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- Tens of thousands rally in Paris to back Iran opposition
- Ya'alon: Iran protests will lead to revolution
- Witnesses: Iran police beat protesters at fresh rally
- ANALYSIS / No one knows how the protests in Iran will end
- Abbas, Assad meet over Palestinian unity negotiations
| Tens of thousands rally in Paris to back Iran opposition Posted: 20 Jun 2009 11:47 AM PDT Tens of thousands of supporters of an exiled Iranian opposition group rallied outside Paris on Saturday to denounce the government in Tehran and last week's disputed presidential election. ... |
| Ya'alon: Iran protests will lead to revolution Posted: 20 Jun 2009 11:19 AM PDT Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Saturday he believes the ongoing demonstrations in Iran over last week's disputed election result will eventually lead to a revolution, Army Radio reported. ... |
| Witnesses: Iran police beat protesters at fresh rally Posted: 20 Jun 2009 11:12 AM PDT Witnesses said police beat protesters and fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands who rallied in Tehran Saturday in open defiance of Iran's clerical government, sharply escalating the most serious internal conflict since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. ... |
| ANALYSIS / No one knows how the protests in Iran will end Posted: 20 Jun 2009 09:48 AM PDT A perusal of newspaper headlines this week may lead the reader to the mistaken conclusion that the revolution has already occured. Indeed, a revolution in Iran is an old Israeli hope. For Israel, the end of the ayatollahs' regime could be seen as belated compensation for the downfall of the friendly regime of the shah exactly 30 years ago. More importantly, Israel harbors the hope - not necessarily well-founded - that the Iranian nuclear program could still be checked without an aerial attack, Israeli or American. In 2003, then-chief of staff Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon said in an interview with Haaretz that "conditions have ripened for a revolution in Iran." ... |
| Abbas, Assad meet over Palestinian unity negotiations Posted: 20 Jun 2009 09:11 AM PDT Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday to discuss Palestinian reconciliation efforts. ... |
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