Archive: June 21, 2009 - June 27, 2009
Obama: Iran Government's Actions 'Outrageous'
Updated 12:44 p.m. President Barack Obama just made a statement on Iran at the White House, saying the Iranian government is operating outside of "international norms" and that he shouldn't have to apologize for criticizing a post-election government crackdown, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for yesterday. "The violence perpetrated...
June 26, 2009; 9:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Doctor Tells of Neda's Final Moments
The BBC has posted a video interview with a doctor who tried to save the life of Neda Agha Soltan after she was shot and killed at a rally on Saturday. Amateur video of Soltan's apparent death has become a YouTube sensation and galvanized the opposition movement. In the video,...
June 25, 2009; 4:34 PM ET | Comments (8)
Possible Runoff Vote, Power Struggle in Iran
Updated 1:34 p.m. A report in The Nation by an Iranian journalist (writing under the pseudonym Babak Sarfaraz) suggests that Hashemi Rafsanjani is making behind-the-scenes moves against Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rafsanjani is the chairman of the Assembly of Experts, which has the authority to appoint and remove...
June 25, 2009; 9:15 AM ET | Comments (19)
Report: Neda's Family Forced Out of Home
According to an un-bylined report on The Guardian's Web site, Iranian authorities have forced the family of Neda Agha Soltan to leave their apartment in east Tehran. Amateur video of Soltan's apparent death at a rally on Saturday has become a YouTube sensation and galvanized the opposition movement, as The...
June 24, 2009; 4:58 PM ET | Comments (6)
Video, More Reports of Violence Emerge
Witnesses are giving more details about security forces forcibly breaking up a demonstration at the parliament building, according to The Post's Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin, who write that regular police, riot police and members of a special force known as the "Robocops" for their full body armor and special...
June 24, 2009; 2:49 PM ET | Comments (5)
Report: Election Committee Confirms Ahmadinejad Win
Updated 2:30 p.m. BNO News Wire is reporting that Iran's election committee found no irregularities in the vote and confirmed that Ahmadinejad won the June 12 presidential election. According to the wire service, the committee says it finished a recount conducted in the presence of representatives of defeated conservative candidate...
June 24, 2009; 12:31 PM ET | Comments (12)
Police, Protesters Clash Violently in Tehran
Updated 1:51 p.m. A video making the rounds on YouTube purporting to be footage from a rally today in Tehran shows a chaotic and violent scene: black smoke billows from a fire burning in the street as a large crowd gathers. In a subsequent scene, an injured, possibly deceased, man...
June 24, 2009; 11:55 AM ET | Comments (5)
Amid Iran Crackdown, Online Chatter Indicates Protests Will Resume
The independent Tehran Bureau, founded by Iranian-born journalist Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, is leading the site with this editorial cartoon. A day after 25 Iranian journalists and two foreign reporters were detained in Iran, as The Post's Tara Bahrampour reports, news from Iran is continuing to leak out via the...
June 24, 2009; 9:06 AM ET | Comments (2)
