Iran's election: Selected items from the British press

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http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/presidential-election-i n-iran-selected-items-from-the-british-press/

Presidential election in Iran: selected items from the British press



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article648934 1.ece

Lifting the veil

A generation of young women voters is rejecting Iran’s repressive regime and challenging the patriarchal orthodoxy of the Muslim world

leading article, Times, 13 June 2009

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http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-ira ns-old-guard-are-poised-to-crush-any-hope-of-revolution-1703225.html

Iran's old guard are poised to crush any hope of revolution

by Robert Fisk, Independent, 12 June 2009

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/11/iran-president-election-ma hmoud-ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces defeat if election not rigged, say Iranian experts

by Ian Black, Guardian, 12 June 2009

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6482011 .ece

Election ‘will end in riots if Ahmadinejad cheats again’ (*)

Analysts fear that victory for Iran’s President will spark violence – and a Tiananmen-style response

by Martin Fletcher, Times, 12 June 2009

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd1049be-55e8-11de-ab7e-00144feabdc0.html

Theo-democracy (*)

Mousavi has to defeat the bought vote and the bloc vote

leading article, Financial Times, 11 June 2009

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/10/iran-elections-mahmoud-ahm adinejad

Yes they can - fired-up Iranians dare to dream of a presidential job loss (*)

by Ian Black, Guardian, 11 June 2009

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6466740 .ece

Iran's bold new face of rebellion hopes to see off 'empire of lies' (*)

by Martin Fletcher, The Times, 10 June 2009

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6451868 .ece

Woman who dares to defy Ahmadinejad (*)

by Martin Fletcher, The Times, 8 June 2009

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(*) title of the print edition

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[TonyGosling]

Selected items not from Etemad-e-Melli





After paper shutdown, Iran police quell protests
Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:32:58 GMT
After Iranian authorities shut down an opposition-led daily, clashes erupt between security forces and protestors in Tehran.

Our correspondent reported that Iranian police dispersed pro-opposition supporters gathered near the office of Etemad-e-Melli (National Trust) daily belonging to leading opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi.

According to media reports, police forces used tear gas and arrested demonstrators during renewed protests on Monday.

All gatherings have been banned in a crackdown on mass protests that erupted after the disputed election of 12 June.

Karroubi became the target of criticism after he made controversial allegations that post-vote detainees had been sexually assaulted by their jailers.

"A number of detainees have said that some female detainees have been raped savagely... teenagers held in detention have also been savagely raped," Karroubi said, adding that they were suffering from depression and serious physical injuries after the alleged assaults.

Following a storm of controversy over the issue of jail rape, an investigating judge at the Civil Servants Prosecution Office, which handles press cases, said that the popular newspaper had been ordered shut until further notice for what has been described as "publishing unlawful and criminal material."

[Andrew.]

"Operation repeat" me thinks.

1953 Iranian coup d'état "Operation Ajax"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax


"Communist influence" What a contradiction in terms!

"Among the controversies involved in the coup is the importance and/or legitimacy of American and British fears of Communist influence in Iran. In Iran, the well-organized, pro-Soviet Tudeh (Communist) Party, exceeded the National Front in the size of its rallies as the financial crisis caused by the global boycott, arranged by the British, of Iranian oil worsened."


"Mohammed Reza Pahlevi who ruled for the next 26 years until he was overthrown in 1979"


Because of his Liberal, left, right, policies. (Three bads will never = good) and its purpose is.

"However, by 1975, he abolished the multi-party system of government so that he could rule through a one-party state under the Rastakhiz (Resurrection) Party in autocratic fashion."

(edit) Dont the women fall for this one "Liberal" Hence all the quotes about women in the msm.