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Iran Protests

As the demonstrations continued and journalists were restricted from reporting on the upheaval, disturbing images and videos emerged on social networking sites. One video in particular, shows the death of a woman named Neda, who was killed by Iraqi police.

updated 2010-07-17 10:48:50

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Iran Election Results

Although the major opposition candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was expected to draw enough support to trigger a run-off election, the Interior Ministry was reporting a landslide in favor of the incumbent after polls closed. According to an official, with 10 million ballots counted, Ahmadinejad had a commanding 68.8 percent of the vote, compared to 28.8 percent for Mousavi. Mousavi, however, alleged that there had been voting irregularities, and declared victory based on "all indications from all over Iran."Al Bawaba: Iran election results: New agency claims Ahmadinejad re-elected Telegraph: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hossein Mousavi both claim victory Ahmadinejad was declared the clear winner by the Iranian electoral commission on June 13, 2009.http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015481746

updated 2010-07-17 10:48:42

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Neda Soltani

On June 13, 2009, Iran's electoral commission announced that current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been re-elected. Believing that this result was fraudulent, supporters of Ahmadinejad's opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavi, took to the streets of Tehran in protest.

On June 15, Mousavi himself made an appearance at one of these protests, before a crowd of more than 100,000 people, causing Iran's Guardian Council to begin a ballot recount. The following week, violence began to break out protesters and Iranian authorities.

Soltani was shot during a June 20 protest by a Basij soldier using a sniper rifle. These soldiers are members of a paramilitary force who report to Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Ruler.

updated 2010-07-17 16:45:38

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Three Americans Held In Iran

Three Americans were detained in Iran for crossing the Kurdistan border into Iran "without permission" on July 31, 2009. The group of three, Sarah Shourd, Joshua Fattal and Shane Bower, were hiking in the northern Iraq region when the crossed the border.

Officials from the Kurdish Regional Government stated that the group called a friend and said they had been surrounded by an armed man.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-americans2-2009aug02,0,5054516.story

updated 2010-07-18 00:29:07

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Sarah Shourd

• Video: UC Berkeley Graduates Held Captive in Iran
• Community Update: UC Berkeley Graduates Detained in Iran 10/05/09

Since July, three UC Berkeley graduates have been detained in Iran. The three are held captive after crossing an unmarked border on a hiking trip. Family and friends of the hikers organized vigils across the nation.

updated 2010-07-17 21:08:14

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