Reuters: 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.
Britain demands release of Iran embassy employees
Eight local British embassy staff in Iran held: report
Reuters: 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
Iran 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
Iran 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
Los 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
UPI: An Iranian paramilitary group has been going into hospitals to arrest people injured in street demonstrations, Amnesty International says.
Berlusconi denies saying Obama “weak” on Iran
Reuters: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied on Saturday an Israeli newspaper report that he had described U.S. President Barack Obama as being "weak" on Iran during a meeting with Israel's prime minister in Rome.
Ahmadinejad blasts Obama’s stance on Iran unrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – Iran's hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday lashed out anew at US President Barack Obama, accusing him of meddling in Iranian affairs and suggesting that Washington's stance on Iran's post-election turmoil could imperil Obama's aim of improving relations.
Ahmadinejad blasts Obama’s stance on Iran unrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – Iran's hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday lashed out anew at US President Barack Obama, accusing him of meddling in Iranian affairs and suggesting that Washington's stance on Iran's post-election turmoil could imperil Obama's aim of improving relations.
Iran’s lessons
Washington Post – Editorial: Shouldn't 'realism' mandate regime change?
Each day Iran's extremist regime offers the world new lessons in its true nature.
