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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 9:58 am ET
Iran's top intelligence official denounced senior clerics who he said support the country's opposition, an acknowledgment of the split in the leadership amid the postelection turmoil and a sign of growing pressure by hard-liners within the government to extend the crackdown.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Fri Dec 11, 2:26 am ET
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- In the video, one of hundreds filmed during Iran's nationwide demonstrations on Monday, an enraged woman's voice can be heard as a paramilitary truck runs a motorbike off the road amid a crowd of fleeing protesters.
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New York Times - Thu Dec 10, 5:33 am ET
The group said in a report that the human rights violations that it said occurred after protests following elections in June should be “fully and independently investigated.”
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Pioneer Press - Fri Dec 11, 1:06 am ET
BEIRUT, Lebanon — In the video, one of hundreds recorded during Iran's nationwide demonstrations Monday, an enraged woman's voice can be heard as a paramilitary truck runs a motorbike off the road amid a crowd of fleeing protesters.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 3:08 am ET
Human rights violations in Iran are as poor as at any time in the past 20 years, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday.
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Payvand Iran News - Wed Dec 9, 11:24 am ET
In a recent speech in the central city of Isfahan, Ahmadinejad said: "With those [U.S. troops] who came to occupy Iraq, the appearance was that they came just to exploit the oil. In reality, though, they know that something will happen in this region -- a divine hand will come soon to root out the tyranny in the world." "And they know," he added, "that Iran is paving the way for his coming and ...
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UPI - Thu Dec 10, 11:18 am ET
LONDON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Iran must allow the United Nations to investigate allegations of human-rights abuses during the post-election unrest, Amnesty International says.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 11:30 am ET
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran's plan to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants was not aimed at confronting the UN atomic watchdog, which censured Tehran last month, the state television website reported.
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WashingtonTV - Wed Dec 9, 12:07 pm ET
Washington, 9 December (WashingtonTV)—Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called for greater regional cooperation to confront what he called “arrogant” powers.
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WashingtonTV - Wed Dec 9, 10:07 am ET
Washington, 9 December (WashingtonTV)—Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that his country did not want further escalation in the dispute over its nuclear program.
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Baltimore Jewish Times - Fri Dec 11, 12:11 am ET
Latin America’s largest television network will feature a Chanukah awareness campaign. Brazil’s Globo TV, which has 120 million viewers daily, will air a 15-second film about the meaning of Chanukah.
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Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 6:41 pm ET
Liberation: Iranians desperate for freedom are risking their lives in street protests against the evil regime that controls their country. And as before, American support is conspicuously -- and inexcusably -- absent.
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WTVC Chattanooga - Thu Dec 10, 6:50 pm ET
George Stephanopoulos has been named the new anchor of "Good Morning America," ABC News President David Westin announced today.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 7:17 am ET
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to attend the summit of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, state television network IRIB reported Wednesday. The head of Iran's environmental protection office, Mohammad-Javad...
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 7:02 am ET
Tehran - Iran does not want further escalation in the dispute over its nuclear programmes and wants talks with the world powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday. We do not welcome any escalation and are ready to hold further talks [with...