Media: Iran president fires Intelligence Ministry officials critical of election crackdown

August 24th, 2009 Sacked Iranian minister appointed chief prosecutorTEHRAN, Iran — Conservative rivals handed a new snub to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, appointing the man he fired from the post of intelligence minister as the country's state prosecutor. The appointment was made by the head of the judiciary, Sadeq Larijani, who is the brother of parliament speaker Ali Larijani.

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.

August 10th, 2009 Iran purges Intelligence Ministry officialsTEHRAN, Iran —President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tightened his grip on Iran's powerful intelligence services, ousting four senior officials in a widening purge against authorities who challenged the harsh crackdowns after June's disputed elections, lawmakers and media said Monday. The shake-up at the Intelligence Ministry — the nation's main spy agency — deepened the rifts straining Iran's conservative ranks over Ahmadinejad's strong-arm political tactics and the crushing response to the pro-reform opposition since the June 12 election.

July 16th, 2009 Media monitor: 7 photographers detained in IranPARIS — Media monitor Reporters Without Borders says seven photographers and a cameraman have been detained in Iran, most of them over the past week. The Paris-based group listed five Iranian photographers seized Saturday, nearly a month after the June 12 presidential elections that prompted a wave of opposition protests.

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.

July 1st, 2009 Iran shuts newspaper challenging AhmadinejadEDITOR'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.

June 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration sent a letter to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, prior to the June 12 disputed presidential elections, which were followed by massive people protests. Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon on Friday, in which he accused the United States of fomenting protests in his country in the aftermath of the disputed June 12 presidential election.

June 23rd, 2009 Reports: Iran won't annul election resultsTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state TV reports the country's top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner. A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted by Iran's state-run English language Press TV as saying Tuesday that the organization had found "no major fraud or breach in the election." As a result, he said, the results would not be annulled.

June 23rd, 2009 Iran won't annul election results: state TVTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state TV reports the country's top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner. A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted by Iran's state-run English language Press TV as saying Tuesday that the organization had found "no major fraud or breach in the election." As a result, he said, the results would not be annulled.

June 22nd, 2009 White House: Obama 'moved' by protests in IranWASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama has been "moved" by the television images of people in Iran taking to the street in protest. Riot police in Tehran continue to lead a crackdown on demonstrators following a disputed presidential election.

June 21st, 2009 Netanyahu declines to second-guess Obama on IranWASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he isn't going to second-guess President Barack Obama's approach on Iran after the Tehran government's political crackdown. Obama has been criticized by Republicans and others for not saying more in defense of Iranians protesting the outcome of the presidential election.

June 21st, 2009 Top intelligence Democrat: No interference in IranWASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says intelligence gathering in Iran is difficult and spotty. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., also says she doesn't think U.S.

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 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.