AFP: Europe on Monday led protests over Iran's post-election crackdown on the opposition, warning against more violence and casting doubt on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory.
International protests over Iran election crackdown
Merkel says signs of irregularities in Iran vote
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday there were signs of irregularities in Iran's presidential election and urged a transparent examination of the results.
ElBaradei prods Iran not to ignore Obama overture
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief urged Iran Monday to meet a U.S. offer of unconditional talks with goodwill gestures including giving inspectors easier access to monitor its atomic program.
Miliband slams ‘state violence’ in Iran
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.
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.
