Sunday, June 28, 2009

Unrest In Iran -- News And Commentaries For June 28, 2009

Iranian security forces on motorcycles make their presence known on a Tehran street. Postelection rallies have quieted, but such patrols have been common, as authorities keep an eye out for would-be demonstrators. Hamed / Demotix Images

In Iran, The Protests Have Quieted, But The Protesters Are Simmering -- L.A. Times

Iranians who demonstrated against the election results are not moving on. They are biding their time, weighing their options -- and seeing their government in a dramatically different light.

Reporting from Tehran -- The young men and women enter Haft Tir Square tentatively. Their pace slows as they discreetly glance around. They spot the club-wielding uniformed security officials and plainclothes Basiji militiamen, scan the square for other would-be demonstrators.

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More News On The Unrest In Iran

In Tehran, a Mood of Melancholy Descends -- New York Times
Britain assails Iran over embassy staff detentions -- Yahoo News/AP
Iran arrests local British embassy staff -- Yahoo News/AFP
Iran's Mousavi rejects panel for partial recount -- AFP
Ahmadinejad answers Obama's criticism with his own -- L.A. Times
Iran's President Rebukes Obama; Candidates Reject Election Review -- Washington Post
Iran's crackdown complicates Obama's push for direct talks -- Yahoo News/McClatchy
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regime plots purge after Iran election protests -- Times Online
Understanding Iran: Repression 101 -- New York Times
Iran online: Around the world in 60 minutes -- The Independent
Who Should Obama Negotiate with in Iran? -- Amir Taheri, New York Post
It's Not 1989 in Iran -- Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
Who Rules Tehran's Streets? -- Nahid Siamdoust, Time
‘This is a sea change in Iran’ -- Tom Sabulis, AJC

Music Videos Commemorating the Past Two Weeks In Tehran




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