Protesters, officers clash violently in Iran’s streets

Over 1,000 demonstrators gather in Tehran, continuing to protest the June 12 presidential election. Security forces fire tear gas and beat protesters. Many people wear masks to hide their identities.

By Ramin Mostaghim and Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles TImes, 8:05 AM PDT, July 9, 2009

Reporting from Tehran and Beirut — Violent clashes erupted today in downtown Tehran between more than a thousand determined young men and women chanting, “Death to the dictator” and “God is great” and security forces wielding truncheons. Read the rest of this entry »

Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow

By NASSER KARIMI – July 9, 2009 (3:45 AM EDT)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hundreds of young men and women chanted “death to the dictator” and fled baton-wielding police in the capital Thursday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities’ vows to “smash” any new marches. Read the rest of this entry »

Key Iran cleric’s party dismisses vote results

The statement by Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s party heightens the confrontation between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s camp and supporters of reformist challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

By Borzou Daragahi in the Los Angeles Times on July 7, 2009

Reporting from Beirut — A day after commanders of the Revolutionary Guard warned there was no middle ground in the dispute over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the political party of one of Iran’s most powerful clerics Monday defiantly issued a statement dismissing the vote. Read the rest of this entry »

Mousavi reportedly will launch political party in Iran

Opposition candidate’s supporters describe plans in a reformist newspaper. Iranian officials release a jailed European journalist and a lawyer says a British Embassy worker will be freed soon.

By Borzou Daragahi – Published July 6, 2009 for the Los Angeles Time

Reporting from Beirut — The top figure of Iran’s nascent political reform movement, opposition presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, will launch a political party to pursue his goals, a reformist newspaper reported Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

Iran’s top leader warns West over alleged meddling

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer, Jul 6, 12:37 PM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Western governments on Monday of a “negative impact” on relations over what he called their meddling in Iran’s post-election riots. Read the rest of this entry »

Biden on Iran. What’s Next?

On Sunday, July 5, 2009, George Stephanopoulos interviewed Vice President Joe Biden on ABC News “This Week.” The section of the interview focuses on the elections in Iran, US engagement with Iran, and Israel’s right to attack a militarily-nuclear Iran.

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Remembering Iranians fighting for their freedom

A tribute to all Iranians in videos and photos on this the Fourth of July

“United for Neda,” produced by Mams Taylor and featuring Dariush, Sattar and Morteza (July 1, 2009)

Mams Taylor produced and wrote the United For Neda song after he saw video footage of the young demonstrator shot and killed by the Basji during the Iranian crackdown in June. He and Shila Vosough produced the video. Together they brought together Iran’s most elite entertainers, poets, thinkers, actors and singers in one harmonious voice pleading for freedom, featuring three of Irans most iconic singers Dariush, Sattar and Morteza.

Parnaz and Askan, June 19, 2009

Hamed Nikpay – “The Owner of This Land”

U2 dedicates “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” to those protesting in Iran

“Sunday, Bloody Sunday” was originally written for the blood shed in a civil rights protest in Ireland in 1972. The screens above the stage are scrolling Persian poetry by Rumi.

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 »

Iran Cleric Says British Embassy Staff to Stand Trial

A June 15, 2009, file photo shows Iranian riot policemen standing guard outside the British embassy in Tehran during a protest by supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against European interference in the Islamic Republic's election results. (Photo Atta Kenare AFP/Getty Images)

By ALAN COWELL and STEPHEN CASTLE
Published July 3, 2009 in the New York Times

PARIS — Brushing aside British and European efforts to seek the release of local British Embassy staff members held in Tehran, the Iranian authorities indicated Friday that they planned to put some of them on trial — a move that deepened a diplomatic crisis and could provoke the withdrawal of ambassadors.

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Killed and Detained Since 12 June

Last updated by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on 1 July 2009.

Here is the list of those killed and detained in Iran, updated as information becomes available. The list is by no means comprehensive and does not include people arrested at protests on the streets.

Government officials have announced a total of 627 arrests in Tehran since 13 June 2009, 170 people detained prior to 15 June, 457 detained persons on 20 June, and 27 dead. Other sources claim these numbers are much higher. The Campaign believes, based on reports received from within Iran, as many as 2,000 people could be under arrest throughout the country. The following is a list of prominent political personalities, journalists, and students that the Campaign has received.

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