A senior cleric called Friday for British Embassy employees to be tried for allegedly inciting mass protests. The move signals a heightened effort to portray recent unrest as a foreign plot. Full Story »
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Good piece. My only qualm is the Iranian commentators are based in Washington and San Diego. Given that recent reportage indicates a clamp down of information inside Iran, this is somewhat understandable. I like that Mr. Murphy has backfilled information on the Iranian revolution of 1979 and compared Mousavi's positions to the current theocratic government and that of Ayatollah Khomeini in '79. There are ominous overtones "With TALES (unspecified) of young protesters detained and ... More »
Given the depth of distrust between the west and Iran since 1953, it is no wonder we continue to experience blowback in the form of religious ... More »
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