Unrest in Iran Sharply Deepens Rift Among Clerics -- New York Times
TEHRAN — A bitter rift among Iran’s ruling clerics deepened Sunday over the disputed presidential election that has convulsed Tehran in the worst violence in 30 years, with the government attempting to link the defiant loser to terrorists and detaining relatives of his powerful backer, a founder of the Islamic republic.
The loser, Mir Hussein Moussavi, the moderate reform candidate who contends that the June 12 election was stolen from him, fired back at his accusers on Sunday night in a posting on his Web site, calling on his own supporters to demonstrate peacefully despite stern warnings from Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that no protests of the vote would be allowed. “Protesting to lies and fraud is your right,” Mr. Moussavi said in a challenge to Ayatollah Khamenei’s authority.
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WNU'S Favorite Sites That Are Covering The Unrest In Iran
The Lede/New York Times is providing excellent news updates. That link is HERE.
The Huffington Post is Live Blogging the unrest in Iran. That link is Here.
The Daily Dish Blog is providing news reports and analysis on what is happening in Iran. That link is HERE.
Full Coverage On Iran -- Yahoo News (AP/AFP/Reuters/Time/McClatchy)
Full Coverage On Iran -- McClatchy News
Full Coverage On Iran -- CNN News
BBC has extensive coverage of the rioting and protests here.
More News On The Unrest In Iran
Struggle among Iran's clerics bursts into the open -- Yahoo News/AP
Former Iran President at Center of Fight Between Classes of the Political Elite -- New York Times
Split deepens between top clerics in Iran -- L.A. Times
Iran Admits Possible Discrepancy in 3 Million Votes -- New York Times
Iran admits 50 cities had more votes than voters -- Times Online
Iran vote patterns suspect, study says -- Washington Times
Iran media: Council rejects claims of voting irregularities -- CNN
Iran Revolutionary Guard threatens protesters -- Yahoo News/AP
Revolutionary guard warns Iran protesters to be 'prepared for confrontation' -- The Guardian
Iran's Mousavi defiantly urges more protests -- Yahoo News/Reuters
A Tense Calm on Streets of Tehran -- Washington Post
Heavy Security Reins In Iranian Protests -- Wall Street journal
At stake in Iran uprising: trust in the Islamic Revolution -- Christian Science Monitor
War on the streets of Tehran -- Foreign Policy
Iran's Basij force: the shock troops terrorising protesters -- The Telegraph
Iran's Worst Clerics -- Foreign Policy
It’s right to protest over lies and fraud, Mousavi tells his bloodied followers -- Times Online
Iran arrests hundreds in clashes -- Yahoo News/AFP
Mir-Hossein Mousavi's unusual career arc -- L.A. Times
Democrats urge Obama to keep 'fingerprints' off Iran crisis -- AFP
Hopes for U.S.-Iran Ties Imperiled by Election Turmoil, Analysts Warn -- FOX News
Hoekstra: Iran will have nukes -- The Hill
Iran Complicates Obama's To-do List -- Washington Times
In Iran, One Woman's Death May Have Many Consequences -- Time Magazine
Neda, young girl brutally killed in Iran, becoming symbol of rebellion -- New York Daily News
'Neda' becomes rallying cry for Iranian protests -- CNN
World's media seeks ways around Iran clampdown -- Yahoo News/AP
Media seeks ways around Iran clampdown -- MSNBC
Twitter ripped the veil off ‘the other’ – and we saw ourselves -- Times Online
The repercussions of a Twitter revolution -- Foreign Policy
Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology -- Wall Street Journal
Iran election: sinister parallels between Tehran protests and the 1979 revolution -- The Telegraph
Halevy: In Iran, worst may be ahead -- Jerusalem Post
Lessons For the U.S. As the Iranian Revolution Unravels -- Time Magazine
Iran buying more from US in spite of tensions -- Yahoo News/AP
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama's Persian Tutorial -- Faoud Ajami, Wall Street Journal
Iran and the Tragedy of Bad Ideas -- Andrew Klavan, Wall Street Journal opinion
Obama's Iran Dilemma -- E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post opinion
Right-Thinking Realism -- Paul J. Saunders, Washington Post opinion
Bullets and Barrels in Iran -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The Evolution of Iran's Revolution - Robin Wright, Los Angeles Times
President Obama Caught by Surprise on Iran -- Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Obama's Three-Part Case on Iran -- Time Magazine
A Weak, Divided Iran Best for U.S. -- Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Leave Iran to the Iranians -- Leslie Gelb, The Daily Beast
Theocracy and Its Discontents -- Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
Dialogue with Iran's Monstrous Rulers? -- David Warren, Real Clear Politics
Beijing Cautions U.S. Over Iran -- M.K. Bhadrakumar, The Hindu
Iran's Next Problem? Egypt -- Michael Crowley, The New Republic
Iran Is Not the Philippines -- H.D.S. Greenway, Global Post
The Liberals' Iran Dilemma -- E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Analysts Miss Iran’s Hidden Revolution -- Captain's Quarters
The Iranian Revolt -- The Iranian Revolt
The Next Explosion in Iran -- The Nation
ANALYSIS / Can Iran ever be freed from its religious regime? -- Haaretz
Twitter Earns Its Keep Aiding Iranian Protests -- San Antonio Express-News
The Koran and the Ballot Box -- New York Times editorial
Hungary 1956, Iran 2009 -- NWA News Editorial
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