Calls on the Iranian Government to Release Journalists and Human Rights Activists http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/isna_calls_on_the_iranian_government_to_release_journalists_and_human_right/0017417
It Ain’t Over till the Ayatollah Says So, Jamal Dajani http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamal-dajani/it-aint-over-till-the-aya_b_217925.html

Speech: Learning From the Shah?, Meir Javedanfar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meir-javedanfar/khameneis-speech-learning_b_218094.html

Warns of Bloodshed if Protests Persist http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/middleeast/20iran.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2&hp

speech ‘a threat’  http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009619102110594729.html - Khamenei’s gamble, Robin Wright http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robin-wright/the-supreme-leaders-gambl_b_217996.html
The Middle East: Inertia More Likely than Change, Michael Lüders http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_middle_east_inertia_more_likely_than_change/0017418
No alternative to dialogue, Peter Phillip http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1171/i.html
Obama tells Iranian leaders: The world is watching http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/the-world-is-watching-obama-tells-iran-415017.html
Reformists are Islamists, Too, Ali Jawad http://www.counterpunch.org/jawad06182009.html
Spirit of ‘79 in Iran, Reza Aslan http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1905459,00.html
Stay out of it Obama, Benjamin Sarlin http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-19/stay-out-of-it-obama/
Sunset Over Iran, Contesting the Power of the Supreme Leader, Ali Younes http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/sunset_over_iran_contesting_the_power_of_the_supreme_leader/0017416
Translation of

speech http://pastebay.com/23186 another translation http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/khameneis-threat-who-would-be-responsible-if-something-happened.html
What the Left Should be Learning From Iran, Al Giordano http://www.counterpunch.org/giordano06192009.html
Whose Side Are We On? You Have to Ask?, Peggy Noonan http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124535660563828707.html#mod=rss_opinion_main

SATURDAY JUNE 20, 2009

19 people reported killed today in Tehran http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/20/19-protesters-reported-dead-in-Tehran/UPI-70801245493780/
100 wounded http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1720638
Crunch time in Iran, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/crunch-time-in-tehran-karroubi-says.html
Demonstrations planned for Saturday but government says no permit granted http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsdemo_20090620081934  and threatens harsh crackdown http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election;_ylt=AlN9pehTzw_pYIdb1HrIbHGbOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTMzZWZvNXYzBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDYyMC9hcF9vbl9yZV9taV9lYS9tbF9pcmFuX2VsZWN0aW9uBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2lyYW50aHJlYXRlbg—
Do Americans really care about democracy?, http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/06/do-we-really-care-about-democracy-iranelection/
Guardian Council will randomly recount up to 10% of ballot boxes http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsvoterecount_20090620093644
In Tehran, fantasy and reality make uneasy bedfellows, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fiskrsquos-world-in-tehran-fantasy-and-reality-make-uneasy-bedfellows-1710762.html
Interview with Karim Sadjadpour, Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,  Parsing Iran’s ‘Momentous’ Internal Drama http://www.cfr.org/publication/19667/parsing_irans_momentous_internal_drama.html?breadcrumb=/region/404/iran
Leave Iran alone, Rafia Zakaria http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C06%5C20%5Cstory_20-6-2009_pg3_4

latest statement http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/mousavis-latest-statement-i-followed-them.html
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) issues statement on situation in Iran http://niacblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/the-latest-from-iran-saturday/
Security forces blocking access to rally site http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/
Suicide bomber kills self at Tehran shrine: report http://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55J0YT20090620 and http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009620132947283202.html
A Supreme Leader Loses His Aura as Iranians Flock to the Streets, Roger Cohen http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/opinion/21tehran.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&ref=global-home&adxnnlx=1245535317-UflBE25qJMlNlT8eSyd5LQ
The Supreme Leader’s Fatal Mistake,  Tariq Alhomayed http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=17146
Tehran in turmoil http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/06/tehran-turmoil
Video Images Confirm State Violence, Gunfire, in Tehran http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/first-video-images-confirm-state-violence-gunfire-tehran and http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/20/iranian-protesters-defy-ban-clash-with-police-in-streets/
White House Releases Statement from the President on Iran http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-from-the-President-on-Iran/
Why are Iranians dreaming again?, Ali Alizadeh http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/why_are_iranians_dreaming_again/0017422
Witnesses report fierce clashes on Tehran streets http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-protests21-2009jun21,0,6875740.story

SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009

4 members of

family freed http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-iran-rafsanjani22-2009jun22,0,2547950.story
10 killed in Saturday protests http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/21/iran-protest-deaths other reports say 13 killed http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/06/200962183455848331.html
300 claimed dead in protests by Iranian Students Solidarity Movement http://www.aina.org/news/20090621034515.htm
23 journalists, at least, arrested during past week according to Reporters Without Borders http://www.rsf.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=33472
At stake in Iran uprising: trust in the Islamic Revolution, Scott Peterson http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0621/p06s07-wome.html
BBC journalist expelled http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE55K15S20090621
Guardian Council confirms irregularities - count shows over 100% voted in 50 cities http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98711&sectionid=351020101
Iran clerics criticize leadership over poll unrest (

) http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55F54520090621 and clerics (Assembly of Experts) seek supreme leader alternative http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/21/76567.html
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says security forces are going into hospitals to arrest injured protesters. Doctors have been ordered to report protest-related injuries to the authorities, and some seriously injured protesters have sought refuge at foreign embassies http://www.iranhumanrights.org/
Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker

criticizes Guardian Council http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98645&sectionid=351020101 and Larijani urges critics to separate themselves from rioters http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=16369

, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-khamenei-is-fighting-for-his-own-position-as-well-as-ahmadinejads-1710746.html

releases statement, calls for A Commission To Investigate The Vote http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/khatami-a-commission-to-investigate-the-vote.html

; Police Attack Protesters at Inqilab Square; Downtown Tehran Burning, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/mousavi-defies-khamenei-police-attack.html

letter to Obama? (unconfirmed) http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/06/20/sunday-morning-in-iran-a-letter-from-mousavis-office/

Calls for More Protests http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-22-voa1.cfm

family arrested http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rafsanjanis-daughter-arrested-in-Iran/articleshow/4683868.cms
Shooting of Neda http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8113552.stm
The urge to split the world into two warring camps is childish, Peter Beaumont http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/21/peter-beaumont-iran-crisis-ahmadinejad
When the clerics act, it will be crucial, Ali Ansari http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/21/iran-protests-clerics-ayatollah-mousavi

MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009

457 protestors arrested http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528047,00.html
Are the Iranian Protests Another US Orchestrated ‘Colour Revolution?’  http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1493 and Iran Falls to US PSYOPS, Paul Craig Roberts http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22882.htm
Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away, Chris Hedges http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090622_iran_had_a_democracy_before_we_took_it_away/
Iran to release box-by-box vote count http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=98782&sectionid=351020101
Iran’s Dissident Soccer Players Banned for Life http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/06/irans-dissident-soccer-players-banned-for-life.php
Media coverage of the Iranian elections, Yvonne Ridley http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/63688
Meet Shah

,  Pepe Escobar http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22886.htm

under house arrest http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mousavi-under-24hour-guard-1715548.html
Obama Calls for Justice in Iran, Dr. Robert D. Crane http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/obama_calls_for_justice_in_iran/0017425
Police break up today’s Tehran rally http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8112812.stm
Revolutionary Guard commander arrested http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-278654
What Actually Happened in the Iranian Presidential Election?, Esam al-Amin http://www.counterpunch.org/amin06222009.html

TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2009

30 killed in Iran on Monday http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_40
End of the beginning,Roger Cohen http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/opinion/24iht-edcohen.html?_r=1
Iran accuses U.N.‘s Ban of interference http://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55M3GI20090623
Iran election annulment ruled out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8114195.stm
Iran’s clerics consider removing Supreme leader and President Ahmadinejad http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090622/iran-039clerics-consider-removing-supreme-leader-and-president-ahmadinejad.htm
Iran’s Green Revolution: Made in America?, Justin Raimondo http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/06/21/iran%e2%80%99s-green-revolution-made-in-america/

agrees to Guardian Council’s request to extend deadline for election complaints http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/23/iran-extends-deadline-for-election-complaints/
Kissinger Calls For “Regime” Change In Iran If Protests Fail http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22892.htm
Iran’s aggression makes it greatest threat to world peace (hard to believe he said this with a straight face) http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094988.html
Iran’s Supreme Revolutionary - turning a protest into a revolution, Reza Aslan http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-22/irans-supreme-revolutionary/
New Statesman journalist arrested http://www.newstatesman.com/2009/06/bahari-iran-arrested-tehran
Obama: Walking the Tightrope on Iran,  Ivan Eland http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/63729
Obama’s press conference today http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062301656.html

speaks, A Royal ‘We Shall Overcome’ for Iran,  Dana Milbank http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062202625.html and http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98844&sectionid=351020101
Pictures: Clerics join Iran’s anti-government protests http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/23/iran.protest.faces/
Symbols are not enough to win this battle, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-symbols-are-not-enough-to-win-this-battle-1714153.html
View from Europe: Obama tough enough on Iran http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0624/p06s01-woeu.html
Washington Times journalist arrested http://twitter.com/REUTERSFLASH/statuses/2293100434
What’s next for Iran http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8112829.stm

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009

Reaps Benefits of Stacking Agencies With Allies, Neal MacFarquahar http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/world/middleeast/25tehran.html?_r=1&em
Arab countries: Is Iran’s unrest an opportunity or a threat? http://www.islamicity.com/m/news_frame.asp?Frame=1&referenceID=44951
Are Theocracies Doomed?, Robert Bryce http://www.counterpunch.org/bryce06232009.html
Shirin Ebadi prepared to represent Neda’s family in court http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200962484755543950.html
Iranian ‘intifada’ is celebrated in the US, while Palestinians are still ignored http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/iranian-intifada-is-celebrated-in-the-us-while-palestinians-are-still-ignored.html
The “Neda video,” torture, and the truth-revealing power of images, Glenn Greenwald http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/24/photos/index.html
Neda Soltan’s family ‘forced out of home’  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/24/neda-soltan-iran-family-forced-out
protesters in ‘bloody clashes’ with riot police http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/24/iran-protests-bloody-clashes-khamenei  and http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009624164650268878.html
Qom’s Senior Clerics Pushing for Compromise http://news.kodoom.com/en/zAAO1Lw

withdraws election complaints http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98899&sectionid=351020101
Rumors of massacre in Tehran http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/massacre-in-baharestan-square.html
Seeing Through All the Propaganda About Iran,  Eric Margolis http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis152.html
Selective sympathy for Iran http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/freedom-rider-selective-sympathy-iran
Tehran mayor asks for legalization of rallies http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98941&sectionid=351020101
Washington and the Iran Protests: Would they be Allowed in the US?, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/washington-and-iran-protests-would-they.html
Which Life Was More Valuable? http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22909.htm

THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009

70 professors arrested http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-mousavi26-2009jun26,0,2461818.story
180 MPs ‘snub’ Ahmadinejad poll party http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8118139.stm
A Deal To Save Iran?,  Reza Aslan http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-25/a-deal-to-save-iran/
The Arabs’ Forlorn Envy of Iranians,  Rami G. Khouri http://www.agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=2038
Arabs ponder implications of Iran’s unrest http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/25/ian-black-on-middle-east
Congressional Attempts to Undermine People of Iran, Obama Continue Unabated, Adam Blickstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-blickstein/congressional-attempts-to_b_220883.html
Economic Fears and Discontents, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/behind-the-protests-social-upheaval-in-iran/
Iran at the Cross Roads – What should the US Do, Mirza A. Beg - Part 1, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/iran_at_the_cross_roads_what_should_the_us_do_part_1/0017427 - Part 2 http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/iran_at_the_cross_roads_what_should_the_us_do_part_2/0017428
Looking for Their Martin Luther King Jr., Hamid Dabashi http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/behind-the-protests-social-upheaval-in-iran/
Memo to the “Do Something” Brigade,  Nadia Hijab http://www.agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=2039
Mousavi says says he’s pressured to drop challenge http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-25-iran-thursday_N.htm
New Martyrs, Babak Rahimi http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/behind-the-protests-social-upheaval-in-iran/
The Sounds of Arab Silence on Iran, Mona Eltahawy http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=142
Threat to prosecute Nobel Peace Laureate

http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/06/condemnthreats/
U.S. Has Spies On the Ground in Iran: Former National Security Advisor http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/u.s._has_spies_on_the_ground_in_iran%3A_former_national_security_advisor/#140896
Why the turbans are at odds http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13927326
You Provide the Tweets, We’ll Provide the Info War, Jack Bratich http://www.counterpunch.org/bratich06252009.html

FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009

How the Internet helps Iran silence activists,  Farhad Manjoo http://www.slate.com/id/2221397/
Iran: “There’s No Going Back!”, Alessandro Topa http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/iran_theres_no_going_back/0017431
Iranian Legal Scholar

: The Iranian Election is Invalid http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=476&wc_id=1179
Iran’s Embattled Supreme Leader: A Test for

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599190702700
Iran’s Uprising: Food for Thought, Jamal Dajani http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamal-dajani/irans-uprising-food-for-t_b_221438.html

calls for death penalty for demonstration leaders http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1486041.php/Iranian_cleric_wants_death_sentence_for_demonstration_leaders_

appointed to investigate those arrested in Iran’s post-election unrest. http://www.canada.com/news/Canada+blasts+Iran+probe+post+election+arrests/1732633/story.html

: Reformer without Form, Rudolph Chimelli http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php?wc_c=476&wc_id=1176
Obama rejects

apology call http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/2009626183654681469.html
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of the entire staff of Mir-Hossein

newspaper, Kalemeh Sabz http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/26/iranian-newspaper-staff-arrested
Rise of the Sultans http://www.akbarganji.org/?p=85

called for national conciliation http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99043&sectionid=351020101
U.S. grants support Iranian dissidents http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-06-25-iran-money_N.htm

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2009

condemns violence against protestors http://news-en.trend.az/world/iran/1494965.html
Authoritarian Regimes Censor News From Iran http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062604343_pf.html
Basij raids ‘target homes’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8122263.stm

, Iran’s national poet speaks out against violence http://www.npr.org/blogs/sundaysoapbox/2009/06/irans_national_poet_speaks_out.html
The crowds have gone but Tehran has changed forever, Karim Sadjadpour http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/karim-sadjadpour-the-crowds-have-gone-but-tehran-has-changed-forever-1721549.html
Eerie calm masks Iran tensions http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8121060.stm
In Iran Turmoil, U.S. Sees Chance to Gain Sway in Mideast http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124607024946364341.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Iran: Loss of Legitimacy, Dr. Bahar Bastani - Part 1 http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/iran_loss_of_legitimacy/0017432 - Part 2 http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/iran_loss_of_legitimacy_part_2/0017433
Iranian Leaders Gaining the Edge Over Protesters http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/world/middleeast/27iran.html?em
The jury is out on the Iranian model of religion and politics, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisks-world-the-jury-is-out-on-the-iranian-model-of-religion-and-politics-1721566.html
Neda’s martyrdom is fueled by Western media for all the wrong reasons, Sabria Jawhar http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/nedas_martyrdom_is_fueled_by_western_media_for_all_the_wrong_reasons/0017434
Rumors and Theories Swirl Around Protests, Tara Bahrampour http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062604185.html

SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009

Battle for Iran shifts from the streets to the heart of power, Peter Beaumont http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/28/iran-mahmoud-ahmadinejad
Iran: Now the world’s leader in jailing journalists http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/06/iran-jailed-journalists-freedomofspeechelections.html
Iranian authorities arrest eight British embassy employees in Tehran http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-iran-britishembassy28-2009jun28,0,7411437.story
Islam, Iranian Style, Melody Moezzi http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2009/06/islam_iranian_style.html

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009

2,000 estimated arrested during demonstrations http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6597957.ece
Academics Send Open letter of support to the demonstrators in Iran! http://shooresh1917.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-of-support-to-demonstrators.html
Between Tel Aviv and Tehran, Uri Avnery   http://www.counterpunch.org/avnery06292009.html
Demonising Iran conveniently hides uncomfortable truths for the West, Robin Yassin-Kassab http://www.sundayherald.com/oped/opinion/display.var.2516867.0.demonising_iran_conveniently_hides_uncomfortable_truths_for_the_west.php
Events in Tehran, Kaveh Ehsani, Arang Keshavarzian and Norma Claire Moruzzi http://www.merip.org/mero/mero062809.html
The Mullah’s Secret Battle, Reza Aslan http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-29/palace-intrigue-in-iran/
Obama’s critics on Iran revert to their old fantasies, Dr. James Zogby http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2009/06/29/77361.html

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009

cancels trip to African summit in Libya http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/01/Ahmadinejad-cancels-trip-to-African-summit/UPI-99611246469968/
British Embassy staff released by Iranian authorities - but one remains in custody http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1196859/British-Embassy-staff-released-Iranian-authorities—remains-custody.html

denounces Iran election, arrests http://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE5604J420090701

to disclose tell-all documents http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99550&sectionid=351020101
U.S. dollars could kill Iran’s protest movement, Hamid Dabashi http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/30/dabashi.us.iran/index.html

FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009

faces diplomatic isolation http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-ostracize3-2009jul03,0,3454095.story
Iran reports more protest arrests http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD996E7FG0
Iran Says Some of the British Embassy Staff to Stand Trial according to

, the head of the Guardian Council http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/world/middleeast/04iran.html?ref=global-home
Mousavi faces prison threat http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mousavi-faces-prison-threat-1728006.html
Suspicious ballot photos http://windowsoniran.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/windows-on-iran-73-election-special-20/
Tehran steps up crackdown as protest continues http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15676&size=A

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009

Beware the dreaded Iranian curse, Eric Margolis http://www.ericmargolis.com/political_commentaries/beware-the-dreaded-iranian-curse.aspx
False Sorrow for the People of Iran, Muhammad Sahimi http://original.antiwar.com/sahimi/2009/07/05/false-sorrow-for-the-people-of-iran/
Help the Iranian People by Killing Them? http://washingtonindependent.com/49478/help-the-iranian-people-by-killing-them
Iranian Civil Society Urges US to End “Democracy Fund,” Ease Sanctions http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1173&Itemid=2>.*/
The Iranian crucible: Islam + Democracy = ?, Aziz Poonawalla http://blog.beliefnet.com/cityofbrass/2009/07/the-iranian-crucible-islam-dem.html
Jingoism Isn’t Journalism: Why I Don’t Trust Corporate Media on Iran http://www.alternet.org/media/140913/jingoism_isn%27t_journalism%3A_why_i_don%27t_trust_corporate_media_on_iran/

ordered Iran election fraud, says ex-president http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-07-07-khamenei-ordered-iran-election-fraud-says-expresident

son takes control of Iran’s Basij http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/08/khamenei-son-controls-iran-militia

party dismisses vote results http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-security7-2009jul07,0,2303204.story
Tehran’s Protests Surge — and the Basij Respond http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909773,00.html 
Today is the Anniversary of the 1999 Iran Protest, Shirin Sadeghi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shirin-sadeghi/today-is-the-anniversary_b_228547.html
Videos of todays protests http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/07/first-images-from-emerge-from-july-9-protests.html

FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2009

Newt Gingrich urges Iran ‘sabotage’ http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/07/200971023542914638.html

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Israeli navy in Suez Canal prepares for potential attack on Iran http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6715412.ece
The Rape of Taraneh: Prison Abuse of Iran’s Protesters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shirin-sadeghi/the-rape-of-taraneh-priso_b_233063.html

Sunday, July 19, 2009

36 army officers arrested in Iran over protest plan http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/19/iran-army-officers-arrested
Friday prayers at Tehran University: Words to heed http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/18/iran-khamenei-rafsanjani-election
Rafsanjani Criticized for Comments About Election in Friday Khutbah
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/world/middleeast/19iran.html  - full text of Rafsanjani’s speech http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/07/iranian-cleric-ayatollah-ali-akbar-hashemi-rafsanjani-delivered-what-turned-out-to-be-a-momentous-friday-prayer-sermon-that.html

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