Iran Reports – June 15, 2009

Iran protest cancelled as leaked election results show Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came third
— “Iran’s reformist presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has called off a major rally to protest last Friday’s election results, amid claims police had been cleared to open fire on protesters”
— “In an effort to quell the rising tensions, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered an investigation into claims of fraud in Friday’s disputed vote, according to Iranian state television”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5540211/Iran-protest-cancelled-as-leaked-election-results-show-Mahmoud-Amadinejad-came-third.html
— Iran supreme leader orders probe of vote fraud
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6502374.ece
— Ahmadinejad defiant as defeated rival protests vote
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090614/wl_afp/iranvote

(Iran) Tensions build in Teheran. Pro-Moussavi demonstrations “illegal”
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15513&theme=5&size=A
— Hatred, chaos and savage beatings in Tehran
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.eyewitness/index.html
— Mousavi protest rally postponed in Tehran
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEVA14340720090615
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3427665108
— Ahmadinejad Opponents Shout Protests From Rooftops
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526276,00.html

(Iran) Tear gas and Twitter: Iranians take their protests online
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.twitter/index.html

(Iran) Tehran Bureau Blogger News
http://tehranbureau.com/category/reporting-essays/
— Video of Tehran Riots
http://tehranbureau.com/video-tehran-riots/
— Twitter Web Site
http://twitter.com/tehranbureau
— Facebook Web Site
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IRAN/18297877889

(Iran) Anti-Ahmadinejad supporters to protest today
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25637237-23109,00.html
— Mousavi supporters to rally in Tehran
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE55D04V20090615?rpc=401&
— Clashes in Iran reveal deep divide
— “Anti-Ahmadinejad protests appear to trigger counterreaction from his supporters”
— “International media prevented from covering demonstrations”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.scene/index.html
— Protests around world
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.scene/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto
— Ahmadinejad defends re-election as violence continues in Teheran
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_390466.html
— Defeated Iranian reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi calls for more protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5533782/Defeated-Iranian-reformist-Mir-Hossein-Mousavi-calls-for-more-protest-against-Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad.html
— Poll rioters rip Iran apart as Ahmadinejad rounds up opposition leaders while insisting election wasn’t rigged
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192958/Poll-rioters-rip-Iran-apart-Ahmadinejad-rounds-opposition-leaders-insisting-election-wasnt-rigged.html
— Unrest challenges Iran’s republic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099884.stm
— ‘Anti-Ahmadinejad protests will die out’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371097557&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull