Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Unrest In Iran -- News Update For December 29, 2009



Iranian Security Forces Raid Opposition Offices, Arrest Key Dissidents -- Washington Post

TEHRAN -- Iranian security forces stormed opposition offices in a series of raids Monday and rounded up at least a dozen prominent dissidents in a new crackdown on the country's reformist movement, opposition Web sites and activists reported.

The arrests came a day after violent clashes between anti-government demonstrators and security forces coinciding with Ashura, the peak of an intense mourning period in Shiite Islam. At least eight people were killed in the clashes, state television reported. Opposition sources said the death toll was higher.

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More News On The Unrest In Iran

Iran Arrests Opposition Aides, Ex-Minister -- Wall Street Journal
Iran Clamps Down on Protests -- L.A. Times
Iran Arrests 1,000 as Protests Strengthen -- Washington Times
Iranian crackdown: Authorities escalate arrests, seize corpses -- Chicago Tribune

Iran Lashes Out at West Over Protests -- New York Times
Iran Accuses West of Fomenting Recent Violence -- Wall Street Journal
Iran Denounces US, British Criticism of Protest Crackdown -- Voice of America
Iran summons ambassador and threatens Britain with 'a slap in the mouth' as it accuses West of stirring up anti-government protesters -- The Daily Mail

Commentaries And Analysis

Is Iran unrest reaching a tipping point? -- Lauren Rozen, Politico
The Tipping Point in Iran -- Abbas Milani, Wall Street Journal
"The Iron Fist Of Brutality" -- The Daily Dish/The Atlantic
Iran's Turning Point -- Washington Post editorial
Iran Slayings Point to Increasingly Desperate Regime -- Los Angeles Times editorial
Iran’s War on Its People -- New York Times editorial

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