Iran's Election

A series of pictures

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Iran: June 13th, 2009

The president of Iran's own election monitoring commission has declared the result invalid and called for a do-over

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Follow-Up On Earlier Posts

Yes, the president of Iran's own election monitoring commission has declared the resultinvalid and called for a do-over. That is huge news: when a regime's own electoral monitors beak ranks, what chance does the regime have of persuading anyone in the world or Iran that it has democratic legitimacy? Second:

Stratfor is reporting that Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, head of the Expediency Council, has resigned. Though unconfirmed, the report is saying that Rafsanjani is resigning from his position as head of the Expediencey Council, NOT his position as the leader of the Assembly of Experts, which has oversight responsibility over the office of the Supreme Leader and would be responsible for naming Ayatollah Khamenei’s successor.

Twitterers Posting From Inside Iran

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Iran Violence (VIDEO): Protests Erupt, Riot Police Launch Crackdown

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I'm liveblogging the latest Iran election fallout. Email me with any news or thoughts.

9:21 AM ET -- Mousavi urges supporters to continue protests. Reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi "urged his supporters on Sunday to continue with their protests, but in a peaceful and non-confrontational manner," AFP reports.

"I again advise you to continue the civil and legal opposition throughout the country peacefully and in a non-confrontational manner," he said in a statement on his campaign website.

9:03 AM ET -- Still no sign of Mousavi.Ahmadinejad's main rival Mousavi has not been seen in public for over 24 hours. There have been varying accounts that he and other senior officials in his camp are under house arrest, though he has not addressed those charges in any of his statements thus far.

8:47 AM ET -- Iran shuts down Al-Arabiya bureau. CNN reports:

Iranian authorities closed Al-Arabiya's Tehran bureau for a week without offering a reason, the Arabic network announced on its Web site Sunday in Arabic and English.

The announcement came on the heels of the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who insisted Sunday his country had a free press.

Read full report here (plus video)

Amanpour of CNN, Robert Fisk of Independent boldy challenge Ahmadinejad in Press Conference

2009-06-14T16:23:01+03:00

In an amazing turn of events after an even more amazing day in the history of Modern Iran, during a live televised Press Conference in Iran, the disputed Ahmadejad was very boldy challenged by Robert Fisk, reporter for the Independent.

He challenged Ahmadinejad with courage.

Read full report here.