2009 Iranian Presidential Election timeline
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Over 180 MPs Refuse Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Invitation to Celebrate Electoral Party
More than 180 Iranian MPs appear to have snubbed an invitation to celebrate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election win, local press reports... Read more
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Mir Hossein Mousavi Reasserts That The 2009 Iranian Presidential Election was "Rigged"
Iran protest leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he holds those behind alleged "rigged" elections responsible for bloodshed during recent... Read more
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Speculation Rises Regarding Strikes at Bazaars in Tabriz and Saqqez
Photos surfaced Thursday of what appear to be widely shut down stands in bazaars located in Tabriz and Saqqez. The organizations or individuals... Read more
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Demonstrators Attack Iranian Embassy in Stockholm
Angry demonstrators broke into the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm on Friday, climbing in through shattered windows and injuring one embassy... Read more
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San Francisco-Based Cyberactivist Distributing USB Drives with Anti-Filter Software to Iranian Protesters Gets Major Media Coverage
Austin Heap, one of the leading Western hackers who helped Iranian dissidents and protesters get their videos and reports to the outside world... Read more
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International Tensions Increase as 8 UK Embassy Staff Members Detained in Iran
Iranian media earlier reported that eight local staff at the mission had been detained for their "considerable role" in post-election riots. UK... Read more
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Iran's Guardian Council Certifies Election Results After Partial Recount
While many remain dissatisfied by Iran's partial recount in its contested presidential election, supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... Read more
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European Union Officials Consider Removing All 27 Ambassadors from Iran
PARIS — Iran courted new levels of post-election isolation from the European Union on Wednesday as European diplomats pondered whether to withdraw... Read more
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Critics Allege Vote Fraud in Iranian Election with New Photographic Evidence
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called off a trip to Libya today as his regime continued to face heavy criticism over the disputed Iranian elections. In... Read more
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Leading clerics defy Ayatollah, declare election results illegitimate
An important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act... Read more
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Acknowledges Taking a Bigger Role in Nation's Security
The top leaders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard publicly acknowledged they had taken over the nation's security during the post-election unrest... Read more
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Ayatollah Khamenei Decries Western 'Lies' DepictiIng Iranian Protesters as 'Rioters'
(CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader blamed enemies and outsiders on Monday for the turmoil that followed last month's presidential elections, according... Read more
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vows Reform in New Iranian Government
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Tuesday to change his team and show respect for Iran's youth as opposition leaders made a joint plea for the... Read more
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Announces Plans to Address Iranian Nation
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose re-election last month spurred massive protests, plans a televised speech... Read more
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Protesters Gather in Tehran to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of a Student Uprising
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian pro-government Basij militia members dispersed crowds of protesters in Tehran Thursday -- sometimes with force --... Read more
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Hashemi Rafsanjani Decries the Unlawful Imprisonment of Iranian Protesters, Calls for Their Release
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- One of Iran's most powerful clerics, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has called on the Iranian government to release those... Read more
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Several Prominent Iranian Conservative Figures Criticize Rafsanjani for Questioning Election Results in Speech
Several prominent Iranian conservative figures and hard-line newspapers offered sharp criticism on Saturday of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi... Read more
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Warns Against Destabilizing Security
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned leading opposition politicians to avoid undermining the country’s... Read more
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Protestors Stage Hunger Strike at UN Headquarters in Support of Iranian Political Opposition
Hundreds of protesters, some wearing green sashes to indicate they're on hunger strike, have gathered in tents across from U.N. Headquarters for... Read more
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Opposition Candidate Mousavi's Wife Claims Brother Jailed in Protest Crackdown
The wife of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi says her 62-year-old brother was among those detained after last month's disputed election... Read more
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Speaks Out Against Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei for Voicing Moderate Stance Toward Israel
A top aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who had voiced a moderate stance toward Israel came under heavy pressure to resign Sunday as... Read more
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Day of Global Solidarity with Iranian Protesters
Human rights organizations have set aside July 25 as a global day of action to show solidarity with Iranians who have been peacefully protesting... Read more
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Iranian Police Break Up Mourning Ceremonies for Neda Soltan, Sparking New Protests
NY Times - Riot police officers ordered the Iranian opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi to leave a contentious mourning ceremony on Thursday... Read more
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France Calls on Iran to Release Filmmaker Jafar Panahi
France on Friday called on Iran to allow peaceful protests, a day after police clashed with demonstrators in Tehran, and to release filmmaker Jafar... Read more
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Iranian Opposition Leaders Boycott Endorsement of Ahmadinejad's Controversial Election
Former presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Khatami did not attend the event, which was also boycotted by opposition leaders Mir Hossein... Read more
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