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All Rights Reserved. http://viraneh.com/files.php?file=Viraneh_RSS_391807636.jpg http://viraneh.com/ http://viraneh.com/politics/iran_opposition_delays_rally_after_crackdown.html Politics Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:43:00 -0600 (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 Politics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:24:00 -0600 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 Politics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:09:00 -0600 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 Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0600 (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 Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:57:00 -0600 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 Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:51:00 -0600 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 Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:46:00 -0600 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 Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:00 -0600 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 Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:30:00 -0600 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 Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:20:00 -0600 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." http://viraneh.com/politics/irans_crackdown_dampens_opposition.html Politics Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:14:00 -0600 TEHRAN, Iran - Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the outcome of the presidential election: holding up posters, shouting from rooftops and turning on car headlights. http://viraneh.com/politics/clinton_irans_involvement_positive.html Politics Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:25:00 -0600 The American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has spoken positively of Iran's involvement in an international conference on Afghanistan. http://viraneh.com/politics/iran_denies_us_claims_of_meeting.html Politics Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:15:00 -0600 Iran has denied that a meeting took place between their main representative at an international conference on Afghanistan and a senior US official. http://viraneh.com/politics/israels_unwieldy_government.html Politics Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:10:00 -0600 Some political analysts have been known to call Israel's electoral system the worst-designed in the democratic world. http://viraneh.com/politics/brown_issues_iran_nuclear_warning.html Politics Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:02:00 -0600 Gordon Brown has warned Iran it faces a "clear choice" over its nuclear programme - and urged it to let the world help it get civil nuclear power. http://viraneh.com/politics/us_policy_towards_iran_shaping_up.html Politics Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:58:00 -0600 The Obama administration is finalising its policy for engaging Iran. http://viraneh.com/politics/mottaki_hopes_us_statesmen_will_not_toe_line_of_predecessors.html Politics Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:54:00 -0700 Tehran, Feb 22, IRNA -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that the region is experiencing new developments and hoped that the new US statesmen will not toe the line of their predecessors. http://viraneh.com/politics/us_will_use_all_elements_of_power_with_iran.html Politics Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:24:00 -0700 The White House said the United States will use "all elements" of its national power to deal with Iran, after Tehran announced the launch of its first satellite into orbit. http://viraneh.com/politics/clinton_warns_iran_to_comply_with_mandates.html Politics Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:14:00 -0700 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plunged into her first day of intensive diplomacy yesterday, meeting separately with the foreign ministers of Britain and Germany and receiving a trip report from her Middle East envoy. http://viraneh.com/politics/iranian_have_demonstrated_against_mullah_regime_in_paris.html Politics Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:11:00 -0600 Paris. Tens of thousands of Iranians have demonstrated against Iran-Sanctions and a democratic change in Tehran without war in Paris/France. Viraneh, the Iranian News Magazine