Reuters: A reformist website said Iranian security forces clashed with opposition supporters in southern Tehran on Saturday, as the Islamic Republic marked an emotive Shi'ite religious ritual. Iran forces and opposition backers clash: report
Reuters: A reformist website said Iranian security forces clashed with opposition supporters in southern Tehran on Saturday, as the Islamic Republic marked an emotive Shi'ite religious ritual. Iranian student protester Neda Soltan is Times Person of the Year
The Times: Neda Soltan was not political. She did not vote in the Iranian presidential election on June 12. The young student was appalled, however, by the way that the regime shamelessly rigged the result and reinstalled Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran cleric urges unity during Shiite ceremonies
AFP: A senior hardline cleric Friday urged Iranians not to misuse Ashura ceremonies this weekend to create "disunity", amid police warnings of a crackdown on illegal gatherings during the solemn Shiite event. Police try to quell protesters who mourn Iranian cleric
New York Times: The police in Tehran and the northwestern city of Zanjan clashed Thursday with protesters defying an order by the Iranian government banning memorial services for a senior cleric, opposition Web sites reported. Tehran protesters clash with Iranian security forces
Los Angeles Times: Protesters honoring the late Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iran's leading dissident cleric, are met by police in riot gear Ayatollah Montazeri’s legacy
New York Times – Editorial: In life, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri played a seminal role in Iran as the leading dissident cleric criticizing an increasingly hard-line, morally bankrupt and inhumane government. Hard-line rise in Iran alters view in West
New York Times: Until Iran’s current political crisis, Iranian experts largely agreed that the Islamic republic wanted to develop the capacity to build nuclear weapons, without actually producing them. Now, not everyone is so sure. Iran bans graffiti on banknotes
AFP: Iran's central bank has warned people not to write on banknotes and sought to collect defaced ones after the appearance of opposition slogans on many, local media reported on Thursday.Protest against Khamenei turns violent
UPI: The People's Mujahedin of Iran said a protest against the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, turned violent in Najafabad. Senior US senator promises vote on new Iran sanctions
AFP: US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledged Thursday to move forward to a vote legislation allowing President Barack Obama to sanction companies that export gasoline to Iran. 