Iranian Elections: The Untweeted Story
Op-ed piece by Jalal Ghazi, Associate Producer of Mosaic: World News from the Middle East

June 23, 2009 (Earlier version published at New America Media)

If you have been following the Iranian presidential election and its stormy aftermath on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, you have seen a repressive government that has stolen the election, attacked its own people and is now challenged by a massive opposition movement demanding transparency and greater freedoms. But, please, consider the source...(read more)

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Finding the Disappeared: Faces of the Dead and Detained (Guardian UK, June 29, 2009)
We want to put a face to each of those hundreds - possibly thousands - killed or arrested since the Iranian election. See how to help... (read more)

Iran's Uprising: Food for Thought (Huffington Post - June 26, 2009)
Ever since the Iranian revolution stunned the world in 1979, the Arab world, or at least the Arab regimes and their allies in the West, have been obsessing over Iran's "exporting of the revolution" and the implications it would have on the Arab world. Eventually, this obsession manifested itself into a Sunni-Shi'a divide... (read more)

Mousavi defies crackdown and accuses opponents of an 'evil conspiracy' (Guardian UK - June 25, 2009)
Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated Iranian presidential candidate, today accused his opponents of an "evil conspiracy" and insisted that he will continue to challenge the result of the disputed election... (read more)

Europeans pressure Iran to end protest crackdown (AP - June 22, 2009)

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Europe has stepped up pressure on Iran to end its bloody crackdown on street protests, feeling less constrained to speak out than President Barack Obama — who has made engagement with the Islamic Republic a keystone of U.S. foreign policy... (read more)

Iranian Rally Is Dispersed as Voting Errors Are Admitted (New York Times - June 19, 2009)
TEHRAN — Hours after a warning from the powerful Revolutionary Guards not to return to the streets, about a thousand protesters defiantly gathered in central Tehran on Monday and were quickly dispersed... (read more)

It Ain't Over till the Ayatollah Says So (Huffington Post - June 19, 2009)

The Supreme Leader has spoken using no ifs, ands or buts in his words. I've stayed up all night listening to the Ayatollah deliver his Friday sermon in Farsi on IRINN TV, simultaneously translated into English on Press TV and Arabic on Al Alam...(read more)

EU leaders step up Iran election criticism (Reuters - June 19, 2009)

BRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - European Union leaders condemned Iran's handling of protests against its disputed election on Friday, urging Tehran to refrain from violence and to launch an investigation into the staging of the poll...(read more)

The Latest Updates on Iran's Disputed Election (New York Times - June 17, 2009)
To supplement reporting from New York Times correspondents inside Iran on Wednesday, The Lede will continue to track the aftermath of Iran’s disputed presidential election online, as we have for the last several days...(read more)

Age of empires has ended: Ahmadinejad (Pakistan Daily Times - June 17, 2009)
YEKATERINBURG: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday said the “age of empires” was over as he fired his latest salvo at Washington.  “The international capitalist order is retreating,” Ahmadinejad told a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). “It is absolutely obvious that the age of empires has ended and its revival will not take place Iraq is still occupied. There is no order in Afghanistan. The Palestinian problem is unsolved,” he said. “America is overwhelmed by economic and political crises and there is no hope in their decisions...(read more)

A Bloody Monday in Tehran (Slate - June 16, 2009)
The papers continue to give top billing to Iran, where hundreds of thousands of protesters ignored a ban and marched through central Tehran to protest the result of Friday's presidential election. It was the largest unofficial demonstration since the 1979 Islamic revolution and came mere hours after the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered an investigation into allegations of fraud in the voting process...(read more)

Limited recount possible in Iran's disputed vote (AP - June 16, 2009)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The spokesman for Iran's Guardian Council says it is ready to recount specific ballot boxes in last week's disputed presidential elections. State television quoted Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei as saying that the recount would be limited to voting sites where candidates claim irregularities occurred...(read more)

Iran Election Dispute Plays Out Online (Washington Post - June 15, 2009)

Amid reports that the Iranian government is trying to disrupt communication services and curb traditional media outlets after Friday's disputed election, millions of people are turning to blogs and social media channels to exchange the latest news about the escalating tensions...(read more)

Ahmadinejad's Victory (BBC News - June 15, 2009)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been celebrating his victory in Iran's presidential elections. He held a mass rally in Tehran on Sunday to thank his supporters and the outcome has been endorsed by the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...(read more)

'One shot dead' at Iran protest (AlJazeera.net - June 15, 2009)
At least one person has been killed in Tehran after armed men opened fire during a rally by tens of thousands of people protesting against Iran's election results. Clashes were reported on Monday hours after the rally, held in defiance of a ban imposed by the interior ministry, began...(read more)

Iran arrests 170 over vote protests (AFP -  June 14, 2009)
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran has arrested around 170 people over the massive post-election protests and street riots in Tehran, the city's deputy police chief said on Sunday...(read more)

Ahmadinejad: Ballots and Missiles (Huffington Post - May 22, 2009)

The competition in the Iranian presidential election is heating up, or so it seemed until recently on Iranian government-sponsored television. Unlike the previous election, the challengers to incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are well-known heavyweights who include...(read more)