Mousavi calls new rally in Tehran, urges supporters to wear black to mourn protesters killed

TEHRAN, Iran — Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi called his followers back into the streets of Tehran Thursday for another mass rally over Iran’s disputed presidential election and urged them to wear black to mourn those killed in clashes.

Pro-Moussavi protestors in Iran demand new election

TEHRAN - Protests in favour of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi and against alleged electoral fraud were scheduled to continue Thursday in Tehran for the sixth consecutive day.

Clinton says US will continue seeking talks with Iran regardless of who emerges as president

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will pursue talks with Iran on nuclear and other issues regardless of who emerges as president in the aftermath of Iran’s disputed election, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.

Iranian people will continue protests, says Moussavi

TEHRAN - Iran’s opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi indicated Wednesday that his supporters would continue their protests until new presidential elections were held.

Iran election results show approval of government: Ahmadinejad

TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that the results of the presidential election were an approval of the government’s performance, Fars news agency reported.

Rival demonstrations held in Iranian capital; government offers to recount some ballots

TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of Iranians swarmed the streets of Tehran on Tuesday in rival demonstrations over the country’s disputed presidential election, pushing a deep crisis into its fourth day despite a government attempt to placate the opposition by recounting a limited number of ballots.

Seven killed in Iran protest, Moussavi calls for re-poll

TEHRAN - At least seven people were killed when security forces opened fire during a protest rally organised by the supporters of defeated Iranian leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi in the June 12 presidential elections, TV reports said Tuesday.

Moussavi supporters plan another protest in Iran

TEHRAN - Supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi planned to hold another protest Tuesday in Tehran, opposition circles said.

Ahmadinejad attends Russia summit despite election protests

MOSCOW - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Russia for a summit Tuesday despite protests over alleged election fraud in the Islamic republic’s presidential polls last week.

In chaotic aftermath of Iran elections, some turn to Twitter to fill the information void

CAIRO — An opposition activist spreads word of an upcoming protest in the streets of Tehran. Another posts pictures of clashes between demonstrators and police.

Huge rally in Tehran to press election fraud claims in bold defiance of crackdown

TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defied an Interior Ministry ban Monday and streamed into central Tehran to cheer their pro-reform leader in his first public appearance since elections that he alleges were marred by fraud. Gunfire from a compound used by pro-government militia killed one demonstrator.

Russia’s Medvedev in regional summit talks with China’s Hu, Central Asian leaders

YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Russia played regional power broker Monday, hosting China and Central Asian nations for a summit that highlights the Kremlin’s efforts to maintain clout in former Soviet territory and raise its profile in Afghanistan.

US refuses to acknowledge Ahmadinejad’s re-election

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has refused to acknowledge the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Ahmadinejad brushes off violence over Iran election dispute, challenger wants vote canceled

TEHRAN, Iran — Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities. Anti-riot police lashed back and the regime blocked Internet sites used to rally the pro-reform campaign.

New US commander in Afghanistan meets President Karzai for first time

KABUL — The incoming commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has met with President Hamid Karzai for the first time.

Iranian election gives Netanyahu opportunity to put peacemaking on back burner in speech

JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister delivers a highly anticipated policy speech Sunday in which he could use the re-election of Iran’s hard-line president to boost his argument that Tehran poses a bigger threat to Mideast peace than his refusal to endorse Palestinian statehood.

Tehran calm but Iran tries to keep lid on reformists after vote fraud claims trigger clashes

TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran was mostly calm Sunday after election fraud claims triggered violent street clashes, but the government maintained fairly tight control of information flow and new details emerged of arrests of high-profile reformists.

Muted reaction of world leaders to Iranian election

WASHINGTON - The international reaction to Iran’s controversial presidential election was muted at best Saturday with few world leaders making any statements on the contested result.

Tehran in turmoil: Anger over election fraud claims boils over into violence

TEHRAN, Iran — Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police in the heart of Iran’s capital Saturday, pelting them with rocks and setting fires in the worst unrest in Tehran in a decade. They accused the hard-line president of using fraud to steal election victory from his reformist rival.

Clinton rejects victory claim by Iran’s Ahmadinejad, wants to know Iranians’ choice

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud.

Israel says Ahmedinejad re-election illustrates growing Iranian threat

JERUSALEM — Israel’s foreign minister said Saturday that the re-election of hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad highlighted the urgent need for the West to forcefully act against Tehran’s nuclear program.

Cell phone service appears to have been cut in Tehran, Iran’s capital, after disputed election

Cell phone service down after disputed Iran vote

TEHRAN, Iran — Cell phone service appears to have been cut in Iran’s capital after a disputed election that the government said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won.

White House says US watching for irregularities in Iran’s contested presidential election

WASHINGTON — The White House says it is monitoring Iran’s presidential election results, including reports of voter fraud.

Clinton says US hopes Iranian vote reflects ‘genuine will and desire’ of Iranian citizens

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud.

Clashes erupt in Iran after government claims Ahmadinejad wins disputed election

TEHRAN, Iran — Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. The rival candidate said the vote was tainted by widespread fraud and his followers responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade.

Ahmadinejad re-elected Iran’s president, Moussavi cries foul (Roundup)

TEHRAN - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Saturday re-elected by a decisive margin but his main rival Mir-Hossein Moussavi accused him of electoral fraud as his supporters clashed with police and Ahmadinejad’s supporters.

With nuclear dispute at stake, world reacts cautiously to Iranian hard-liner’s re-election

VIENNA — The U.S. and Canada challenged Iran’s claims that hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election, but much of the rest of the world remained silent Saturday despite claims of fraud and scenes of clashes on the streets of Tehran.

Iranian police clash with opposition supporters in Tehran as president declared winner

TEHRAN, Iran — Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities declared the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. Opponents responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade and charges that the result was the work of a “dictatorship.”

Re-election of Ahmedinejad illustrates growing Iranian threat, say Israeli officials

JERUSALEM — The re-election of hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a disputed vote underscores the growing threat posed by Tehran and its nuclear ambitions, two senior Israeli politicians said Saturday, urging the world not to engage in dialogue with Iran.

Police in Tehran streets after disputed results point to Ahmadinejad landslide

TEHRAN, Iran — Anti-riot police guarded the offices overseeing Iran’s disputed elections Saturday with the count pointing to a landslide victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, while his opponent denounced the results as “treason” and threatened a challenge.