A “hurricane of the revolutionary anger of the nation” is coming. Full Article at The National Newspaper
The images have sparked uproar and deepened divisions in Iran, where the leader of the Islamic Revolution is held in the highest esteem across the political spectrum. Full Article at Payvand News of Iran
WASHINGTON - The administration of President Barack Obama pushed Monday for tougher sanctions on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions after driving home the point that its near year-long diplomatic engagement with Tehran had yielded little. Full Article at Khaleej Times
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at his office in Tehran on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Full Article at CNSNews.com
TEHRAN: Iran’s main opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed more anti-government protests as the authorities announced several arrests on Monday over a reported insult to Islamic revolution founder Ayatollah Khomeini. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
* Prosecutor: "no mercy" for those who insulted Khomeini * Arrests announced after leader's warning to opposition * Tension rising after Dec. 7 pro-reform student protests * Opposition leaders plan to grant permission for a rally (Adds opposition... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned opposition leaders on Sunday to distance themselves from protesters whom he accused of acting "against Islam" as he labeled the June presidential election legal and said the case... Full Article at Rantburg
Facing an uncrushable opposition and imploding economy, President Ahmadinejad is playing the nuclear card in an attempt to rally his fractured nation. Full Article at Times Online
Source: ReutersIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gives his Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University Iran's supreme leader issued a stern warning to the pro-reform opposition, accusing it of violating the law by insulting the late leader of... Full Article at TVNZ
Reporting from Tehran - Political turmoil built today over the burning of an image of Iran's revolutionary founder, which was aired, in a controversial move, on state television. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
The Iranian state broadcaster, Irib, has been accused of faking dramatic footage of an anti-government protester setting fire to a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's revered revolutionary leader. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to the media, February 20, 2004, in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi, Getty Images) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tens of thousands of hardline clerics are taking part in rallies across Iran. Full Article at ABC4.com (KTVX)
Hundreds of Iranian men published pictures of themselves wearing headscarves and chadors in support of Majid Tavakoli, the detained Amir Kabir University student who was arrested on December 8 after giving a speech during the National Students Day... Full Article at Payvand News of Iran
tool goes here TEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of hardline clerics took part in state-sponsored rallies across Iran on Saturday in support of the country's supreme leader, after opposition students earlier burned photos of him. Full Article at Centre Daily Times
Iran clerics rally to support supreme leader By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writer More News Tens of thousands of hardline clerics took part in state-sponsored rallies across Iran on Saturday in support of the country's supreme leader, after... Full Article at KansasCity.com
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A hardline Iranian cleric accused the pro-reform opposition on Saturday of seeking the removal of key pillars of the Islamic state, including the office of the supreme leader, and of trying to plunge the country into crisis. Full Article at ABC News
If you do not confront these [opposition groups], the people will come to the scene and uproot the sources of this movement and this plot
We do not accept any military action against Iran
Any tension in the region will reflect on our situation. We have many problems already and we do not want any more
We urge Iran to comply with what is required from it by the International Atomic Energy Agency and deal positively with international … resolutions.
international efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear program crisis through peaceful means.
Mr. Mousavi and I have agreed to apply for permission to hold a peaceful gathering to protest such behaviour
If they reject our request, then we will not be responsible for the people’s actions.
They are all in detention and one of them has confessed
If some people think that they have some supporters and that they will not be summoned (by the judiciary), it would be wrong thinking.
If we had broken the pens of men of letters and had erected gallows, they would not have assailed our beliefs in this way
There will be no mercy toward those who insulted the Imam (Khomeini) and top officials of the system
Death to the oppressor, whether it's the shah or the leader!
After the election, people asked, 'Where is my vote?' ... If people's questions had been addressed and violence had not been used, we would have not seen taboo-shattering moves
They send non-students with batons and sticks to the university and call them students. Then, they say students threw tear gas at each other. This is nothing but deception. ... At least be sincere and say (authorities) sent forces to confront protests
From now on, too, protests and demands have to be pursued peacefully
Tehran needs proof we are serious.
Iran’s nuclear weapons program will destabilize the Middle East, lead to an arms race in a volatile part of the world, and threaten the United States and its allies in Europe
will be counterproductive and damage the overall unity among our international partners who share our ultimate goal of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
we still have not reached a firm judgment on whether that would be the best way to go, in part because he would need a better understanding of what the efficacy would be, in part because it would depend on the degree to which others participated in this. Obviously this is a hard thing to do unilaterally...
we have not yet reached a firm conclusion about whether the net benefits and the net costs would have the efficacy – the challenge is always to try to translate the economic impact into what the political impact would be.
the Iranians must believe the president will enforce it.
could emerge as the key tool to peacefully end our standoff with Iran, it will prove meaningless if the president keeps gasoline sanctions locked in his diplomatic toolbox
already makes it illegal to invest more than $20 million in Iran's oil and gas sectors
We have reached out. We have offered the opportunity to engage in meaningful, serious discussions with our Iranian counterparts. We have joined fully in the P5-plus-1 one process. We’ve been at the table
But I don’t think anyone can doubt that our outreach has produced very little in terms of any kind of positive response from the Iranians
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