2009 Iranian Presidential Election timeline
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Iran Holds Tenth Presidential Election, Pitting Conservative Incumbent Ahmadinejad Against Reformer, Mousavi
The 2009 Iranian presidential election was held on 12 June 2009 in Iran, the tenth presidential election to be held in the country.The President of... Read more
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Ahmadinejad's Victory Amid Allegations of Electoral Fraud Sparks Protests in Iran
Clashes broke out between police and groups protesting the election results from early morning on Saturday onward. The protests were initially... Read more
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Protests in Iran Turn Violent Following Election Fraud Allegations
By June 14 the protests had grown considerably and had become more violent. Burning buses and trash cans and parked cars blocked streets and... Read more
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Protestors in London Gather to Oppose Iranian Election Results
Protests were organized outside the United Nations in New York City; in front of the Iranian embassies in Paris, Berlin, London, and Iranian... Read more
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Protestors Against Iranian Elections Dispersed by Police in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian police have fired tear gas to disperse about 500 Iranian students who staged a protest over the results of their home country's disputed... Read more
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Opposition Candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi Demands New Election
[Iran's leaders] received a resounding refusal [of an offer to conduct a partial recount] — first from reformist politicians who said they would... Read more
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Protests Against Iranian Election Results Continue in New York City
Demonstrators gathered in New York City's Union Square Wednesday evening in support of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. The rally... Read more
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Iranian Soccer Players Wear Protest Colors During Game in Seoul
The players wore the colour adopted by the opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in an apparent show of support. He challenging... Read more
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Defeated Presidential Candidate Mohsen Rezaei Writes to Interior Ministry Demanding Release of Detailed Election Results
Defeated presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei has given the Interior Ministry an ultimatum to release the detailed election results. In a letter... Read more
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Slain Protesters are Mourned as Demonstrations Against Voting Irregularities Continue in Tehran
More than 100,000 people have attended a "day of mourning" rally in Tehran to remember eight people killed while opposing Iran's election... Read more
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Protesters in London Continue Demonstration Against Iranian Election Results
Protestors are expected to gather again outside the Iranian embassy in London this evening as the political crisis in Iran... Read more
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Blames Foreign Media for Doubts of Election Results and Warns of Violence if Protests Continue
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sternly cut off any compromise over the nation’s disputed elections on Friday. In a long and... Read more
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Opposition Candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi Claims Headquarters Ransacked by Plainclothes Police Officers
Mousavi spokesman Mohsen Makhmalbaf said "Mousavi's headquarters was wrecked by plainclothes police officers" with many staffers arrested, and... Read more
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Iranian Woman, Identified as Neda Soltani, Dies On Camera During Protests
I have just seen a very heartbreaking video footage of an Iranian girl after she was shot during a protest in Iran. Iran is in turmoil now and... Read more
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Newsweek Announces the Detainment of Reporter, Maziar Bahari, by Iranian Authorities
On Sunday morning in Tehran, Newsweek's Maziar Bahari was detained without charge by Iranian authorities and has not been heard from since. Mr.... Read more
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Iran's Guardian Council Announces that Voting Irregularities Occurred
Iran's Guardian Council has suggested that the number of votes collected in 50 cities surpass the number of people eligible to cast ballot in those... Read more
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Five Relatives of Ayatollah Hashemi-Rafsanjani Arrested in Tehran
A backstage struggle among Iran's ruling clerics burst into the open Sunday when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other... Read more
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Iran's Guardian Council Claims Voting Irregularities not Significant Enough to Affect Results
Iran's election authority has rejected claims of voting irregularities by a defeated presidential candidate, while acknowledging that the number of... Read more
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Iranian Government Spokesman Claims West Actively Spreading "Anarchy and Vandalism" in Iran
A spokesman said foreign media were "mouthpieces" of enemy governments seeking Iran's disintegration. He spoke as Tehran remained tense but... Read more
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President Obama Denounces Violence Against Protesters in Iran
President Obama's latest remarks on Iran, in which he said the U.S. and the world are appalled and outraged by the Iranian government's crackdown... Read more
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Notorious Iranian Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi is Charged with Investigating Detained Protestors
A notoriously abusive Iranian prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, has been put in charge of the investigation of detained reformist leaders and party... Read more
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Four Members of the Iranian National Soccer Team "Retired" For Refusing to Remove Protest Armbands
(CNN) - Four Iranian footballers have been "retired" from the national side after protesting against the contested election result in the country... Read more
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Declares Iranian Election Result Final as Protests Continue
Hundreds of protesters clashed with waves of riot police and paramilitary militia in Tehran on Wednesday, witnesses said, as Iran’s supreme leader,... Read more
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In An Effort to Pacify Protesters, Iranian State TV Shows Lord of the Rings Trilogy
On June 23, Iranian security forces, reportedly using live ammunition, clashed with protesters numbering in the hundreds in the area of the... Read more
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Iranian Officials Suggest Neda Agha-Soltan's Death May Be Related to Anti-Government Agents
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran said the gunman who killed Neda Agha-Soltan may have mistaken her for the sister of an Iranian "terrorist," the Islamic... Read more