news.yahoo.com - 6/16/2009
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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) Seven people were killed when a military post was attacked near a rally held a day ago in Tehran to protest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , radio Payam announced."Several thugs wanted to attack a military post and vandalise public property in the vicinity ...
Analyzing the Iranian Election (Updated)
outsidethebeltway.com 6/13/2009 — My advice: don’t. Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been pronounced the winner in Iran’s presidential election:
TEHRAN —President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran’s presidential election in a landslide, officials of Iran’s election ...
Riots Erupting in Tehran After Election - Video
librarygrape.com 6/13/2009 — Now we can see at least some of the reason why the Iranian government has been jamming satellite signals and disrupting mobile phone service: h/t Sully Reports of clashes in the streets are beginning to come in : Riot police battled with protesters Saturday as officials announced that ...
Grim Portents from Iran’s Election Results
themoderatevoice.com 6/13/2009 — The outcome of yesterday’s election in Iran is, to say the least, disturbing. From CNN :
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won a landslide election victory despite protests by his main challenger of ...
Post-Election Demonstrations, Violence, Arrests
juancole.com 6/14/2009 — Aljazeera.net is reporting that the streets in Iran's capital, Tehran, were almost deserted Sunday morning . Since it is a weekday in Iran, there should have been heavy traffic, but many people appear to have stayed home from work. Reports from ...
100,000 Throng Streets of Tehran, Protester Shot to Death
juancole.com 6/17/2009 — VOA says Mir-Hosain Mousavi, the opposition candidate who says the Iranian election was stolen, held that supposedly forbidden and cancelled rally in Tehran after all. And an estimated 100,000 protesters showed up, thronging the streets. Near an HQ ...
19+ Dead As Iranian Regime Cracks Down on Protesters —
A Blog For All
The New York Times says at least 13 are dead, but the Iranian government says at least 19 people it considers terrorists were killed in clashes with police. More than 100 were injured. This is just the tip of the iceberg. (Disturbing video of another woman apparently killed by the Basij ...
Eyewitness: Violence in Tehran —
Little Green Footballs
An eyewitness account of the clashes between protesters and the Iranian Basiji : Hatred, chaos and savage beatings in Tehran .
For eight chaotic hours I saw the two sides clash throughout the streets of Tehran. These were Iranians versus Iranians, but the two sides were worlds apart in ...
Voting Is Like a Rigged Sports Game —
The Corner on National Review Online
The president of Iran tries to reestablish control:
TEHRAN --President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Sunday likened the protests disputing his election victory, the most intense disturbances in Tehran in a decade, as well as the possible arrests of his opponents to the passions of ...
VIDEO: Not just Tehran + other Iran updates —
The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff Video of protesters at the university in Shiraz, Iran. "Deafening." From a reader: "My next door neighbor is an Iranian immigrant who came here in 1977. He just received a SAT phone call from his brother in Tehran who reports that the rooftops of nighttime Tehran are filled ...
VIDEO--Iran turmoil + Updates —
The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff The news is coming in from everywhere but CNN and MSNBC. Big surprise, huh? Via HuffPost : A reader gets a message from his cousin in Tehran: "Please share this message on Facebook or share it in a way for us to be heard: Tehran-9:50pm: We don't have text message, cellphone ...
A Source For The Graph, Ctd —
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Looks like it was made by Tehran Bureau, which has lots of other election coverage. Their analysis: Statistically and mathematically, it is impossible to maintain such
perfect linear relations between the votes of any two candidates in any
election — and at all stages of vote counting. This is ...
Cell Phone Service Reported Out in Iran After Election —
TalkLeft
Cell phone service around Tehran is currently down . Clashes have erupted . According to Peiknet (and a translation I received by e-mail), Telephone communication between Tehran and the rest of Iran has been completely disconnected. This corresponds with the beginnings of the arrests of the ...
Violent Protests of Rigged Election in Iran —
As election results were revealed protests and violence broke out into the streets in Iran as protesters claiming the election was rigged. The breaking news the Ayatollas or spiritual leaders are calling for a new election that gave the winning votes to Ahmadinejad in yesterday’s ...
Riots in Tehran —
Israel Matzav
There are riots in the streets of Tehran tonight after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was 're-elected' yesterday. The government announced this morning that Ahamdinejad had won yesterday's election, even though all the polls showed otherwise.I have a couple of videotapes for you. Here's ...
Riots in Tehran —
Little Green Footballs
Violence has broken out in Iran following the landslide re-election of Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed ...
Protests Hit Tehran as Ahmadinejad Wins —
Drudge Retort
Thousands of people clashed with police Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iranians to respect Ahmadinejad's victory in an presidential ...
Unrest in Tehran —
Political Animal
UNREST IN TEHRAN.... Iranian officials declared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the official winner of the nation's presidential election this morning. Any chances of a Moussavi victory were dashed when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a message on state-run media, urging Iranians to rally...
Ahmadinejad Declares Victory in Iran Election —
Little Green Footballs
“Alleging irregularities” is a pretty safe play for the loser in any Iranian election: Ahmadinejad leads Iran vote, challenger defiant .
TEHRAN (Reuters) - State media declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of Iran’s election but challenger Mirhossein Mousavi ...
CHANGE! Iranian Presidential Candidates Rally Supporters —
Gateway Pundit
Iran is readying for its June 12 elections. Some 646 foreign reporters will travel to Iran to cover the country's presidential election. Here are a few shots from the streets of Tehran leading up to the election: C-H-A-N-G-E! An opposition candidate believes the country has had enough of ...
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