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...Tehran immediately dismissed the report as rumor, calling it part of the "psychological war" being waged against Iran by the West. "The report is baseless. A diplomat returns to the country when his mission is finished in another country," Ramin Mehmanparast, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, told the Reuters news agency. "Sometimes they stay longer in the country where they served as diplomats for various reasons, including waiting for the end of the school semesters for their children...
...Iran: Candidate Obama promised to engage with Iran, pointing out that the Bush Administration's policies of setting ultimatums backed by limited sanctions had failed to slow Iran's nuclear program. The Bush team did, of course, reach out discreetly to Tehran during its final year - though Obama made a far more public show in his Persian New Year message, respectfully addressed to the regime. But the turmoil unleashed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's contested re-election on June 12 prompted the regime to circle the wagons against alleged "Western plots," imperiling hopes for diplomatic rapprochement. Critics may have...
...slogans calling for the death of former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi and former parliamentary speaker Mehdi Karroubi. Both ran against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and charged that his re-election was fraudulent. The government gave civil servants the day off to attend the rally, and thousands were bused to Tehran for the event...
...makeup of the crowd in Tehran belied the popularity of Alamolhoda's message. The previous day, hundreds of buses had ferried families into the capital from outlying areas. Canceled school exams and days off from government offices ensured that some tens of thousands were at Revolution Square to receive free food and drink and to carry banners and shout slogans prepared for them by government officials, such as "Death to [Mir-Hossein] Mousavi" [the central figure of the opposition movement] and "Rioter Hypocrites Must Be Executed." There were no pro-government rallies in the large cities of Mashad and Isfahan...
...marchers on Ashura the previous Sunday seemed to materialize spontaneously in Tehran and elsewhere in the country, much to the government's chagrin. They did not receive nourishment from the government, just blows - or worse. At least eight people were killed as a result of the confrontations on that day. Some oppositionists say the police opened fire on protesters - though the government denies that its forces were armed. Grainy video footage on YouTube and elsewhere apparently shows protesters crushed under the wheels of police vehicles. Other deaths were reportedly caused by falls from bridges or as a result of clashes...