http://viraneh.com/ ©2007. All Rights Reserved. CMS 2010-03-10T16:03:18-07:00 http://viraneh.com/politics/iran_opposition_delays_rally_after_crackdown.html 2009-06-25T09:43:00-06:00 2009-06-25T09:43:00-06:00 admin (CNN) -- An event to remember the victims of Iran's post-election protests has been postponed Thursday, a day after security forces crushed a planned demonstration. http://viraneh.com/politics/iranian_women_fight_on_the_frontlines_of_protest.html 2009-06-24T22:24:00-06:00 2009-06-24T22:24:00-06:00 admin In a part of the Muslim world where women are often perceived of as the repressed gender, images of Iranian women during and after the recent elections have catapulted Iran's female demonstrators into the forefront of the country's opposition movement. http://viraneh.com/politics/fresh_clashes_as_ruling_cleric_says_iran_will_not_yield.html 2009-06-24T14:09:00-06:00 2009-06-24T14:09:00-06:00 admin TEHRAN — Hundreds of protesters clashed with waves of riot police and paramilitary militia in Tehran on Wednesday, witnesses said, as Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisted that the authorities would not yield to pressure from opponents demanding a new election following allegations of electoral fraud. http://viraneh.com/politics/iranian_women_stand_up_in_defiance_flout_rules.html 2009-06-23T23:00:00-06:00 2009-06-23T23:00:00-06:00 admin (CNN) -- A young Iranian woman named Neda is gunned down in one of the most iconic images of the last week. Another walks down the street, defiantly showing off her hair and body in a revealing dress. And still another woman says she's not scared of paramilitary forces -- no matter how many times she gets beaten. http://viraneh.com/politics/britain_expels_2_iranian_diplomats.html 2009-06-23T22:57:00-06:00 2009-06-23T22:57:00-06:00 admin LONDON – Britain's government says it has expelled two Iranian diplomats in retaliation for Tehran's decision to order out two staff members from the British Embassy in Tehran. http://viraneh.com/politics/iranian_hard_liners_attempt_to_shut_down_opposition_movement.html 2009-06-23T22:51:00-06:00 2009-06-23T22:51:00-06:00 admin Iran's hard-line leaders moved aggressively Tuesday to silence protests over the disputed June 12 presidential election, rejecting demands for a new vote and announcing that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be sworn in for second term as early as July 26 . http://viraneh.com/politics/irans_supreme_strategy_why_is_ahmadinejad_the_chosen_one.html 2009-06-23T22:46:00-06:00 2009-06-23T22:46:00-06:00 admin Istanbul, Turkey – The price has been high of massive and sometimes violent Iranian reaction to the official landslide reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But no one has paid more than the country's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, whose decision to bless the result as "divine" – and side openly with Mr. Ahmadinejad, despite charges of extensive fraud – has sparked the widest popular challenge to the Islamic Republic in 30 years. http://viraneh.com/politics/neda_agha_soltan_iranian_woman_killed_in_tehran.html 2009-06-23T22:35:00-06:00 2009-06-23T22:35:00-06:00 admin The brave Iranian woman killed during a rally in Tehran did not fear death even as the government threatened to crack down on protesters. http://viraneh.com/politics/britain_expels_iranian_diplomats_in_tit_for_tat_with_tehran.html 2009-06-23T22:30:00-06:00 2009-06-23T22:30:00-06:00 admin LONDON (AFP) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Tuesday that Britain was expelling two Iranian diplomats in a tit-for-tat action after Tehran ordered two British diplomats to leave. http://viraneh.com/politics/mousavi_out_of_sight.html 2009-06-23T22:20:00-06:00 2009-06-23T22:20:00-06:00 admin Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he was the true winner of the election. Iran's electoral commission declared Ahmadinejad the winner by a landslide, ignoring Mousavi's claims of widespread and systematic vote fraud. Mousavi has been out of sight in recent days, but a short message posted on his Web site asserted that "all the reports of violations in the elections will be published soon."