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Ayatollah to rule on Iran election dispute

... of pro-reform aspirants for the March 14 parliamentary election.The election row reflects a long-running power ... candidates were reinstated.With the election approaching, reformists insist they will not boycott the vote, saying a low turnout would bring into question the legitimacy of Iran's system ...
Khamenei vows no retreat on Iran election result

... day after US President Barack Obama said he was "appalled and outraged" by the clampdown in Iran, provided more evidence of rising tension with the West.Obama called ... Minister Mirhossein Mousavi.The furore over the election has exposed deep rifts within Iran's political elite, with Khamenei solidly ...
Iran election protests move online

... using DoS attacks against protest sites hosted in the US.Since the disputed election results were announced on Friday, Iranian authorities have been accused of ... . On Monday, Twitter announced that it would postpone routine maintenance downtime to avoid disrupting the service at peak times in Iran.
IN PICS: Iran election result sparks riots

Conservatives dominate Iran elections

... parliament will be of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who must seek re-election next year against a background of popular discontent over Iran's high inflation.Interior ... pick up at least a dozen seats as they have 15 candidates in the top 32.Iran's former top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, standing ...
Iran's Khamenei praises Syria's 'resistance'

... said.Assad also insisted that relations between regional allies Syria and Iran and their positions on Middle East issues should remain unchanged ... two were detained for their alleged role in the riots that broke out after Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election.Assad last visited Iran in August 2008.
Mousavi says Iran needs 'deep change' - his website

... change in the country," the Ghalamnews quoted Mousavi as saying. "Could America harm Iran ... as much as these events in prisons have damaged the (1979 Islamic) revolution ... men and women detained after post-election protests had been raped in jail. Iran's police chief had previously acknowledged ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad denies rift with Khamenei

... to obey Khamenei, piling further pressure on the embattled president following his disputed re-election and a series of controversial political decisions.Ahmadinejad's post- ... 's chief of staff.Khamenei had staunchly defended Ahmadinejad's re-election in the June 12 poll in the face of massive public ...
Iran vows to hit Israel's atomic sites if attacked - TV

... out military action if diplomacy fails to resolve the row.Iran says it is pursuing only a nuclear power generation programme.Israel, ... capabilities."It is part of the psychological war that the West has launched against Iran," Jafari said.Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map ...
Mousavi's brother-in-law under arrest in Iran - sister

... fraud."Some top hardline officials have said a number of detainees have confessed to being in the service of enemies abroad to fuel the post-election protests.The charge has been vehemently denied by the opposition, which says the confessions have been obtained under torture or duress."We have ...
Khamenei warns against helping Iran's enemies

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned senior officials on Monday not to help Tehran's enemies after two former presidents ... government drew its legitimacy from "almighty God".The election dispute has further strained ties between Iran and the West, already at odds over Tehran's nuclear ...
Ahmadinejad's rivals defiant on Iran vote

... -government protests.Stung by European Union criticism of the election aftermath, Iran's top military commander demanded that the 27- ... Obama's administration had offered to join the negotiations, but the turmoil after the election has dimmed prospects for any American engagement with Tehran.A row ...
Iran minister says no rigging of vote

... that no organised rigging which could affect the result of the election took place," he said."Americans and the Zionists wanted to destabilise Iran ... even months before the election they started to talk about the possibility of vote rigging in Iran and they continue this path after the election," ...
Hopes for Iran talks hit by violence - Obama

... Ahmadinejad's call for him to apologise for criticizing Tehran, "particularly given the fact that the United States has gone out of its way not to interfere with the election process in Iran."Washington had been hoping to convince Tehran to drop what it suspects are plans to develop nuclear bombs, ...
Arab states gloat at Iran strife, but wary of its spread

... Washington so feared by Riyadh. "The status quo suits everyone to a degree," he said. Ahmadinejad's re-election, analysts said, would comfort many Israelis and some Arabs who have long sought international action against Iran and had been concerned by US President Barack Obama's offer of direct ...
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