AFP: The Iranian government crackdown on post-election opposition protests "seems to be state violence against its own people," Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.
Miliband slams ‘state violence’ in Iran
Iran in spotlight at IAEA meet
AFP: Iran's nuclear programme was in the spotlight of a meeting of the UN atomic watchdog here Monday, following the country's disputed presidential election.
US says concerned about post-poll situation in Iran
Reuters: The United States is concerned about the post-election situation in Iran, where a presidential election won by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sparked protests by the opposition who says it was rigged, the White House said on Monday.
Iran election protester details encounter with riot police, militiamen
Los Angeles Times: Anousheh's hazel eyes burned from the smoke. She caught her breath. Up the boulevard, amid the hazy din, the riot police were beating people with batons and threatening others. Screams erupted, as young men and women ran for cover.
Iranian president to visit Russia Tuesday
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad postponed a planned Russia visit by one day but will make the trip Tuesday, the Iranian Embassy in Moscow said.
The Iranian rebellion
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Even sham elections can sometimes produce real results. The Iranian election matters for having again revealed the nature of mullah rule — to the Iranians who cast ballots expecting they'd be counted, and to a world that finds its illusions about Iranian democracy shattered.
Tehran spring
The Times – Leading Article: Zealots take fright when their zealotry is challenged. Within hours of the polls closing in Iran's turbulent election, the clerical establishment declared President Ahmadinejad the winner – not just by a credible razor-thin majority but by an absurd and falsified two thirds of the vote. The attempt to impart a veneer of democratic legitimacy to a regime widely hated for its authoritarian intolerance, economic incompetence and corruption backfired.
Irans leader emerges with a stronger hand
New York Times: The jokes among Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s detractors are legion. In one, he looks in the mirror and says, “Male lice to the right, female lice to the left.”
Iran vote body to rule on election appeal in 10 days
Reuters: Iran's top legislative body, the Guardian Council, said on Monday it had received two official complaints from defeated presidential candidates and would issue its ruling within 10 days.
Foreign media say Iran blocking coverage of protests
AFP: Several foreign news organisations complained Sunday that Iranian authorities were blocking their reporters from covering protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election.
