The protests will simmer down and then that will be that unless they radicalize and start attacking government from within.
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Iran's police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse several thousand people protesting against the poll result in central Tehran. |
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Rift widens between Iran's top clerics
TEHRAN, Iran - A backstage struggle among Iran's ruling clerics burst into the open yesterday when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other relatives of an ayatollah who is one of the country's most powerful men. Ref. Source 5
The country is falling apart with Clerics within the government not liking how everything is running. Is Iran heading towards change? Check this:
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After a Day of Deadly Protests, Iran's Guardian Council Admits Voting Irregularities Took Place in Presidential Election Iran's powerful Guardian Council has admitted that voting irregularities took place in at least fifty cities and that the number of votes cast exceeded the number of voters by a difference of as many as three million ballots. This comes as reformist presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi has called for another round of big street protests after a brutal crackdown this weekend. We speak to Iranian American independent filmmaker and journalist Kouross Esmaeli. Ref. Source 7 |
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Clinton: Iran has limited time to accept U.S. Dialogue offer:
The speech to the Council on Foreign Relations comes as Clinton tries to retake center stage as the administration's top foreign policy voice after four frustrating, low-profile weeks during which a fractured elbow forced her to cancel two overseas trips and numerous meetings. Ref. Source 3
Iran names new nuclear chief
The US-educated physicist and former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was appointed by Iran's cabinet to replace to replace Gholamreza Aghazadeh at a meeting late on Thursday. Ref. Source 4