Turmoil in Iran stifling Obama’s outreach (USA Today)
President Obama’s attempt at engagement with Iran has been derailed another casualty, at least for the moment, of the Iranian crackdown on election protestors.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad cancels trip to AU summit (The Star)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s trip to an African Union summit in Libya has been cancelled, his office told Reuters on Wednesday, without giving any reason.
African summit opens in Libya without Iran leader (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iran’s president canceled a last-minute call to attend an African Union summit in Libya on Wednesday amid a stir among African delegates, who complained the contentious Iranian leader would divert the conference’s attention from Africa’s pressing problems.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad scraps African summit trip (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called off a trip to Libya for an African Union summit on Wednesday that would have given the hardline president another chance to appear at an international forum after his disputed re-election.
Clinton Cites ‘Huge Credibility Gap’ in Iran Over Election (Payvand Iran News)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that a “huge credibility gap” remains among Iranians about their country’s June 12 presidential election, despite the partial vote recount that is said to have upheld the announced victory by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Clinton also deplored Iran’s detention of several Iranian staff members of the British embassy in Tehran.
Iran leader praised amid signs of political purge (AP via Yahoo! News)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.
Iran hardliner says election protests must cease (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – A senior hardline Iranian cleric Tuesday demanded an end to protests over the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president after Iran’s top legislative body slammed shut the last door for a legal challenge.
Iranian Americans Watch Tehran From Afar (NPR)
Many Iranian Americans watched the 1979 revolution in the streets of Tehran. Now, they watch the violent crackdown from their living rooms in the U.S. Iranian Americans talk about what the changes in Iran mean for them.
Worldview: Iran talks must be delayed – Philadelphia Inquirer
Now that Iran has officially confirmed its tainted election outcome, President Obama must reconsider how to deal with the regime. The big question is whether Obama should junk his plans for direct engagement with Iran’s leaders after their brutal …
Nick Ferrari quits Iran Press TV over ‘bias’ after Iranian election (Times Online)
It is called Press TV, is funded by the Iranian regime, and opponents say that from its nondescript offices off Hanger Lane in northwest London the 24-hour news station is beaming pro-Tehran propaganda into homes across Britain.
Iran fires three Mousavi backers – Philadelphia Inquirer
Iran’s ruling clerics closed ranks around President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday, hailing him as a “champion” amid signs that he may have begun purging his government of anyone perceived as an opposition sympathizer. A sense of resignation mingled …
UK, Iran seek swift end to embassy row, says Miliband (WashingtonTV)
Washington, 30 June (WashingtonTV)—Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband told Parliament on Tuesday, that his country and Iran agree on the need for a quick resolution to the dispute over the detention of four Iranian staff of the British embassy in Tehran.
