Clerical Leaders Defy Ayatollah on Iran Election
By Michael Slackman and Nazila Fathi, published July 4, 2009 in the New York Times.
CAIRO — An important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment. Read the rest of this entry »
Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent
By Ali Akbar Dareini (Associated Press) – Sat Jul 4, 1:07 pm ET
TEHRAN, Iran – A top aide to Iran’s all-powerful leader has accused the country’s main opposition leader of being an American agent who should be tried for treason, increasing the pressure on reformists disputing the outcome of last month’s presidential election. Read the rest of this entry »
Khatami denounces Iran election, arrests
Protesters in Iran walk past a poster of former president Khatami and reform party leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi. (Photo: Reuters)
Story posted by Reuters on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 1:42pm EDT.
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Moderate former president Mohammad Khatami criticized the outcome of Iran’s disputed election and called for the release of people arrested since the June 12 vote in a hard-hitting statement on Wednesday.
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Hi New York friends!
I’m sending you all an email to a few of my New York friends because many of you were sponsors of my peace delegation trip to Iran last month and/or were awesome email/phone supporters. So I wanted to let you know the details of the official presentation I will be giving about it here in NYC.
The last two months have indeed been insane with almost more work post-trip than the trip itself. A lot of interviews and articles and yes even the obligatory appearance on Muslim TV — (which was quite “candid cameraish I must say).
My official presentation about the trip in New York City will be this coming Sunday. I pasted the details below for you in case you have the time to come – and are interested in this subject. It was quite the experience and we learned a lot. More than anything, we were brought there specifically by the Iranian government to bring back a message to the American people…
So that is why we do these interviews and presentations. It isn’t necessarily a “perfect message.†But it is a real message – as opposed to what we hear on the news here in the States… which is just ‘the White House said…†So, that will be the aim of the presentation. To show some pictures, tell some stories, and answer as many questions as possible about the subject.
