Rabid Iranian MPs want opposition leaders fuelling anti-government protests ‘hanged’
February 16th, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Feb 16(ANI): Conservative Iranian parliamentarians have demanded that prominent opposition leaders -Mir Hussein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi- should be prosecuted over the deadly protests in Tehran.According to the New York ... Read more...
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Iran opposition says Monday anti-government rally will go ahead
February 14th, 2011 - 9:51 am ICT by ANI
Tehran, Feb.14 (ANI): Iran's opposition leaders have said that their planned anti-government march on Monday will go ahead, as they see it as an expression of their solidarity with the Egyptian people. ... Read more...
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Iran presses opposition not to go ahead with rally
February 11th, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by ANI
Tehran/New York, Feb.11 (ANI): Iranian authorities are putting pressure on the country's political opposition not to go ahead with a rally in support of the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.Security ... Read more...
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Germany grants asylum to 50 Iranian dissidents
July 24th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 24 (DPA) Germany has granted asylum to 50 Iranian citizens who fled their country after the so-called "Green Revolution" protests that followed last year's presidential elections, the Interior Ministry said ... Read more...
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Iranian opposition cancels election anniversary rally
June 10th, 2010 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, June 10 (DPA) The Iranian opposition Thursday cancelled an anti-government protest rally scheduled to take place on June 12, the anniversary of last year's controversial presidential election, opposition websites reported.
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Iranian opposition parties cancel rally planned for election anniversary
June 10th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- The Iranian opposition on Thursday said it was canceling an anti-government protest rally scheduled to take place on June 12 for the first anniversary of the last year ... Read more...
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Iranian filmmaker released on bail
May 26th, 2010 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 25 (DPA) Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was released on bail Tuesday, the Tehran prosecutors' office said in a statement.
Panahi had been released from the Evin prison after posting a bail ... Read more...
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Iranian opposition leader sentenced six-year jail
February 9th, 2010 - 3:24 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 9 (DPA) Former Iranian deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh has been given a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, opposition websites reported ... Read more...
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Six-year jail for former Iranian reformist
January 17th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 17 (DPA) Reformist official and former head of Iran's football federation, Mohsen Safaie-Farahani, was sentenced by the revolutionary court to a six-year jail term for his role in post-election unrest, ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad links unrest to US, ‘Zionists’
December 30th, 2009 - 2:23 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Dec 30 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday blamed the latest unrest in his country on the US and Israel, the ISNA news agency reported.
"This is a play staged by ... Read more...
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Police use tear gas to disperse protests in Tehran
December 27th, 2009 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Dec 26 (DPA) There were renewed political protests on Saturday in Tehran and police fired tear gas shells to disperse the crowds, an Iranian opposition website reported.
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More than 100 arrested at Tehran opposition rally
November 7th, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 7 (DPA) More than 100 people have been arrested on charges of "disturbing the public order" during a demonstration earlier this week in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported ... Read more...
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Iran police arrest four journalists at protests
November 6th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 6 (DPA) Iranian security forces arrested four journalists, including one Japanese and two Canadian nationals, during the protests in Tehran this week, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Friday.
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Iran bans critical business daily
November 2nd, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 2 (DPA) Iran Monday banned publication of a pro-reform business daily critical of the government's economic policies.
"Based on a decision by the media supervisory board, the publication licence of Sarmayeh ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad sues senior religious leader for insulting remark
September 13th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 13 (DPA) The office of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sued a senior religious leader, or Ayatollah, over "insulting remarks" against the president, Fars news agency reported Sunday.
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Iran trials to continue; 12 policemen, judge to be charged
August 16th, 2009 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 15 (DPA) The trial of Iranian dissidents was set to continue Sunday, while at least 12 police officials and a judge face charges of mishandling political prisoners, ILNA news agency ... Read more...
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Prosecute Karroubi over rape claims: Iranian conservative leader
August 15th, 2009 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 14 (DPA) A hardline ayatollah close to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Friday for the prosecution of moderate cleric Mehdi Karroubi for alleging that rapes were carried out in Iranian ... Read more...
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Rape claims ’sheer lies’: Iran speaker
August 13th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by IBNS
Tehran (Iran), Aug 13 (IBNS) Iran's parliament speaker- Ali Larijani, has dismissed allegations that post-election detainees were raped while in custody. He also called the ‘news’, ‘sheer lies spread by an opposition ... Read more...
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Iran opposition claims 69 killed in election protests
August 11th, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 11 (DPA) Iran's political opposition said 69 people were killed in protests over the June 12 presidential election which led to the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Tehran newspaper ... Read more...
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US willing to talk to Ahmadinejad government
August 6th, 2009 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (DPA) The United States said Wednesday that it would be willing to engage the Iranian government led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was sworn in for a second ... Read more...
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Iran’s ex-president slams detainees’ trial as ’stage show’
August 2nd, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 2 (DPA) Iran's pro-reform former president Mohammad Khatami slammed the trial of 100 activists detained during the post-election unrest as a "stage show", his website reported Sunday.
The first session of ... Read more...
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Iranians charged with pushing ‘Velvet Revolution’
August 1st, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 1 (DPA) A group of demonstrators, political activists and journalists faced charges of fomenting a "Velvet Revolution" in the Islamic state as their trial began Saturday, Iranian media reported.
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US concerned over Iranian police break-up of mourners’ protest
July 31st, 2009 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Tehran/Washington, July 31 (DPA) The US was "disturbed" by reports of Iranian police and security forces breaking up a demonstration by mourners remembering those killed in recent post-election clashes, a State Department ... Read more...
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Iranian police break up mourners’ protest (Lead)
July 30th, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 30 (DPA) Iranian police and security forces Thursday broke up a demonstration by mourners remembering those killed in recent post-election clashes, and prevented Mir Hussein Moussavi from attending, witnesses said.
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Iran rejects Moussavi’s request for memorial ceremony
July 28th, 2009 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 28 (DPA) The Iranian government Tuesday once again rejected a request by opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi to hold a memorial ceremony for the victims in recent protest demonstrations, Fars news ... Read more...
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Iranian leader orders closure of prison housing protesters
July 28th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 28 (DPA) Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered the closure of a prison in southern Tehran, state media reported Tuesday amid concerns about the fate of protesters arrested ... Read more...
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Iran appoints new atomic chief
July 18th, 2009 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 17 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed the former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali-Akbar Salehi, as the new head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Fars ... Read more...
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Clashes, teargas, arrests at Tehran Friday prayers (Second Lead)
July 17th, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 17 (DPA) Iranian police several times used teargas against thousands of supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi during the Friday prayers ceremony in central Tehran, witnesses said.
Several protesters were arrested ... Read more...
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Thousands gather as Rafsanjani seeks ‘open debate’ (Lead)
July 17th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 17 (DPA) Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani called Friday for an "open debate" on the recent controversial election which saw President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad retain power as witnesses said "hundreds of ... Read more...
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Now, Iran’s most important clerical group blasts Khamenei on election irregularities
July 5th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
New York, July 5 (ANI): Defying Iran's supreme leader and emerging as one of the most public signs of a major split in the country's clerical establishment, the most important group of ... Read more...
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Russia opposes Iran sanction over protest crackdown
July 2nd, 2009 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 2 (RIA Novosti) Russia is opposed to sanctions against Iran over the recent crackdown on protest rallies following the disputed presidential election, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
Russia, which has consistently ... Read more...
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US condemns Iran’s detention of British embassy staff
June 30th, 2009 - 4:23 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 30 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday deplored the detention of Iranian staffers at the British embassy in Tehran and called for their release.
"We find that the ... Read more...
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Iran’s Guardian Council confirms election result (Lead)
June 30th, 2009 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 29 (DPA) Iran's top legislative body, the Guardian Council, Monday approved the result of the country's disputed June 12 election, confirming incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president.
State television station IRIB quoted ... Read more...
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Iran council to start vote recount in front of media
June 29th, 2009 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 29 (DPA) Iran's legislative body, the Guardian Council, gave up hopes of representatives of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi appearing for an election review process and would start a re-count in ... Read more...
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Police teargas marching mourners in Iran
June 28th, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 28 (DPA) Police used teargas against thousands of supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi during a mourning march Sunday in central Tehran, eyewitnesses said.
Eyewitnesses said police used teargas after clashes ... Read more...
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