more from Iran

Aug 12, 2009 21:50


Musavi says the conditions of prisons in Iran prove how fundamentally the country needs to change:  http://www.rferl.org/content/Musavi_Says_Iran_Needs_Deep_Change/1798420.html

The UN has gone from being merely spineless and ineffectual like always to actually congratulating Ahmadinejad:  http://www.rferl.org/content/UNs_Ban_Congratulates_Irans_Ahmadinejad_On_Reelection/1797594.html (and, on that note, props to Barrack Obama, Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Angela Merkel for having the backbones to withhold their congratulations -- however we feel about their political leanings, we should be behind them on that much)
An Iranian Nobel laureate is urging the Secretary General to visit Iran for himself: http://www.rferl.org/content/Nobel_Laureate_Calls_On_UN_Chief_To_Visit_Iran/1796968.html

Looks like the Iranian government is fudging the casualty-figures by releasing the bodies of those killed during the protests over time. And, of course, accusations and denials continue to fly on numerous other fronts as well (rapes, beatings, etc.): http://www.rferl.org/content/Two_Months_Later_Truth_About_Irans_Postelection_Crackdown_Still_Unknown/1796492.html
Details are understandably muddled and slow-to-emerge: http://www.rferl.org/content/Irans_Grim_Details_Will_Emerge_Only_Slowly/1797309.html
The Iranian government denies allegations that arrested election protestors have been raped:  http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Speaker_Says_Vote_Detainees_Were_Not_Raped/1797966.html

Okay, last one for tonight. Iran’s rejecting US criticisms of the election and their handling of the protests claiming it smacks of manipulation. Hillary Clinton says the US has accepted that it’s going to have to accept that Ahmadinejad is going to stay in power *hiss* but we’re remaining firm on the issue of nuclear weapons: http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Rejects_Criticism_As_US_Sets_Nuclear_Talks_Deadline/1796343.html





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