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more about #revolutioniniran more comments → Mediahohoho: Yo, Wingnuts! Stop trying to make this about Obama. It's not. It's also not about the U.S. Or even Israel. If you're so gungho about civil rights then... more » SaraRueful: You know that whole "the CIA can't assassinate world leaders" rule? That's just, like, a suggestion, right? more » ChillbearLatrigue: I'm not saying that we shouldn't give Obama his due and propers with the whole "talking" route, but I'm not holding out much hope for a rational disco... more » Mymoustache: Does this mean we are going to use the israeli option to deal with the nuclear option? more » Adah: The one thing I am glad about is that this election has reminded the world that Iran is a religious tyranny that simply costumes itself as democracy. ... more » Matt Cherette: Is everyone forgetting this statement by President Obama? Obviously all of us have been watching the news from Iran. And I want to start off by being... more » Mediahohoho: Iranians need to monkey wrench this situation something fierce. In an overwhelming force deal like this the most they can hope for is to let themselve... more » The Real JR: Rachel Maddow has really been on top of this whole thing from the beginning. This and the Don't Ask Don't Tell fuckery. I love her. more » Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: I know the chances are slim-to-none, and the coverage we see is pretty selective but I can't help but hope that the current regime's heavy-handed acti... more » Novaload: The Iranians need better weapons than just their own unarmed bodies to take out the tyrant and his henchmen. more » lakk: Did it ever come out how old Neda was? Just curious. more » Senator Sully: Was Neda a Christian? She appears to be wearing a cross around her neck in that photograph. Not that it ultimately matters, but it caught my eye. more » Brian Fowler: I cannot believe this; not eve Glenn Beck would be so stupid (oh, never mind). It's like the regime WANTS to go down in flames. At least this assuages... more » SarahHeartburn: What I want to know is what the World Football league is going to do about those players being banned for life. Europe takes its football about as ser... more » shaithis: Glad to see the President of the US is reaching out to the current Iranian regime that is killing it's own people over power. I had no idea that sitti... more » -
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Iran Update: The Crackdown Continues
The situation is only getting worse for Iranians contesting the June 12 election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. More » -
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Neda's Family Evicted From Their Home, Denied Her Body, as Iran Turns Bloodier
With the whole Mark Sanford thing going down today it was not hard to lose sight of other, more important things going on in the world, like, oh yeah, Iran! And that situation just gets more and more depressing. More » -
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A Quick Update on the Situation in Iran
There have been a few new developments 24 hours in regards to the uprising in Iran. Here's a brief recap. More » -
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Glenn Beck Explains the Situation in Iran
Confused about the situation in Iran, are you? Surely you've found yourself laying in bed at night recently wondering, "When will Glenn Beck explain all of this for me?" Well you're in luck—Glenn broke out the chalkboard today! More » -
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Details Emerge About Neda, the Face of the Iranian Revolution
Over the past couple of days the world has been captivated by the death of a young woman, Neda, who was gunned down on a Tehran street by Iranian forces. Now details about her are beginning to emerge.
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Neda, The Face of a Revolution
Unless you tuned out completely over the weekend you've seen the haunting video of a young woman named Neda dying on a Tehran street after being shot in the heart. She is now the immortal face of a revolutionary movement. More » -
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Newsweek Reporter Arrested in Iran
Newsweek's Maziar Bahari, who has covered Iran for the magazine for a decade, was taken into custody by Iranian officials during an early morning raid of his home. His captors also seized his computer and several videotapes. More » -
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Iran's Supreme Ayatollah Rejects Vote Fraud Claims, Blames West for Unrest
In a highly anticipated speech that was actually carried live on CNN, Iran's Supreme Ayatollah claimed that his country's recent election was legitimate and called for the protests, which he blamed on the U.S., Britain and Israel, to end. [CNN] -
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The Revolution Continues
CNN's Reza Aslan reported tonight that sources in Iran said that the clerical body overseeing the Grand Ayatollah has called an emergency meeting. Meanwhile, the Iranian military issued a threat to online media outlets who "create tension." [Pic via Getty] -
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Bill Keller Can't Google 'Hooker' in Iran
Times executive editor Bill Keller is still in Iran, reporting today that Goggling "hooker" leads to an "access denied" message and that the Iranian government is pissed at muckraking Western journalists like himself for disrupting their regime. [New York Times] -
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The Revolution Will Still Be Twittered
Twitter announced late today that it was canceling a scheduled service outage for maintanance so that the protesters in Iran can continue to use the service to organize and communicate with the outside world. [Twitter Blog] -
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CNN Debates Twitter's Relevance While Ignoring Important World Events Being Reported on Twitter
Over the weekend CNN's Howard Kurtz asked America the burning question, "are we going overboard with this Twitter business?" Meanwhile, CNN virtually ignored an event overseas with the potential to alter world history, an event reported extensively by Twitter users. More » -
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Joe Scarborough: Obama's Egypt Speech Forced Ayatollah's to Fix Iranian Election
MSNBC's token Republican Joe Scarborough appeared on a guest on Meet The Press this morning and essentially gave credit to Barack Obama for setting the stage for revolution in Iran with his recent speech in Cairo. More »
