TEHRAN (Reuters) – Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi accused “establishment agents” of raping and abusing detainees imprisoned after Iran’s June presidential vote and urged the powerful clerics to do their duty and speak out. …
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Iran’s supreme leader said on Wednesday he did not believe the leaders of opposition protests that erupted after the country’s June presidential vote were agents of foreigners. …
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News: Tehran says ballots to remain open for four hours longer due to massive turnout at country’s 45000 polling stations. Vote’s deadline extended several time as presidential race becomes tight; Foreign Ministry says voter turnout …
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VENICE, Sept 11 – Twenty one-year-old Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf brings the bloody street protests that followed June’s presidential vote to the big screen in a film looking at the hopes and frustrations of the country’s youth. …
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Abdullah’s campaign released video footage Tuesday showing Karzai campaign supporters and election officials marking blank ballots for Karzai and threatening voters at the polls. Another candidate, Mirwais Yasini, The American media denounced the presidential vote in Iran as fraudulent almost as soon as the polls closed June 12. Both the Obama administration and the European powers called into question the legitimacy of the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. …
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