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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.
A recent demonstration in Tehran that went further than before in targeting the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has shown a new level of bravery from protesters ready to stand up to the security forces. -Yasaman Baji
Mehdi Karroubi, Iranian opposition leader warned Islamic Republic authorities against "violent confrontation" with people especially students. In an interview published on Tagheer website, Mr. Karroubi describes university students as the "thermometer" of society and urged the establishment to heed the legal demands of the people.
Middle East Progess talks to Karim Sadjadpour -- Middle East Progress: The Iranian government has yet to agree to the IAEA proposal for enrichment of Iran's low enriched uranium in a third country. What do you think are the aims of the government with regards to the proposal?
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 ...
Iran threatened tougher action against protesters Tuesday and hard-liners on motorcycles harassed the top opposition leader at his office Tuesday, signs of a possible intensified crackdown after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months.
Protesters clashed with supporters of the Iranian regime for a second straight day Tuesday even as the chief prosecutor threatened to try the main opposition leader and vigilantes briefly besieged his office.
A Jewish politician became the first woman to be elected president of Brazil’s most popular soccer team. Patricia Amorim, a Rio de Janeiro City Council member since 2000, as well as an Olympic swimmer, was chosen Monday to head the Flamengo soccer club.
Carrying Holbrook along the way, state Attorney General Martha Coakley won the Dec. 8 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat the late Edward Kennedy held for 47 years, dramatically outdistancing a four-way field with nearly half the vote in a low-turnout contest and heading into a Jan. 19 special election with Republican state Sen. Scott Brown. Coakley captured 47 percent of the statewide ...
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. Armed with steel clubs, electric batons,...
Attorney General Martha Coakley won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat the late Edward Kennedy held for 47 years, dramatically outdistancing a four-way field with nearly half the vote in a low-turnout contest, and heading into a Jan. 19 general election with Republican state Sen. Scott Brown.
Iran threatened tougher action against protesters Tuesday after tens of thousands marched at universities across the country in the biggest anti-government rallies in months, a sign authorities are concerned the protest movement could pick up steam.
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Iran's broadest and most violent protest in months spilled over into a second day on Tuesday, as bloody clashes broke out on university campuses between students chanting antigovernment slogans and the police and Basij militia members.
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TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- University students at many Iranian universities held a second day of demonstrations Tuesday, with violent confrontations on many campuses, observers said.
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.
