Iran’s Ahmadinejad Denies Rift With Khamenei (Nasdaq)
TEHRAN (AFP)–President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that his relation with Iran’s supreme leader is similar to that of “father and son,” in his first comments since hardliners warned him to obey Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mehr news agency reported.
German Firm Withdraws Threat to Fire Employees in Iran – Wall Street Journal
Knauf Gips KG, a German building materials company that last week told its employees in Iran they would be fired if they participated in political demonstrations, withdrew the threat on Friday after The Wall Street Journal published an article about …
Iran’s Ahmadinejad warns rivals their plans will fail (The Star)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned his political rivals on Friday that their efforts to drive a wedge between him and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would come to nothing.
Iran president: No rift with supreme leader – Forbes
TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad begins his second term next week undermined by a deepening feud with his fellow hard-liners and under assault from a pro-reform opposition movement that has shown it can bring out thousands of protesters …
Iran blames foreign govts for Tehran killings (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran on Friday lashed out at foreign governments, accusing them of complicity in crimes and killings in the aftermath of the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran blames foreign countries for protester deaths (WAVE 3 Louisville)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian foreign minister is blaming foreign countries for the deaths of opposition supporters in Iran’s post-election turmoil.
Iran president: No rift with supreme leader – The Associated Press – Turkish Weekly
Voice of AmericaIran president: No rift with supreme leaderThe Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad begins his second term next week undermined by a deepening feud with his fellow hard-liners and under assault from a pro …
Police beat mourners in Iran (Royal Oak Daily Tribune)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters to disperse thousands chanting “Neda lives!” Thursday at a memorial for victims of post-election violence held at the gravesite of the woman whose death made her an icon of the pro-reform movement, witnesses said.
Leading article: The unresolved struggle for Iran (Independent)
The elections are over, the result has been declared, the mass protests have been broken up – but the struggle for the future of Iran is far from over. A memorial gathering for those killed in post-election violence was held at a cemetery in Tehran yesterday. Mourners were arrested and the opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was prevented by police from paying his respects. The Iranian …
Iran’s Ahmadinejad denies discord with supreme leader (People’s Daily)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday said that there were no discord between him and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the official IRNA news agency reported. “The enemies’ dream of seeing differences between the supreme leader and the president of Iran would never be fulfilled,” Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying at a meeting of academics in the northeastern city of Mashhad. He …
