"Because of new technology and the Internet, prominent figures of the opposition can be more effective outside of Iran and do things they wouldn't be able to do there," says Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian studies at Columbia University.

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Thousands of members of the pro-government Basij paramilitary organization stormed the grounds of Tehran University on Tuesday and attacked a group of protesting students, several witnesses said, as unrest continued in the capital for a second day following "Student Day" demonstr …

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It is implanting 6,000 Basij militia centers in elementary schools across Iran to promote the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, and it has created a new police unit to sweep the Internet for dissident voices.

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Ayatollah Montazeri has emerged as the spiritual leader of the opposition, an adversary the state has been unable to silence or jail because of his religious credentials and seminal role in the founding of the republic. More Articles

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This story should be higher up on the page.The clashes came on a day of extraordinary tension across Iran.

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A group of Iranian clerics has issued an anonymous letter calling Iran's supreme leader a dictator and demanding his removal, the latest and perhaps strongest rhetorical attack on him yet in the country's post-election turmoil. More Articles

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Iran's clerical leadership stepped up a campaign Friday to silence opposition claims that protesters were raped in prison, with prayer leaders in at least three major cities denouncing the accusations and their chief sponsor.

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"Evidence of Khatami and Mousavi's treason unveiled," thundered the headline in the hardline Kayhan newspaper. "The plot leaders are corrupt people whose unforgiveable crimes include killing innocent people and cooperating with foreign enemies," it said.

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"The true nature of the Iranian regime has been unmasked. You can actually see the lack of Iranian democracy at work. This is a regime that represses its own people, supports terrorism worldwide and openly denies the Holocaust, while calling for the elimination of Israel.

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A senior Iranian cleric said today that several employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be put on trial for unspecified charges of acting against Iran's national security, potentially escalating a confrontation with the West over last month's disp …

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As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

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Tehran is in a state of emergency as the government continues its increasingly brutal crackdown against protesters. Hardliners and opposition politicians are searching for a compromise behind the scenes, but Iran's supreme leader is refusing to make any concessions.

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Needless to say, the son of the Light of the Aryans did not add the many thousands of equally young and innocent women tortured to death by his father's sadistic secret police to his "list of daughters".

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A senior Iranian cleric yesterday called for protesters to be executed as "enemies of Allah", as authorities came one step closer to formally declaring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winner of the disputed election.

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The shadow of history hovers over Iran at the moment. And it is not just the student protests 30 years ago, which helped bring down the Shah and which launched the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution, that are worth recalling.

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Is Twitter an evil Israeli plot to stir worldwide unrest? Depends who you ask.

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Lipstick Jihad author Azadeh Moaveni says protesters in Tehran have a surprising view on Obama's silence: Keep it up.

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I found this op-ed opinion by Ms. Pletka and Mr. Alfoneh useful in understanding what's really going on in Iran.

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As protesters flood Iran's streets, Farah Pahlavi—the deposed empress—recalls the lessons of the 1979 uprising that led to her husband's painful exile. A conversation with The Daily Beast.

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Footage of burning cars, masked boys and bloodied protestors in Iran is playing across the Middle East, captivating Arab countries where repressive regimes have for years been arresting political bloggers and cyberspace dissidents.

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I would recommend this highly. One of the few pieces from the private intelligence service, Stratfor, that I can seed here.

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It is 1979 in Tehran all over again. From Saturday to Sunday, the deafening sound deep in the night across Tehran's rooftops was a roaring, ubiquitous "Allah-u Akbar" (God is great).

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Iran's presidential elections are over and — as predicted by the unapologetic regime's experts and the real opposition groups in exile — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the "pure son" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Pasdaran, wins, and wins big.

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Barack Obama found it "exciting" and Hillary Clinton saw it as "a positive sign". Others, like Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former US national security adviser, went further and praised it as a "vibrant democracy".

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White House's Whimpy Reaction To Ahmadinejad's "Victory" In Iran

What an absolute moron! Where is Jimmy Carter when you need him? When there is blood in the streets in Iran because of the believable voter fraud and subsequent protests, this is the reaction from our pragmatic one, Barack Obama:

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