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Reports: Iran Fires on Protesters, Kills 4

Strife in Tehran is most heated since June protests

(Newser) - Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in the capital today, killing at least four people and injuring two others in the fiercest clashes in months, opposition websites and witnesses said. Authorities had warned of a harsh crackdown should opposition supporters hold rallies coinciding with today's religious observances marking...

Iranian Forces Clash With Protesters

More rallies are expected tomorrow during mourning ritual

(Newser) - Iranian security forces beat protesters in central Tehran today while hardline activists disrupted a speech by the country's moderate former president, said reformist websites. Several injuries were reported in the unrest, which came a day before the Shiite Muslim mourning ceremony of Ashoura. Opposition activists have held a series of...

With Iran in Turmoil, Obama Can't Squander Another Year
With Iran in Turmoil, Obama Can't Squander Another Year
Charles Krauthammer
Dec 25, 2009 8:35 AM CST

With Iran in Turmoil, Obama Can't Squander Another Year

Ticking nuclear clock won't allow many more missed chances

(Newser) - By not throwing his support to Iran’s struggling opposition movement, President Obama should be looking back with regret on “a year of spectacularly squandered opportunity,” Charles Krauthammer writes. Citing Obama’s “scandalous silence,” and his “relentless engagement with the murderous regime” of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,...

Iran Bans Memorials for Dissident Cleric

Montazeri appreciations banned after days of protests

(Newser) - Iran banned memorials for the country's most senior dissident cleric and reiterated a stern warning to the opposition today, after days of services in honor of the spiritual leader turned into street protests against the government. A commemoration had been planned for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in the town...

Kerry Mulls Iran Visit
 Kerry Mulls Iran Visit 
Dec 24, 2009 1:21 AM CST

Kerry Mulls Iran Visit

Tehran dismisses idea of last-ditch talks on nuclear program

(Newser) - John Kerry is weighing plans to become the highest-ranking American emissary to visit Iran in over 30 years. White House officials won't oppose the visit, aimed at brokering an agreement on Iran's nuclear program. "This sounds like the kind of travel a chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee would—...

Bin Laden Kids Under House Arrest in Tehran

17-year-old daughter has escaped to Saudi embassy

(Newser) - A 17-year-old daughter of Osama bin Laden has escaped from house arrest in Iran and is being assisted by the Saudi embassy there. Statements by a Saudi diplomat and bin Laden’s son, Omar, to Saudi paper Asharq Al-Awsat appear to clear up what has long been a murky situation...

Ahmadinejad Backtracks on Vow to Help Free Hikers
Ahmadinejad Backtracks
on Vow to Help Free Hikers
Interview
Dec 21, 2009 11:55 AM CST

Ahmadinejad Backtracks on Vow to Help Free Hikers

Iranian prez tells Diane Sawyer, 'I am not the judge to judge about it'

(Newser) - The three American hikers being held in Iran probably shouldn’t count on that helping hand Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised them. In an interview airing tonight on ABC , Diane Sawyer asked Ahmadinejad if he was still going to do his best to free the hikers, as he promised. “Yes,”...

Iranian Cleric's Funeral Stirs Opposition Protests

Anti-gov't protesters salute dissident Montazeri

(Newser) - Iran's opposition movement rumbled again today as tens of thousands of mourners joined the funeral procession for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the senior dissident cleric who had denounced government crackdowns as the work of power-hungry despots. Tehran barred foreign media from the ceremonies for Montazeri, who died yesterday at...

Top Iranian Dissident Montazeri Dies
 Top Iranian 
 Dissident 
 Montazeri Dies 
OBITUARY
Dec 20, 2009 6:19 AM CST

Top Iranian Dissident Montazeri Dies

Cleric had been in line to succeed supreme leader, fell from favor

(Newser) - Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who emerged as the spiritual father of its reform movement, died in his sleep overnight. He was 87. Once slated to succeed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Montazeri instead led the charge in accusing the country's ruling Islamic establishment of imposing dictatorship...

Iran Admits Prisoners Were Beaten to Death

Government acknowledges 3 protesters were killed in jail

(Newser) - After months of denials, Iran acknowledged today that at least three people detained in the country's post-election turmoil were beaten to death by their jailers. The surprise announcement by the hard-line judiciary confirmed one of the opposition's most devastating claims against authorities after June's presidential vote. The judiciary also said...

Iran Seizes Iraqi Oil Well on Disputed Border

No violence, confrontations common in southern border region

(Newser) - Iranian forces have seized an Iraqi-run oil well on the disputed border between the countries and raised their flag. A US official says it's not an uncommon occurrence, adding, “There has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful diplomacy between...

Twitter Hijacked by 'Iranian Cyber Army'

Hackers shut down site, leave anti-American message

(Newser) - Twitter was hacked last night, leaving millions of microbloggers tweetless for two hours. During that time, those who tried to access the site were greeted by a green flag and a strange message: "This site has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army." The hackers also left this message:...

Regime Change in Iran Could Easily Backfire

The current crew is limited by its own incompetence

(Newser) - Iran’s current government leaves much to be desired, but would the installation of a less ideological, more democratic government actually be desirable for the US and its allies? Maybe not, writes Stephen Walt . For example, Mir Mousavi, Ahmadinejad’s jilted rival in the last “election,” agrees with...

Can You Accidentally Hike Into Iran?

Yes, but it's not exactly easy, or safe

(Newser) - The plight of the three American hikers facing espionage charges in Iran might have you wondering: Is it really that easy to accidentally wander into Iran? The answer is yes, but only “if you’re reckless,” writes Juliet Lapidos for Slate’s Explainer column. The Iraqi Kurdistan area...

Iran Fires Upgraded Long-Range Missile

Improved Sajjil-2 test 'successful,' says state media

(Newser) - Iran has successfully tested a new and more accurate version of its long-range Sajjil-2 missile, state media reports today. No other details were provided. The high-speed missile has a range of around 1,200 miles, putting Israel and southeastern Europe well within its range, AP reports. Iran has intensified its...

Iran Continues Secret Nuke Tests: Documents

In 2007, regime planned 4-year push to develop bomb trigger

(Newser) - Iran was testing a crucial component of a nuclear bomb as recently as 2007, leading many experts to believe the country is currently engaged in a weapons program despite its protestations to the contrary. Secret 2007 documents obtained by the Times of London describe a four-year plan to work with...

Iran Will Put 3 US Hikers on Trial

They entered Iran with 'suspicious aims,' says foreign minister

(Newser) - Iran will try the three Americans hikers who were arrested in July after they crossed the border from northern Iraq, the Iranian foreign minister said today. Charges were unspecified, though they have previously been accused of spying. "They have entered Iran with suspicious aims. The judiciary will try them,...

Iranians Don Scarves in Protest

What a drag! Activists turn tables on officials

(Newser) - Hundreds of Iranian men are donning headscarves in Facebook photos to turn the tables on authorities who tried to humiliate a student activist by distributing photos apparently showing him in a scarf and chador as he tried to escape police. Members of the "Be a Man" campaign wear colorful...

Iran Ready to Swap Uranium
 Iran Ready to 
 Swap Uranium  
Dec 12, 2009 6:00 AM CST

Iran Ready to Swap Uranium

Foreign minister says UN deal a go, wants to dicker over details

(Newser) - Iran is ready to exchange the bulk of its enriched uranium for nuclear fuel rods—as proposed by the UN—but according to its own mechanisms and timetable, the foreign minister said today. Manochehr Mottaki said Iran would swap 2,600 of its 3,300 pounds for rods, which cannot...

Gates Expects 'Significant' Sanctions on Iran

Tehran still unwilling to yield on nukes

(Newser) - Robert Gates warned Iran today in the strongest language yet from the US that it faces serious economic sanctions because of its refusal to budge on nuclear talks. "I think that you are going to see some significant additional sanctions imposed by the international community, assuming that the Iranians...

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