168 reportedly killed when Iranian plane headed to Armenia crashes

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian passenger plane carrying 168 people crashed a quarter-hour after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into a field northwest of the capital and shattering to pieces. State television said all on board were killed.

State TV: 168 killed when Iranian plane headed to Armenia crashes

TEHRAN, Iran — State TV says 168 people were killed when a passenger plane crashed Wednesday in northwest Iran.

Freed journalist describes Iran jail, blindfolding, frequent interrogations

ATHENS, Greece — A British-Greek journalist released from jail in Iran said Friday that he had been blindfolded, held in solitary confinement and subjected to frequent interrogations.

Biden says US will not stand in Israel’s way in how best to counter nuclear threat from Iran

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden seemed to give Israel a green light for military action to eliminate Iran’s nuclear threat, saying the U.S. “cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do.”

6 out of 10 people globally think Obama is most trusted world leader: Poll

WASHINGTON - A remarkable 61 percent of people from across the world think that US President Barack Obama is the most trustworthy leader in the world, a survey conducted across 20 nations has found.

Iran’s supreme ruler calls for national unity after bitter election dispute

Iran’s supreme ruler has called for national unity and urged both sides in a bitter election dispute “not to stoke the emotions of the young.”

Reports: 8 local employees working for British Embassy in Tehran detained

EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

State Department says no Iranian diplomats have accepted overseas 4th of July invitations

WASHINGTON — The State Department says no Iranian diplomat has accepted an invitation from U.S. diplomatic posts abroad to attend embassy Fourth of July parties.

Witnesses: protesters, riot police clash in streets around Iran’s parliament

EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Opposition leader’s wife compares Iran to martial law; new protest planned outside parliament

CAIRO — Iran’s supreme leader said Wednesday that the government would not yield to demonstrators who want a disputed presidential election annulled, effectively closing the door to compromise with the opposition.

Opposition leader’s wife says Iran under ‘martial law;’ new protest planned outside parliament

CAIRO — Iran’s supreme leader said Wednesday that the government would not yield to demonstrators demanding the annulment of a disputed presidential election. The wife of the opposition leader said protesters would not buckle under a situation she compared to martial law.

Obama talks tougher on Iran, says US ‘appalled and outraged’ at violence

WASHINGTON — Dramatically hardening the U.S. reaction to Iran’s disputed elections and bloody aftermath, President Barack Obama condemned the violence against protesters Tuesday and lent his strongest support yet to their accusations the hardline victory was a fraud.

Obama ‘outraged’ by Iran’s violent crackdown

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Tuesday strongly rejected Iranian accusations of interfering in the election crisis and in some of his toughest language yet said he was “appalled and outraged” by the violent crackdown on protestors.

Iran’s ‘accidental’ opposition leader mixes messages while backers seek clear path

CAIRO — Mir Hossein Mousavi is still nominally the guiding force of the fury over Iran’s disputed election. But there are ample signs his rebel stature is being eroded by his hesitation to shift from campaigner to street agitator as his supporters challenge security forces.

FACT CHECK: Obama offers escalating words of concern about the suppression of protests in Iran

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama described himself on Tuesday as being “entirely consistent” in his expressions of concern about the disputed Iranian election and the government crackdown that followed street protests. But his language clearly has gotten tougher since his first statement that the suppression of dissent was “of concern to me.”

Analysis: Obama seeks to avoid being seen as Iranian foil or silent accomplice

WASHINGTON — So much for studied neutrality. Even as he said he wasn’t doing it, President Barack Obama threw his rhetorical might behind the protesters in Iran, a risky move he hopes will force the hardline regime to deal peacefully with its postelection tumult.

Obama toughens talk on Iran, says US, world ‘appalled and outraged’ by post-election violence

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared the United States and the entire world “appalled and outraged” by Iran’s violent efforts to crush dissent and for the first time expressed significant doubt about the legitimacy of the national election at the root of the upheaval.

Obama questions the legitimacy of the outcome of Iran’s disputed presidential election

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is questioning the legitimacy of the disputed Iranian election that has triggered days of street protests.

Iran expels 2 British diplomats, regime stiffens stance against opposition protesters

CAIRO — Iran expelled two British diplomats Tuesday after bitterly accusing Britain of meddling and spying. The government also dealt a fresh blow to the opposition by making clear it will not hold a new vote despite charges of fraud.

Obama: World is ‘appalled and outraged’ by violence in Iran

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared the United States and the entire world “appalled and outraged” by Iran’s violent efforts to crush dissent, a clear toughening of his rhetoric as Republican critics at home pound him for being too passive.

Obama expressing outrage at Iranian government’s crackdown against street protesters

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expressing outrage at the violent crackdown by the Iranian government against protesters of the disputed presidential election.

In Europe, trade ties may trump outrage over Iran post-election violence, crackdown

FRANKFURT — Iran is big business for Europe, whose companies sell it everything from rail equipment to turbines and even cell phone technology that has been used to block communications between protesters seeking to overturn disputed election results.

Iran says it expelled 2 British diplomats for ‘unconventional behavior’

CAIRO — Iran says it has expelled two British diplomats for what it called “unconventional behavior.”

Iran’s ‘Joan of Arc’ predicted her violent death by gunfire

NEW YORK - Young girl Neda Agha-Soltan, who became the central rallying cry of the Iranian protests, predicted her violent death by gunfire, but was determined to take part in protests that followed the disputed presidential election.

Israeli prime minister praises courage of Iranian protesters, calls Tehran threat to peace

ROME — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the courage of Iranian protesters on Tuesday and called the Tehran authorities the greatest threat to peace.

Tehran protest broken up

TEHRAN/BERLIN - Iranian security forces used tear gas to break up renewed protests in the capital Tehran Monday, after the country’s top military unit warned protesters against further manifestations, witnesses said.

Amateur video turns young woman bleeding on street into icon of Iranian unrest

CAIRO — She lies in the Tehran street with her headscarf half-off, blood pooling around her jeans and white sneakers.

Nuclear-armed Iran is threat to entire world: Netanyahu

BERLIN - Iran’s nuclear weapons programme could destabilise the Middle East and is a threat not just to Israel but the entire world, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.

Obama sticks with careful response to Iran crisis, while GOP critics push for more

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama stuck to his carefully tailored response to Iran’s internal crisis Sunday despite pressure from Republican critics, as he continued to speak up for protesters’ rights without making specific demands on Iran’s hard-line leaders.

World’s media innovates and adapts to Iran’s information clampdown

CAIRO — Protesters and security forces gather. They collide in a cloud of tear gas and a shower of rocks and bottles.

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