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	The opposition Green Movement in Iran is planning a series of large protests in early February, culminating in an attempt to co-opt a massive pro-regime march to commemorate the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Opposition Green Movement activists in major cities around Iran are playing a cat-and-mouse game with authorities seeking to shut down their operations ahead of Feb. 11, a revolutionary anniversary that the activists are hoping to use for the country's largest street protests yet.. By Iason Athanasiadis >Read the Article


Posted 9/2/2010 @ 9:43:59 GMT IRAN: Internet access, text-messaging service down as 22 Bahman protests approach In the last week, Internet connections across Iran have slowed to a crawl, with sources in Tehran reporting that, when service is available at all, it is so slow that checking e-mail is nearly impossible. more


Posted 9/2/2010 @ 9:40:25 GMT U.S , EU castigate Iran for human rights abuses The United States and the European Union on Monday condemned human rights abuses in Iran in the wake of the Islamic Republic’s announcement that it would expand its nuclear materials enrichment effort. more By Los Angeles Time


Posted 9/2/2010 @ 9:35:47 GMT US wants UN sanctions resolution on Iran within weeks PARIS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The United States wants the U.N. Security Council to approve a resolution within weeks, not months, laying the ground for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. more


Posted 8/2/2010 @ 9:41:22 GMT Oil Near $72 Amid US Cold Snap, Iran Tensions Oil prices rose near to $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, boosted by tensions over Iran's nuclear program and persistently cold weather in the U.S. northeast. more


Posted 7/2/2010 @ 16:18:12 GMT Gates urges sanctions on Iran as Ahmadinejad orders higher enrichment of uranium ROME -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Sunday that "there is still time for sanctions and pressure to work" against Iran's nuclear program despite an announcement from Tehran that it would begin production of enriched uranium. more By Washington Post


Posted 7/2/2010 @ 16:10:56 GMT Iran detains 7 suspected of spying for US TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's state media says Tehran has arrested seven people link to the U.S.-funded Radio Farda and accused some of them of working for American spy agencies. more


Posted 6/2/2010 @ 16:22:29 GMT Iran's police vow no tolerance towards protesters TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police will show no more tolerance toward anti-government protesters, the force's chief was quoted as saying on Saturday, in a warning to the opposition before possible new demonstrations next week. more

Posted 5/2/2010 @ 10:25:6 GMT
Iran groups urge non-violent protests for anniversary
(CNN) -- A coalition of Iranian reformist groups is urging opponents of the regime to stage non-violent protests on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution next week.The Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front called Thursday for people to march "with their green colors" in support of the opposition Green Movement on February 11. more


Posted 3/2/2010 @ 17:44:35 GMT Iran tries to reset the sanctions clock By now you've probably heard that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered to export Iran's low-enriched uranium for further enrichment.In an interview with Iranian state television, Ahmadinejad said he has "no problem" with sending Iran's LEU out of the country. more


Posted 3/2/2010 @ 9:0:22 GMT U.S. solidarity could boost Iran's Green Revolution It means something in foreign policy circles when realists and idealists converge on a policy -- as they are beginning to do on Iran. more By The Washington Post


Posted 2/2/2010 @ 22:4:25 GMT Iran leaders 'sowing seeds' of own destruction: Biden WASHINGTON — Iran's leaders are "sowing the seeds of their own destruction" with a brutal crackdown on protesters, US Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday. more


Posted 2/2/2010 @ 9:24:55 GMT Iran, With Opposition Protests Continuing, Executes More Prisoners Every Thursday since last April, Davoud Rahmanipour traveled to the notorious Evin prison in northern Tehran for a weekly visit with his son, Arash, 19, who was being held there while his lawyer appealed his death sentence. more By The New York Times


Posted 2/2/2010 @ 9:21:1 GMT As internal pressure builds, Iran could 'lash out' using Hamas and Hizbullah, U.S. warns WASHINGTON — The United States has warned that Iran could use its proxies to spark a war in the Middle East as an increasingly restive Iranian population continues to challenge the regime. more


Posted 1/2/2010 @ 9:51:35 GMT The key to dealing with Iran: Press ties with opposition PRESIDENT OBAMA promised last year that if Iran did not respond to offers of high-level "engagement" with the United States and negotiations on its nuclear program, he would seek international support for "crippling" sanctions against the regime. more


Posted 1/2/2010 @ 9:42:17 GMT North Korean weapons mystery continues BANGKOK -- Thailand said Monday that an aircraft loaded with North Korean weapons was flying to Iran when it was intercepted in December but that the ultimate destination of the arms is still not known. more


Posted 31/1/2010 @ 18:42:28 GMT Slain Hamas leader helped Gaza get arms: spokesman GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Hamas commander killed in Dubai was targeted by Israel for his role in smuggling "special weapons" to the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamist group said on Sunday. more


Posted 30/1/2010 @ 23:45:54 GMT Iran's opposition leaders call for big turnout on anniversary of '79 revolution Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi condemn recent executions, which were seen as an attempt to intimidate the green movement. But a hard-liner warns that protesters would be 'firmly confronted.' more By Los Angeles Times


Posted 29/1/2010 @ 9:10:58 GMT U.S. Senate Approves Stronger Penalties Against Iran The United States Senate approved legislation on Thursday that would let President Obama impose sanctions on Iran’s gasoline suppliers and penalize some of Tehran’s elites, a move aimed at pressing Tehran to give up its nuclear program. more


Posted 28/1/2010 @ 9:3:53 GMT Iran Reportedly Executes 2 Over Election Protests PARIS — Iran hanged on Thursday 2 of 11 people who had been sentenced to death on charges stemming from unrest following last June’s flawed presidential election, according the ISNA news agency in Tehran. more


Posted 27/1/2010 @ 18:8:48 GMT Early exit for Ahmadi-Nejad predicted Mehdi Karroubi, one of Iran’s senior opposition leaders, says Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the country’s president, cannot survive his four-year term, predicting that the weakening economy and popular opposition will lead moderate forces in the regime to oust him. more By FT.COM


Posted 25/1/2010 @ 17:52:53 GMT Enough Is Enough Why we can no longer remain on the sidelines in the struggle for regime change in Iran.Two schools of thought have traditionally competed to determine how America should approach the world. more By Newsweek


Posted 25/1/2010 @ 9:3:14 GMT Iran crackdown a 'human rights disaster,' report says (CNN) -- A human rights group is calling on Iran to free protesters detained after the disputed June 12 presidential election, calling the government's crackdown on its critics a "human rights disaster." more


Posted 24/1/2010 @ 19:31:23 GMT Iran opposition calls for free elections: website TEHRAN — The political party of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi called on Sunday for the holding of a free election and permission to stage demonstrations, its website said. more


Posted 22/1/2010 @ 16:43:29 GMT THE WORKING CLASS AND EMANCIPATORY STRUGGLES OF PEOPLE IN IRAN * Stop killings and torture!* Farzad Kamangar in danger of execution!* Free Haft Tapeh labour leaders!* Free Osanloo and Madadi now! more


Posted 22/1/2010 @ 12:6:47 GMT Iran students boycott exams to protest disputed election Students in Iran have been boycotting end-of-term exams as they continue to show their opposition to the outcome of last year's disputed presidential election. more By bbc


Posted 22/1/2010 @ 9:5:29 GMT Clinton Claims Int'l Unity on Iran Despite Chinese Skepticism ABC News' Kirit Radia reports: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that the international community remains united against a nuclear Iran, despite recent setbacks in the effort to enact the “crippling” sanctions on Tehran that Clinton called for last year. more


Posted 21/1/2010 @ 11:54:16 GMT The Soft Power Solution in Iran Al Qaeda bombers on U.S. airliners need prompt attention, but it is Iran, a supporter of terrorism now developing the capacity to fire nuclear-tipped missiles, that may pose the greatest threat to global stability and American security. more By wsj


Posted 20/1/2010 @ 11:40:43 GMT Iran: Reformist student sentenced to 8 years Majid Tavakoli, who called President Ahmadinejad a 'fascist', Ayatollah Khamenei a 'dictator' sentenced to eight years imprisonment more By Israel News


Posted 19/1/2010 @ 14:49:44 GMT More than 40 arrested after demo photos: Iran police TEHRAN — More than 40 people have been arrested on the basis of tip-offs after police circulated photographs of demonstrators at a December rally which turned deadly, a police website reported on Tuesday. more By AFP


Posted 18/1/2010 @ 9:2:48 GMT Iran moving toward sentencing Bahai leaders it accuses of plotting overthrow TEHRAN -- Iran's judiciary is deciding on prison sentences for seven leaders of the Bahai community, who are being put on trial behind closed doors in Tehran, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency reported. Bahai is an outlawed faith in the Shiite Muslim republic. more


Posted 17/1/2010 @ 21:13:57 GMT Islamic Games Canceled After Dispute Between Arab Countries and Iran RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Islamic Solidarity Games have been canceled after a dispute between Arab countries and Iran over the name of the waterway dividing them. more


Posted 17/1/2010 @ 19:50:21 GMT The Iranian Exile's Eye TORONTO, Canada — One day last June, on the quiet Tehran street where I lived, I noticed a man in a white Peugeot across the street looking at me, straight in the eye, as I started to drive out of my garage. “There she is,” he said, and he rushed to start his own car. more