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Sports Illustrated - Wed Dec 9, 9:04 am ET
HOUSTON -- Fereidoun M. Esfandiary, the son of an Iranian diplomat, played on his country's first Olympic basketball team, in the 1948 Summer Games, and shortly thereafter became the first known Iranian basketball player to enroll in an American university. He arrived at Cal in early 1949, then transferred to UCLA and later, Los Angeles City College, though no record exists of him playing hoops ...
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New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 9:08 pm ET
Tehran’s police chief announced that 204 people had been arrested as clashes between students and police continued.
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OfficialWire - Wed Dec 9, 2:12 am ET
The United States is doing whatever it can to prevent the coming of the Muslim savior, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 4:35 am ET
An Iranian nuclear official says the purpose of a U.N. warning station set up in Turkmenistan near the border with Iran is "espionage."
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The Washington Times - Wed Dec 9, 6:45 am ET
TEHRAN | Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months. More than 200 people were arrested in Tehran on Monday during protests by tens of thousands at universities nationwide, and ...
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Pioneer Press - Wed Dec 9, 1:04 am ET
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Thursday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the grounds of the country's most prominent university and assaulted students who had gathered in protest.
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The Durango Herald - Wed Dec 9, 2:33 am ET
TEHRAN, Iran - Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:26 pm ET
Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months.
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New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 10:33 am ET
Tehran’s police chief announced that 204 people had been arrested as clashes between students and police continued.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 4:04 pm ET
Iran will "show no mercy" toward opposition protesters seen as threatening national security, a judiciary official said on Tuesday, a day after thousands of students staged anti-government rallies.
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FOX 61 Chattanooga - Tue Dec 8, 5:00 am ET
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims the United States is attempting to thwart the return of mankind's savior, according to reports from Al Arabiya, a television news station based in Dubai.
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Boston Globe - Wed Dec 9, 5:04 am ET
An Iranian nuclear official says the purpose of a U.N. warning station set up in Turkmenistan near the border with Iran is "espionage."
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OfficialWire - 1 hour 15 minutes ago
Russian and Iranian representatives are vying to become the first secretary-general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum at their ninth regular summit in Doha.
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OfficialWire - Wed Dec 9, 2:41 am ET
The government of Iran should respect the freedom of its citizens and halt the use of forceful measures to quiet dissent, the British foreign secretary said.
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Denver Post - Wed Dec 9, 3:21 am ET
Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Tuesday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the grounds of the country's most prominent university and assaulted students who had gathered in protest.