Analysis: Iran shows it has the upper hand in relations with Britain

ImageDaily Telegraph: Recent experience has shown that Tehran is the most adept at securing advantage from tensions between Iran and Britain, in spite of Iranian charges that it is the British who are masters of manipulation.

New protests rock Tehran

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 – Iranians on Sunday took to the streets of the capital Tehran once again, protesting against their theocratic rulers.

New protests rock Tehran

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 – Iranians on Sunday took to the streets of the capital Tehran once again, protesting against their theocratic rulers.

EU to counter Iran’s “harassment” of embassy staff

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ImageReuters: The European Union on Sunday condemned Iran's crackdown on post-election protesters and said the EU would meet any Iranian intimidation of European diplomatic staff with a "strong and collective response."

Britain demands release of Iran embassy employees

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ImageReuters: Britain on Sunday demanded the release of Iranian employees of the British embassy in Tehran and denied that the mission had been involved in any post-election unrest.

Eight local British embassy staff in Iran held: report

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ImageReuters: Eight Iranian employees of the British embassy in Tehran have been detained on accusations of involvement in post-election unrest in the Islamic Republic, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Sunday.

A look at the international coverage of the Iran unrest

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ImageIran Focus, London, Jun. 28 – WT: The Basij have evolved since that war into Iran's unofficial morality police. There is a reason young Iranians become members of the Basij: money. "We are getting paid 200,000 toman [about $200] a day by the government," a member of the group said in an e-mail. "We are being instructed to go into the streets and hit people, everyone and anyone who is out, until they can no longer get up. We are being fed lunch and dinner and given rooms to sleep in at night in undisclosed locations."

A look at the international coverage of the Iran unrest

ImageIran Focus, London, Jun. 28 – WT: The Basij have evolved since that war into Iran's unofficial morality police. There is a reason young Iranians become members of the Basij: money. "We are getting paid 200,000 toman [about $200] a day by the government," a member of the group said in an e-mail. "We are being instructed to go into the streets and hit people, everyone and anyone who is out, until they can no longer get up. We are being fed lunch and dinner and given rooms to sleep in at night in undisclosed locations."

In Iran, the protests have quieted, but the protesters are simmering

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ImageLos Angeles Times: Iranians who demonstrated against the election results are not moving on. They are biding their time, weighing their options — and seeing their government in a dramatically different light.

Some injured in Iran protests are arrested

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ImageUPI: An Iranian paramilitary group has been going into hospitals to arrest people injured in street demonstrations, Amnesty International says.