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Iran frees 140 vote protesters

... President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wanted them all released soon.In what was seen as a gesture to the opposition campaigning against Ahmadinejad's re-election, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also ordered a jail closed amid allegations of prisoner abuse.Ahmadinejad, in ...
Iran opposition urge clerics to act over detainees

... by the authorities, who have banned street protests by those who say the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was rigged.Iran's top authority Supreme ... which the West suspects is a cover for building atomic weapons. Iran says its programme is peaceful.Israel, believed to be the Middle East's ...
Rafsanjani backs 'law-breakers' - Iran hardliner

... said in an editorial. He is seen as a close ally of Khamenei.He said Rafsanjani, a moderate who backed Mousavi's election campaign, had done nothing to prevent the gathering of Mousavi supporters inside and outside Tehran University, where prayers are held each Friday and broadcast live on state ...
Iran plays down G8 concern at protests, nuke standoff

... nuclear programme is aimed solely at generating electricity.Talks between Iran and P5-plus-1 have been on hold since September.US President Barack ... G8 joint declaration expressed "serious concern" over post-election violence in Iran but called for a negotiated resolution to the standoff over Tehran' ...
Iran charges British Embassy employee over protests

... detained by authorities. It is not clear when his trial will start, Khorramshi said.Iran’s leadership stepped up its accusations that the US and UK incited protests which rocked Tehran following the landslide re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on June 12.Nine local staff of the British ...
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Iran sparks new row with Britain over election

... uranium enrichment, which they suspect is aimed at bomb-making. Iran says its programme is wholly peaceful.The streets of Tehran have sunk ... , who asked not to be named.The European Union condemned Iran's suppression of post-election protesters and said it would meet any intimidation of its diplomatic ...
British embassy staff arrested in Iran over riots

... move is likely to strain relations further between London and Tehran following Iran's disputed June 12 presidential election and a tit-for-tat expulsion ... powers for alleged interference, singling out Britain as the "most treacherous" of Iran's enemies.Brown has condemned violence and media censorship ...
More killed in Iran's bloody protests

... ” its actions in an interview last week with CBS News.He was speaking about the violent protests which rocked the capital last week following the landslide re-election of Ahmadinejad. Mousavi has called for the poll to be annulled, saying the vote was rigged, which the Iran government denies.
Iran's Mousavi ready for 'martyrdom'

... (election rigging) were planned months ahead of the vote ... considering all the violations ... the election should be annulled," Mousavi said in a letter to the country's top legislative body.The scale of the demonstrations in Iran, a major oil exporter embroiled in dispute with major powers over ...
Iran's Khamenei demands halt to election protests

... targeting the legitimacy of the Islamic establishment by disputing the outcome of the election.The supreme leader, Iran's ultimate authority, in theory stands ... state media have reported seven or eight people killed in protests since the election results were published on June 13. Scores of reformists ...
Thousands gather in Iran for mourning rally

... on Thursday to mourn those killed in mass demonstrations against what he says was a rigged election.Witnesses said Imam Khomeini Square was packed with people ... ?" read one banner in the crowd. "Why did you kill our brothers?" read another.Iran's English-language state television reported eight people ...
Mousavi mourns Iran's protest victims

... victory in Friday's vote showed faith in his government of "honesty and service to the people."US President Barack Obama has voiced "deep concerns" about the aftermath of the election, although he added: "It is not productive, given the history of US-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling."
Iran rules out annulment of presidential poll

... Obama, who has sought to reach out to Iran asking its leadership to "unclench its fist", said he was deeply troubled by the post-election violence and that protesters who ... who backed pro-reform candidate Mehdi Karoubi in the election, was arrested early on Tuesday, his office said.Gunfire was heard ...
Iran media claims seven killed during Mousavi rally

... television said on Tuesday seven people had been killed near the site of a rally in Tehran.Iran's English-language Press TV carried a breaking ... in downtown Tehran against the official result of last Friday's presidential election, which showed hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a landslide. ...
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