Iran to hang nine more over poll unrestIran said on Tuesday it would soon hang nine more rioters over the unrest that erupted after the June presidential vote, and the leader of the opposition said such repression showed the 1979 Islamic revolution had failed. "Nine others will More… |
Iran in serious crisis, says MousaviOpposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said Iran was in "serious crisis" and called for the immediate release of supporters arrested after the June presidential vote, an opposition website reported on Friday. "Arresting or killing Mousavi, ( More… |
Thousands at pro-government rallies in IranHundreds of thousands of government supporters rallied across Iran on Wednesday, swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing opposition leaders of causing unrest in the Islamic state. Iran's police chief warned supporter More… |
Iran banknote move ‘due to political slogans’Iran will from next month ban banknotes which have been scribbled upon, Iranian media reported on Thursday, a move one conservative website said was in response to the appearance of political slogans on some of them. Expressions in support More… |
Iran ‘jails leading reformer for 6 years’A reformist former government spokesman detained after Iran's disputed election in June has been sentenced to six years in jail, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Thursday. It said Abdullah Ramezanzadeh, who backed opposit More… |
Attacks halt Iran cleric's memorial serviceOpponents of Iran's most senior dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri stopped his memorial service in a tumultuous day in Qom which saw huge protests and some shots fired, websites said. The car of Iranian opposition leade More… |
Iran supreme leader warns oppositionIran's supreme leader gave a stern warning to the pro-reform opposition on Sunday, accusing it of violating the law by insulting the memory of the Islamic Republic's revered founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Declaring that oppo More… |
Mousavi supporters clash with police in TehranIranian police clashed on Wednesday with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in the capital Tehran as the country marked the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy. Thousands of Iran More… |
Mousavi urges calm despite arrests: websiteIranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has urged his supporters not to be provoked by the detention of one of his top allies and another reformer, a statement on his website said. Mousavi said the detention of reformers Alireza Hosse More… |
Mousavi should go on trial says Iran GuardsIran's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi should be put on trial for fomenting the unrest that erupted after the country's June presidential election, a news agency said. "If Mousavi, (defeated c More… |