Unrest In Iran -- News And Commentaries June 29, 2009

Protesters in Tehran showed a "V" for victory in support of Mir Hussein Moussavi on Sunday.
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Iran Recount Seen As Bid To Placate Opposition -- Yahoo News/AP

Iran began recounting some of the votes cast in its disputed presidential election Monday in an apparent attempt to placate opposition protesters, and the government dismissed the idea of downgrading relations with Britain despite accusing that country of stirring up unrest.

The regime's standoff with the West over its crackdown on demonstrators sharply escalated Sunday. Britain denounced the detention of nine local employees of its embassy in Tehran, and the European Union condemned what it called Iranian "harassment and intimidation."

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More News On the Unrest In Iran

Iran starts partial recount of disputed vote -- Yahoo News/Reuters
New clashes in Iran as standoff worsens with West -- Yahoo News/AP
Thousands of Iranians ignore leaders' threats, march in unauthorized rally -- L.A. Times
Protests Flare Ahead of Ruling on Iran Vote -- Wall Street Journal
IRAN: Demonstrators rally against Ahmadinejad at Tehran mosque -- L.A. Times Blog
Iran elections: Mousavi supporters continue to defy protest ban -- the Telegraph
Iran Releases 5 British Embassy Staff -- Voice of America
Iran Arrests Iranian Employees of British Embassy as Protests Return -- New York Times
Arrests in Iran Raise Ire of U.K. -- Wall Street Journal
Iran 'must free UK embassy staff' -- BBC
European Union Warns Iran Against Acts of Intimidation -- New York Times
Secret camera leads to arrest of 9 in British embassy in Iran -- Examiner
Crackdown In Iran Puts Mousavi in Tight Spot -- Washington Post
Mousavi backs away from more rallies -- Jerusalem Post
Iran 'has arrested 2,000’ in violent crackdown on dissent -- Times Online
Hundreds missing in Iran -- The Australian
Iran's crackdown quiets streets but not anger -- The Guardian
Influential Iranian cleric: Vote fallout a 'tangled mess' -- CNN
Ahmadinejad Not Principal Decision-Maker In Iran -- CBS
Iran Revolutionary Guards Amass Power While Backing Ahmadinejad -- Bloomberg
US Says Door Remains Open for Nuclear Talks With Iran -- Voice of America
Obama officials say talks with Iran still possible -- San Francisco Chronicle/AP
Obama's strategies failing in Iran -- Al Jazeera
Iran in flux -- Dawn
Our Timid President -- Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Trick When Talking to Iran -- Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Time for Regime Change in Iran -- John Bolton, Los Angeles Times
Inside Iran's Police State -- Scott Horton, Daily Beast
No Velvet Revolution for Iran -- Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
What If Obama Did Want to Help Iran's Democrats? -- Gabriel Schoenfeld, Wall Street Journal
The New Era in Iran -- Boston Globe editorial