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Protesters gesture on a street in Tehran
in this undated photo uploaded onto Twitter June 21, 2009. Iranian
opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi urged his supporters on Sunday to
continue their protests over a disputed presidential election, in a direct
challenge to the leadership of the Islamic Republic. (Xinhua/Reuters
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Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein
Mousavi urged his supporters on Sunday to continue their protests over a
disputed presidential election, in a direct challenge to the leadership of
the Islamic Republic. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Iran lashes out at Western
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File photo shows that Iran's Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki talks to the media during a news conference in
Havana April 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters, File Photo)
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TEHRAN, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Iranian officials have
lashed out at some Western countries, particularly Britain and the United
States, over their "interference" in Iran's election affairs as the country has
been hit by post-vote unrest.
In his speech to foreign diplomats in Tehran on
Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was "highly critical of some
Western countries, specifically France, Germany, Britain and the U.S., for their
inappropriate, illogical and interfering words." Full story
Ahmadinejad urges U.S., Britain to
stop intervening amid post-vote unrest
TEHRAN, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad has urged the United States and Britain to stop intervening in its
domestic affairs as the country has been hit by post-election unrest, the
official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
Addressing a group of clerics on Saturday evening,
Ahmadinejad "urged Western states, particularly the United States and Britain,
to change their policies of intervening in Iran's domestic affairs," IRNA said.
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BBC correspondent in Iran expelled:
Fars
TEHRAN, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The correspondent for the
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Iran, Jon Leyne, has been ordered to
leave the country within 24 hours, Iran's Fars news agency reported Sunday.
Leyne was expelled under the charges of, among other
things, making fabricated news reports and supporting rioters, Fars
said. Full story
Daughter of Iran's Rafsanjani
arrested: Press TV
TEHRAN, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A daughter and four other
family members of Iran's influential former President Ali Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani have been arrested for provoking "riots," Iran's satellite channel
Press TV reported on Sunday. Full story
Obama urges Iranian gov't to stop
"violent and unjust actions"
WASHINGTON, June 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday urged
the Iranian government to "stop all violent and unjust actions against its own
people," saying the rights to assembly and free speech must be respected.
"The Iranian government must understand that the world is
watching," Obama said in a statement, adding "we call on the Iranian government
to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people." Full story
