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Basiji militiamen cracked down on street protests as President Ahmedinejad was sworn in to his second term. An aide to presidential candidate Mousavi was arrested. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said it was not the Obama administration’s place to “pass judgment on” the legitimacy of the Ahmedinejad regime. Iran’s foreign ministry could neither confirm nor […]

The spokesman for President Obama has said that President Ahmedinejad is the legitimately elected leader of Iran. “He’s the elected leader,” Press Secretary Gibbs said at a briefing at the White House. The three Americans who wandered into Iran from northern Iraq are suspected of being “spies” by the Iranian government.

Iranian state television confirmed that security forces detained three Americans who crossed the border from Iraq. The Americans were hiking in northern Iraq when they crossed the border. The US State Department has not confirmed the detentions.

Border security forces reportedly surrounded and arrested three Americans who accidentally crossed the border from Iraq into Iran while hiking near the town of Ahmed Awaa near Halabja. US troops are said to have deployed to the border to search for the Americans.

Police broke up a group of 300 Iranians mourning the death of Neda Agha-Soltan at her burial site. Defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi was forced to leave the memorial. Seventy-one US senators have co-sponsored a bill that calls for sanctions that would target Iran’s refined petroleum imports because Iran continues to pursue its nuclear program.

President Ahmadinejad fired Intelligence Minister Ejeie. Ahmadinejad appointed Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie as his chief of staff after Supreme Leader Khatamei blocked his appointment as vice president. Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Harandi resigned from office “due to the recent events which shows the esteemed government’s weakness.”

Government hardliners pressured for President Ahmadinejad to dismiss his top deputy. Iranian security forces disbanded a PJAK cell in Orumieh. The Iraqi trade delegation arrived in Iran for a three-day business tour.

Mousavi continued to call for legal action to resolve the June 12 election dispute. Mousavi’s wife claimed that her brother was arrested in the election crackdown as a means of coercion. President Ahmadinejad’s cabinet quarreled over his pick for vice president. The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned western sanctions on its civilian aircraft, arguing that the […]

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qashqavi condemned attacks on Iranian citizens in Iraq. Clerics led by former president Khatami claimed that Iranians are losing confidence in their government. Secretary of State Clinton announced a potential “defense umbrella” over the Persia Gulf states to deter Iran. Former ambassador Crocker said that three Qods Force members detained by the […]

Iran’s police chief General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam said that law enforcement will “act firmly” to prevent the illegal gatherings that foster “sedition and doubt.” Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi called on Muslims to expose the “tyranny, hegemony and the false claims of certain western countries on human rights.”