EU concerned about post-election violence in Iran

August 16th, 2009 More on trial in Iran over post-election turmoilTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's official news agency says 25 more activists and opposition supporters have gone on trial over their alleged involvement in the post-election turmoil. The IRNA report says the prosecutor read a general indictment for the 25 saying they had been plotting the post-election unrest for years.

August 14th, 2009 Iran reformist leader says he has torture accountsTEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian opposition leader says he received reports of protesters detained after the country's disputed presidential election being tortured to death in jail. Mahdi Karroubi says he got testimonies from prisoners who say they were abused while in detention and from those who say they saw others being brutally tortured, some to death.

August 11th, 2009 Iran opposition leader says 69 dead in unrestTEHRAN,Iran — A top aide of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has handed over a list of 69 victims of the post-election crackdown to parliament. Ali Reza Beheshti told the Associated Press on Tuesday that the list also includes 220 detained and should by no means be considered exhuastive.

July 31st, 2009 Iran blames foreign countries for protester deathsTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian foreign minister is blaming foreign countries for the deaths of opposition supporters in Iran's post-election turmoil. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets since the June 12 presidential election, claiming the vote was fraudulent.

July 30th, 2009 Opposition to hold memorial for post-vote victimsTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian opposition is to hold a "silent memorial" for victims of post-election violence in defiance of a government ban on the gathering. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's Web site says he plans to attend the ceremony on Thursday, along with another pro-reformist candidate, Mahdi Karrubi, who was also defeated in the June 12 presidential election.

July 2nd, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia is opposed to sanctions against Iran over the recent crackdown on protest rallies following the disputed presidential election, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Russia, which has consistently supported Iran in international disputes, was one of the first countries to congratulate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his re-election.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama defends Iran policy against GOP criticsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is answering Republican critics of his cautious response to the violence following the disputed election in Iran. Obama told reporters at the White House that he believes all Americans, including his critics on Capitol Hill, want justice to prevail in Iran.

June 23rd, 2009 Correction: Iran-Election storyIn a June 22 story about Iran's post-election turmoil, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the exiled Iranian resistance organization People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran was designated as a terrorist group by the European Union. The EU removed the organization from its list of terrorist groups in January.

June 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said he was concerned by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's speech Friday that called for an end to protests over Iran's disputed election and suggested a government crackdown could be coming. "I'm very concerned based on some of the tenor and tone of the statements that have been made," Obama said in an interview with CBS News.

June 19th, 2009 Obama: Concerned by Iran supreme leader's remarksWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he is very concerned by the "tenor and tone" of comments by the Iranian supreme leader, who warned of a crackdown if protesters continue massive street rallies. In an interview taped Friday with CBS News' Harry Smith, Obama said that Iran's government should "recognize that the world is watching." He said that "how they approach and deal with people who are, through peaceful means, trying to be heard" will signal "what Iran is and is not." Obama spoke after a Friday address by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

June 16th, 2009 PRAGUE - Iran summoned a senior Czech diplomat Tuesday over the European Union's (EU) critical statements about the disputed Iranian presidential election, the Czech foreign ministry said. "I can confirm that our charge d'affaires Josef Havlas was today (Tuesday) summoned to the foreign ministry in Teheran," ministry spokesman Jiri Benes told DPA.

June 16th, 2009 Obama: it's up to Iran to determine own leadersWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says it's up to Iran to determine its own leaders. But he also says he's troubled by the situation in Iran and that it would be wrong to stay silent.

June 16th, 2009 Washington, June 16 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has said that he is "deeply troubled" by the latest violent developments taking place in Iran post-elections. Fox News quoted Obama as saying on Monday that Iranian voters have a right to feel their ballots mattered and urged the investigation into vote-rigging allegations to go forward without additional violence.

June 15th, 2009 LUXEMBOURG - European Union (EU) diplomats Monday called for an investigation into allegations of fraud in Iran's presidential election, but stressed that they wanted better relations with the Islamic Republic. "First of all, let's check that (the election) was truly democratic, and secondly, let's try to keep the dialogue going," Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb said as he arrived at a meeting with EU counterparts in Luxembourg.

June 15th, 2009 US called 'deeply troubled' by events in IranWASHINGTON — The State Department says the U.S. is deeply troubled by reports of violence and arrests in Iran following the disputed outcome of its presidential election.