Khamenei shuts detention centre via BBC NEWS

What’s going on in Iran? First this and now this…
Excerpt via BBC NEWS | Middle East | Khamenei shuts detention centre.
Iran’s Supreme Leader has ordered the closure of a detention centre where protesters against the recent election result were held.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei closed the centre at Kahrizak because it failed to “preserve the rights of detainees”.
Thousands of [...]

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Ahmadinejad riles powerful allies via BBC NEWS

Ahmadinejad is causing a ruckus, riling the feathers of his patrons. Watch it Nejad, push any further and you might be walking the plank.
Just over a month after the election, Mr Ahmadinejad provoked fury amongst his fellow conservatives by promoting one of his vice-presidents, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, to the post of first vice-president.
The job would [...]

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Daily Distractions – Behind the Veil – The Daily Show

The things that distracted me today:
Comedy: The Series – Jason Jones: Behind the Veil – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Stewart and the correspondents never fail to impress (Comedy Network above – turn the volume up; Comedy Central below☺)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Jason Jones: Behind the Veil: Daily Show: Jones – Indecision [...]

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George Ciccariello-Maher: The Counter-Revolution Will Not be Tweeted

Excerpt from: The Counter-Revolution Will Not be Tweeted
By GEORGE CICCARIELLO-MAHER
via George Ciccariello-Maher: The Counter-Revolution Will Not be Tweeted.
The recent street rebellions against the Ahmadinejad regime in Iran were touted by many as the first baptism-by-fire of Twitter as a political tool. Celebratory articles abounded for a brief time, before such foolish dreams came crashing back [...]

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