Iran

Protesters Break Into Embassy In Sweden

Small group of protesters break windows of Iranian embassy outside Stockholm, injuring one worker inside.

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'Cleanest Election We Have Had'

Guardian Council says after partial review "we have had no fraud in any presidential election and this one was the cleanest election we have had."

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Commission To Draft Report

Iranian media report special commission including reps of "defeated" candidates will produce report on disputed election.

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Obama: Iran Violence 'Outrageous'

Appearing at White House with Angela Merkel, Obama again condemns violence against protesters in Iran.

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Mousavi's Demands Called 'Illogicial'

Iranian media reports members of Iran's National Security Council tell Mousavi his demands for annulment of election are "illogical and unethical."

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Neda Mourned

With Basij militiamen looking on, hundreds defied a ban to hold a graveside tribute for Neda at a cemetery south of Tehran.

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G-8 Expresses 'Solidarity'

"We express our solidarity with those who have suffered repression" G-8 foreign ministers meeting in Italy said in a joint statement.

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Dissident: This Is A 'Military Coup'

Fmr. Revolutionary Guard member Mohsen Sazegara argues the events the night of the election amount a "military coup."

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Cleric Warns Of Harsh Punishment

Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami says in Friday sermon leaders of protests should be punished "strongly and with cruelty."

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Mousavi Aide Barred From Leaving Iran

Gov't-funded Press TV reports Abolfazl Fateh, PhD student in Britain and Mousavi aide, is banned from leaving so "some issues" around protests can be "clarified."

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Timeline Of Crisis

Reuters reviews the key events of the past thirteen days in Iran.

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Chavez Blams CIA

"People are in the streets, some are dead, they have snipers, and behind this is the CIA, the imperial hand of European countries and the United States," says Hugo Chavez.

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Exam Day In Tehran

One and a half million students took entrance exams for public universities, potentially contributing to the calm in Tehran today, Guardian correspondent reports.

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State Media: Basij Buries Dead

Pro-government paramilitary force buries eight members killed in clashes, Press TV reports.

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Survey Of Arab Response

Arab regimes around Mideast respond to crisis in various ways, from Syria's full support for the Iranian regime to Saudi concerns about unrest in its Shia-majority Eastern province.

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Report: Rafsanjani Has Plan To Unseat Khamenei

Former Prez Hashemi Rafsanjani wants an emergency meeting of Assembly of Experts to replace Khamenei with a "Leadership Council," an anonymous journalist in Iran reports in The Nation.

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An 'Electoral Coup'?

The election and its aftermath amount to a "full-fledged takeover of the state" by Ayatollah Khamenei, argues Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji.

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Detained Professors Freed

Authorities release all but 4 of 70 professors who were detained after meeting with Mousavi, the Guardian reports.

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Mousavi And Rafsanjani Meet Lawmakers

Mousavi and former prez Rafsanjani meet with Iran's national security and foreign policy committee to discuss unrest.

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Opposition's Options

BBC's Jon Leyne summarizes pro-Mousavi camp's options, from strike of oil workers to internal political maneuvers.

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Iranian Envoy: Protesters A Minority

"The minority can't impose their opinion on the majority," Iran's ambassador to Mexico tells CNN.

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European Governments Back Protest

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says, addressing protesters, "We stand beside you." Italy says it hopes G-8 foreign ministers will send "tough" message next week.

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Top Cleric Warns Of Destabilization

Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri says suppression of protest may lead to "complexities ... which could possibly uproot the foundations of the government."

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Details On Wednesday Protest Sketchy

Media crackdown means it's difficult to confirm how events unfolded at small protest outside Parliament building that was reportedly violently dispersed.

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Number Of Protesters Dwindles

The volume and intensity of protests has dropped off since Sunday, CNN's Reza Sayah reports.

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Spotty Attendance At Ahmadinejad Party

Just 105 of 290 members of parliament showed up to Ahmadinejad's victory party, Iranian press reports. All were invited.

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Karroubi Calls Off Ceremony

Opposition candidate Mehdi Karroubi says mourning ceremony for slain protesters is off because he was not able to secure a site for the event.

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Ahmadinejad Assails Obama

"Mr. Obama made a mistake to say those things," Ahmadinejad says in response to Obama's condemnation of violence, semi-official news agency reports.

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Report: 70 Professors Arrested

70 members of Islamic Society of University Professors arrested after meeting Mousavi Wednesday, Mousavi's Web site says.

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Mousavi Complains Of Restrictions

"My access to people is completely restricted," Mir Hossein Mousavi says in message on his Web site.

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Regime Is Compared To Taliban

Opposition candidate Mehdi Karrubi says in open letter "that those who support Ahmadinejad are those who promote a backward, Taliban version of Islam."

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State TV: Partial Recount Verifies Results

Press TV claims partial recount shows election results stand, but gives few details.

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Tehran's Mayor: Allow Protests

Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf asks authorities to permit peaceful protest and says "use of force" is not effective in clearing up the public's doubts about the election, Prses TV reports.

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Protesters 'Vastly' Outnumbered

A small number of protesters in Baharestan Square in Tehran were routed by a big group of riot police, who fired tear gas and used batons.

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Zizek Weighs In

"We are witnessing a great emancipatory event which doesn't fit the frame of the struggle between pro-Western liberals and anti-Western fundamentalists," philosopher Slavoj Zizek writes.

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July 4 Invites Yanked

Robert Gibbs says U.S. is rescinding July 4 invitations to Iranian diplomats abroad.

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Report: Neda's Family Forced Out

Guardian reports slain protester's family has been forced out of its four-story Tehran apartment.

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G-8 Appearance Cancelled

Iran's foreign minister says he will not attend G-8 meeting in Italy where U.S. and others planned to discuss Afghanistan.

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Senior Cleric Calls For 3 Days Of Mourning

"Resisting the people's demand is religiously prohibited," Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri says on his Web site.

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Obama Reconsiders July 4 Invites

CNN reports Obama Admin is mulling rescinding July 4 invitations to Iranian diplomats abroad.

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Crisis Timeline

Reuters summarizes the past twelve days in Iran.

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State TV: 'Plots' Uncovered

Iran's intel minister says it arrested groups linked to "Zionist and non-Zionist regimes outside the county" which were planning terrorist plots.

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Cohen: Unity Of Regime Damaged

NYT's Roger Cohen, in Iran, identifies five reasons the Islamic Republic has been damaged, starting with the the undermining of the supreme leader.

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Oppo Candidate Rejects New Gov't

Opposition candidate Mehdi Karoubi says "I do not accept the result and therefore consider as illegitimate the new government."

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CNN: Security Forces Beat Protesters

CNN cites sources reporting "security forces wielding clubs and firing weapons beat back protesters who flocked to a Tehran square."

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Calls For Mourning Thursday

Some in opposition want day or more of mourning for slain protesters on Thursday.

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Mousavi Journos Arrested

25 journalists and staff at Mousavi's "Green Word" newspaper have been arrested, editor says.

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Khamenei's Authority Eroded?

Analyst argues Ayatollah Khamenei's authority may be casualty of the crisis, and the Supreme Leader will be left "even more dependent on the Revolutionary Guard."

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Mousavi's Wife Calls For Release Of Activists

Zahra Rahnavard says in statement on Web that regime should not respond to protesters "as if martial law has been imposed in the streets."

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Compromise Coming?

A likely outcome of the crisis is a deal by which the opposition gains some power but the ruling regime does not surrender, Tony Karon argues.

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