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• Ayatollahs death stirs Iranian opposition to bitter protests ! The outspoken critic higher ranking than Khamenei has died posing big problems!

  
  An Average American Patriot — Authority: 128
  Grand Ayatollah Montazeri was a hero to Ayatollah Khamenei so right off the bat I have to wonder how Ayatollah Khamenei could pervert the 1979 Revolution and condone the killing of the children of the Revolution. The 7th day of his mourning coincides with Ashura. This is a worst case scenario for the regime ...
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• Hizbullah establishes network in Turkey to hit Western targets

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Iran has helped Hizbullah form an operational network for attacks on Western targets, officials said. The officials said the Hizbullah priority was to strike Israeli and U.S. interests in Turkey. "Hizbullah established an operational cell in Istanbul that included members of Irans IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard ...
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• Love of the Land: Military Mutiny in Iran?

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 166
  Military Mutiny in Iran? Afshin Ellian pajamasmedia.com 12 December 09 Leading commentators and diplomats have been pondering for quite some time why the Iranian leader is not prepared to act against the revolution in a major way. The “China model” could be applied, a brutal, fast, and ...
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• Report: Iran Plans To Escalate Situation On Yemen-Saudi Border

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A senior official from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has recently met with Houthi rebels and Hizbullah activists in Yemen to coordinate joint military operations against Saudi positions along the border. Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, quoted on Sunday Arab sources as saying the three-way meeting also aimed at developing ...
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• Thousands Flee Iran as Noose Tightens

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 133
  "Because of new technology and the Internet, prominent figures of the opposition can be more effective outside of Iran and do things they wouldnt be able to do there," says Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian studies at Columbia University.
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• Iranian Forces Attack Student Protesters

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 133
  Thousands of members of the pro-government Basij paramilitary organization stormed the grounds of Tehran University on Tuesday and attacked a group of protesting students, several witnesses said, as unrest continued in the capital for a second day following "Student Day" demonstr …
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• Iranian Government Targets Opposition Worldwide

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 476
  The Wall Street Journal reported today on an extremely troubling development in the Iranian government’s efforts to silence its critics in the continued aftermath of the disputed June elections–the regime is reportedly attempting to extend its crackdown beyond Iran’s borders to the Iranian diaspora abroad. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Iran Frees Five British Sailors

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 476
  British authorities reported today that Iran has freed the five sailors, Oliver Smith, Sam Usher, Luke Porter, Oliver Young, and David Bloomer, who were detained last week when their racing yacht allegedly strayed into Iranian waters. The sailors were en route to Dubai from Bahrain on their 60-foot yacht, Kingdom of ...
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• My Torturer Is My Muse

  
  Leadership and Management / Turning Adversity to Advantage — Authority: 106
  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Maziar Bahari www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari was imprisoned for 18 months for among other things charges of spying based on a fake interview ...
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• Iran expands naval capabilities of Revolutionary Guard in the Gulf

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  Iran is reported to have given the elite guard full responsibility for operations in the Gulf in the event of a conflict.
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• Iran expands naval clout in Persian Gulf

  
  World Military Forum - Latest Military News — Authority: 138
  WASHINGTON  – Iran has restructured its naval forces to give an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard full responsibility for operations in the strategic Persian Gulf in the event of a conflict, according to a new U.S. intelligence study.Iranian Navy soldiers march during an annual...
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• Why we should still talk with Iran

  
  War in Context — Authority: 441
  Why we should still talk with IranBy Marziar Bahari, Washington Post, November 26, 2009Since I was released from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison last month, the questions have come again and again: Can we still talk to these people? Should the Obama administration engage in dialogue with Iran? What should the West do ...
  4 weeks ago

• Iran Continues to Tighten Control Over Internet, Media

  
  Internet & Democracy Blog — Authority: 109
  This New York Times piece nicely summarizes recent moves by the Iranian regime and the Revolutionary Guards to further clamp down on Iran’s already tightly controlled information space. The Times argues that the government is stepping up its ’soft war’ in order to “re-educate Iran’s mostly young and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Iran Employing Nazi and Communist Tactics to Fight Opposition

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 133
  It is implanting 6,000 Basij militia centers in elementary schools across Iran to promote the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, and it has created a new police unit to sweep the Internet for dissident voices.
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• No Shades of Gray

  
  Left Side of the Moon — Authority: 412
  Tonight I happened to catch a couple of stories on ‘60 Minutes.’  This one involved the story of Newsweek reporter, Maziar Bahari, arrested in June by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard amid the of the hoopla surrounding Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s “election.”One thing Bahari said in the beginning of the interview had ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Daily Habit: Politics

  
  The 115- Fear and Loathing in America: Random Babble from the Red-Eyed Counterculture — Authority: 137
  Iran Begins War Games http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_war_games;_ylt=AkLFZTBjVXFB.AJtEvuCZii9F4l4;_ylu=X3oDMTJrOXQ5czdzBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTIyL21sX2lyYW5fd2FyX2dhbWVzBGNwb3MDMwRwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2lyYW5iZWdpbnN3YQ –
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• Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Irans Theocracy

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 133
  Ayatollah Montazeri has emerged as the spiritual leader of the opposition, an adversary the state has been unable to silence or jail because of his religious credentials and seminal role in the founding of the republic.More Articles
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