AFP: Iranian riot police fired teargas in clashes with thousands of opposition supporters who shouted anti-government slogans during a Shiite mourning event on Saturday, witnesses said.
Iran anti-government clashes erupt on Shiite holy day
Iraq accuses Iran of border violations
AFP: Iran has been violating Iraq's borders since 2006, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in comments aired on Saturday, a week after Iranian troops took over an oil well in disputed territory.
Clashes erupt in Iran on Shi’ite holy day: report
Reuters: A reformist website said Iranian riot police armed with batons and tear gas clashed with opposition backers in Tehran who used a religious commemoration on Saturday to try to revive anti-government protests.
Renewed clashes reported in Iran
BBC: Iranian security forces and opposition activists have clashed in the centre of the capital Tehran, according to reformist websites and witnesses.
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.
