Tag Archives: #IranElection

70 Iranian Professors Detained

By theFewture | Published: June 25, 2009
The website of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the candidate that many believe rightfully won the election, has stated that the Iranian government has arrested 70 university professors in its continued crackdown on the Iranian protestors. Seventy university professors were detained in Iran in a widening government crackdown on protesters, according to a Web site affiliated with Iran's [...]
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Iran Accuses U.N. of Meddling

By theFewture | Published: June 23, 2009
After accusing western media and nations of fomenting protests in Iran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has now charged U.N. leadership with meddling in the affairs of their election. Via Voice of America: Iran is accusing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of meddling in its affairs after he urged the Islamic state to stop its crackdown on opposition protesters. Iran's [...]
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Weekend Crackdown on Protests in Iran

By theFewture | Published: June 22, 2009
The Associated Press reports on the Iranian government's response to the ongoing election protests.
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Mashable | U.S. Government Asks Twitter to Stay Up for #IranElection Crisis

By theFewture | Published: June 16, 2009
Fascinating report from Mashable. A short while from now, Twitter will go down for maintenance due to extraordinary circumstances: The #IranElection Controversy. Originally scheduled to perform maintenance last night, the work was moved to 2 PM PT today so that Iranians could tweet about the crisis. With members of the media kicked out of Iranian cities, millions [...]
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