Iran In Crisis -- News And Commentary Roundup For June 20, 2009

Reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi (C) speaks to the crowd during a demonstration in the streets in Tehran, Iran. Thousands of people have continued to protest in the streets of Tehran today during a day of mourning for the eight people killed in Monday's protests. AFP Photo

Iran Warns Opposition Against Staging Street Rally -- Yahoo News/AP

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's opposition leader received another stern warning Saturday not to encourage his supporters to take to the streets a day after the country's top leader sought to end the deepening election crisis by effectively declaring President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner.

Supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi had planned a massive rally in Tehran later Saturday. But it was unclear if the rally was going forward, if Mousavi would attend or how large it would be after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered opposition leaders on Friday to end street protests or be held responsible for any "bloodshed and chaos" to come.

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WNU Editor's Favorite Sites On The Iranian Crisis

The Daily Dish is Live-Tweeting what is happening in Iran. The link to read news updates is HERE.

The Lede/New York Times is providing excellent news updates. That link is HERE.

The Daily Dish Blog is also providing news reports and analysis on what is happening in Iran. That link is HERE.

Michael J. Totten's comments are excellent. That link is HERE.

More News On The Crisis In Iran

Full Coverage On Iran -- Yahoo News
Full Coverage On Iran -- McClatchy News
Full Coverage On Iran -- CNN News
Iran protests 'to go ahead' -- BBC
Iran election protesters set to defy supreme leader -- The Guardian
Iranian opposition to rally despite ban -- Yahoo News/AFP
Iran state TV says clerics cancel rally -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Showdown looms on Iranian election -- Washington Times
Iran braced for violent confrontation as protesters vow to defy Supreme Leader -- The Telegraph
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises stakes as Iran braces for violence -- Times Online
Iran’s Top Leader Dashes Hopes for a Compromise -- New York Times
Iran's Khamenei throws down hard line with protesters -- Christian Science Monitor
Iran's Supreme Leader Warns Protesters -- Voice of America
Iran's Steely Chief Cleric Steps Forward -- Washington Post
Top Iran leader orders halt to protests; Tehran on edge -- L.A. Times
Feared Basij militia could transform Iran showdown -- AP
Top Ten Players in Iran's Power Struggle -- Time Magazine
Iran regime sought legitimacy, but it got calls for its removal -- McClatchy News
On Scene: Among the Protesters in Tehran -- Yahoo News/Time Magazine
Who's Been Arrested In Iran This Week -- NPR
Riots and repression in Iran: eight days that shook the Muslim world -- Times Online
White House Resists Calls for a Tougher Stance on Iran -- New York Times
Obama holds to measured course on unrest in Iran -- AP
A shift in Iran would not change nuclear policy -- L.A. Times
BBC enlisting new satellites to broadcast in Iran -- BBC
Reading Twitter in Tehran -- Washington Post
Web support pours out for Iran protesters -- AP
Iran prepared to track dissent on social networks -- Washington Times
Amid turmoil in Iran, Google and Facebook speed up Farsi-language services -- Mercury News

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials on The Crisis In Iran

Iran, Revealed -- Washington Post Editorial
There's No False Choice on Iran -- Weekly Standard
Why Is Obama AWOL on Iran? -- Power Line
Obama's Silence Worsens Iran Threat -- Jamie Fly, US News & World Report
Iran's Political Future -- Anthony Cordesman, CSIS
Why Khamenei Could Be Ultimate Victim -- Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph
Clerics Can Sabotage Ahmadinejad -- Meir Javedanfar, RealClearWorld
Beijing Cautions U.S. over Iran -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
Iran's Old Rivals Renew Their Battle -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Iran: Fragile at the Core -- David Brooks, New York Times
Upheaval Doesn't Change Nuclear Policy -- David Makovsky, Wash. Institute
Obama's Regime of Choice in Iran -- Francis Cianfrocca, The New Ledger
Khamenei Warns of Bloodshed if Protests Persist -- Fathi & Slackman, NYT
Understanding Iran's Basij Militia -- Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker
What's Happening in Iran is For Real -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Is Iran Ripe for Revolution? -- Daniel Byman, Slate
Several Scenarios, Not All Bright -- Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal
Obama, Clueless on Iran -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Obama Shows Naivete on Iran -- Rich Lowry, National Review