Iran Election Controversy
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TEHRAN - Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying on Monday, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was no evidence to back the charges. Full Article at Vancouver Sun
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai, re-elected a week ago after a flawed vote, appealed Monday for closer trade ties with fellow Muslim countries to help Afghanistan break its cycle of conflict. Full Article at ABC News
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Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi, whose supporters clashed with police in a rally last week, accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday of double standards in his US policy. Full Article at Ynetnews
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* Beaten presidential candidate sees double standard * Criticises Ahmadinejad for feelers towards Washington TEHRAN, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi, whose supporters clashed with police in a rally last week, accused... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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TEHRAN, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Iran has released a further 40 people detained during an opposition demonstration last week that led to clashes with police, state media said on Sunday. Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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* Apparent victory for Ahmadinejad * Subsidy cuts could fuel unrest TEHRAN, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament voted on Sunday to give the government a free hand to spend money saved from cutting food and fuel subsidies, in an apparent victory for... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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More than 100 people were detained for public order offences after Wednesday's protests in Tehran, officials say. The protests coincided with an official rally to mark 30 years since the storming of the US embassy during the 1979 Islamic revolution. Full Article at BBC News
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Hardcore travelers are looking beyond the sensational headlines and continuing to explore this... Full Article at News24
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Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported today. Full Article at Irish Times
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Protesters flooded the streets on November 4 to defy the mullahs and plead for Obama's support. On November 4, the Iranian regime held its national holiday commemorating the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran and the taking of hostages in 1979. Full Article at Pajamas Media
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IRANIAN AUTHORITIES are believed to be holding a Danish journalism student arrested in a crackdown on foreign reporters. Full Article at Irish Times
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Iran's former crown prince backed a campaign of "civil disobedience and non-violence" Saturday to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention. Full Article at Al Arabiya
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Iranian authorities thought to be holding 31-year-old as part of a crackdown on foreign reporters Iranian authorities are believed to be holding a Danish journalism student after he was arrested by the Iranian authorities as part of a crackdown on... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Tehran’s prosecutor said on Friday that an investigation was underway into the arrest of AFP reporter and FRANCE 24 contributor Farhad Pouladi as he reported on rallies in the Iranian capital this week, according to official media sources. Full Article at France 24
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A Danish journalism student has been arrested in Iran after covering anti-government protests, unions say. The Danish Union of Journalists named the student as Niels Krogsgaard, 31. Full Article at BBC News
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Thousands of opposition supporters, at the time the annual state-organised anti-US rallies were underway Wednesday, poured into Tehran's streets to protest against the government of President Mahamoud Ahmadinejad despite severe warnings from security... Full Article at New Kerala
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If one-tenth of such a meeting happened at the time of all past governments, Islamists would have come onto the streets ... to protest against the government
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National interests should be observed. The national interest is not a matter that different governments can change.
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We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever
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The three are charged with espionage. Investigations continue into the three detained Americans in Iran
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This accused Danish citizen has introduced himself as a reporter but he holds no official press accreditation. Investigations about him continue
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Today the Danish embassy lawyer was allowed to meet the prisoner.
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And we would renew our request on behalf of these three young people and their families that the Iranian government exercise compassion and release them so they can return home, and we will continue to make that case
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If we don't get a level of legitimacy and governance (there), then all the troops in the world aren't going to make any difference.
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we may as well run up the white flag on the nuclear threat. We have a window of opportunity
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We need smart sanctions to weaken the regime and its apparatus
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Police arrested 109 people who created disorder and disturbed public order and security on the sideline of the rally on Wednesday Some 62 of the detainees were jailed and the rest were released.
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We have asked the relevant authorities to provide us with documents explaining the purposes of the Danish student’s presence and his mission in Iran
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Forty-seven were released later, but the rest are still in jail and their files were sent to the judiciary for further actions
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Afghanistan's interest is primarily in having close brotherly relations with its neighbours, freedom of trade and transit, and an effective environment of co-operation.
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As stakeholders in the region, we cannot expect that the United States and other Western powers solve the problems by themselves. We should shoulder our responsibilities
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The present economic crisis is due to the capitalist system. The world needs radical change
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The world is looking for fairer values that we cannot find in the capitalist system. The world system based on usury has collapsed, proving its failure
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We have to draw up programmes based on Islamic economic thinkers. That way we can guide people to happiness, security, justice and honesty. This is the most correct way to salvation.
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By announcing the type of money to be used between member countries, we will be saved from the adverse effects of global capitalism
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We are there to stop the threat of terrorism to the entire region and the world,
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I am confident that the focus in the short term will be on the establishment as soon as possible of a government that would pull the country back together and embrace every corner of Afghanistan and every segment of Afghan society. This is urgently needed after a long election process.
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We cannot expect that the United States and the European countries, as the major actors in the region, can solve the problem on their own. We need to take responsibility as well
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We need to re-think our presence in Afghanistan and ask ourselves this question: 'Why are we there and what is our strategy?' We all want to see an Afghanistan that is peaceful and prosperous. And that is why we need to concentrate our powers. Afghanistan's success will be our success, too
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Our first goal should be to win the hearts and minds to secure peace and stability. And our second goal should be conveying responsibility of security issues to Afghans
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We cannot stay in Afghanistan forever. A robust training and equipment programme will enable us to leave and our Afghan brothers to take over security fully
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