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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran police tear gas protestersIranian police have fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who defied government warnings that any fresh attempt at protests would be "smashed". The marchers were heading towards Tehran University to commemorate the 10th anniversary of student unrest. All gatherings have been banned in ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran executes 29 in jail hangingsReports from Iran say 29 people have been executed by hanging in Tehran. Among them were convicts found guilty of murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking, state television IRIB reported on its website. All the executions took place on Sunday morning in Tehran's Evin prison, the ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran clerics defy election rulingA group of clerics in Iran has called Iran's presidential vote invalid, contradicting official results. The pro-reform group's statement pits it against the top legislative body, which last week formally endorsed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On Saturday, former President Akbar ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran 'security state' lambastedIranian opposition leaders have criticised what they describe as the "security state" imposed in the country after the controversial June elections. They also called for the release of people detained during mass protests that followed the vote. Runner-up Mir Hossein Mousavi's website said ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran frees eighth embassy workerThe eighth of nine British embassy employees detained by Iranian authorities has been released, the UK foreign office says. The last remaining detainee, an Iranian, is the embassy's chief political analyst. He has been charged with acting against national security. UK PM Gordon Brown ...
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BBC NEWS | Europe | French envoy visits spy suspectKEY STORIES FEATURES AND ANALYSIS BACKGROUND VIDEO AND AUDIO HAVE YOUR SAY BBC LINKS FROM OTHER NEWS SITES CNN Reporter held for 21 days in Iranian ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Verdict expected on Iran electionIran's powerful Guardian Council is due to give its verdict on the result of the disputed presidential election, two weeks after the poll was held. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has refused to support the electoral authority's plan for a partial recount. Mr Mousavi wants a re-run of ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | MPs 'snub' Ahmadinejad poll partyMore than 180 Iranian MPs appear to have snubbed an invitation to celebrate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election win, local press reports say. All 290 MPs were invited to the victory party on Wednesday night, but only 105 turned up, the reports say. A BBC correspondent says the move is ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran: where did all the votes come from?By Paul Reynolds World affairs correspondent, BBC News website A statistical analysis has now been published to try to support the claim that the opposition in Iran is right to question the declared result. On the face of it, there seems no reason to doubt the official numbers. In 2005, ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Obama condemns 'unjust' violenceUS President Barack Obama has strongly condemned the "unjust actions" of Iran in clamping down on election protests. Earlier Iran accused United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon of "meddling" after he called on Iran to respect the "will of its people". Iranian foreign minister Hassan Ghashghavi ...
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