Britain summons Iranian ambassador to explain Khamenei’s new criticism of UK

LONDON — Britain’s Foreign Office said Friday it had told an Iranian diplomat it was concerned by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s criticism of Britain, which he called evil.

Key points from address by Iran’s supreme leader

Key points from the Friday prayers address by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

Iran’s top leader sternly warns of crackdown if massive election protests continue

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sternly warned Friday of a crackdown if protesters continue their massive street rallies, escalating the government’s showdown with demonstrators demanding a new presidential election.

Iran elections fair, protests not acceptable, says Khamenei

TEHRAN - Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election victory was credible and insisted that the Islamic republic’s election mechanisms allowed no cheating.

Khamenei says vote was definitive victory, blames enemies of Iran for turmoil

WASHINGTON - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today said that the recent presidential elections showed off the country’s religious democracy for the world to see, shrugging an unprecedented challenge to the country’s ruling clerics by opposition supporters, who claim the June 12 presidential election was rigged.

Supreme leader calls Iran vote “definitive victory;” offers no concession to opposition

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that there was “definitive victory” and no rigging in disputed presidential elections, offering no concession to protesters demanding the vote be canceled and held again.

West says Iranians should choose government; China warns against interference

ISTANBUL — World reaction to the upheaval in Iran is cautious and divided, reflecting uncertainty over fast-moving events within the country after its disputed election.

Timeline of Iran’s election crisis

A timeline of Iran’s post-election crisis, which has sparked the biggest unrest in the country in a decade.

Iran’s supreme leader orders investigation into election fraud allegations

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader ordered Monday an investigation into allegations of election fraud, marking a stunning turnaround by the country’s most powerful figure and offering hope to opposition forces who have waged street clashes to protest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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.”

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For Iran’s students, election choice is between bad, worse

ISFAHAN - For many Iranian students, the June 12 presidential election is not a choice between good and bad, but bad and worse, with no prospects of real change even if a new president is elected.

Clinton tries to reassure Iraqis worried about safety; says US withdrawal still on schedule

BAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to reassure nervous Iraqis that the U.S. won’t abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule despite a recent surge in violence.