http://www.yourstreet.com/news/iranian-government YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us As the world's eyes and ears have turned elsewhere, the crimes of the Iranian government continues unabated. Till this day, the true number of those... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6693279/trita-parsi-unforgivable-crimes-in-iran-the-under-reporting-of-deaths Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:15:08 -0700 TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's most senior dissident cleric on Wednesday criticized the ruling system under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a dictatorship in the name of Islam. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6620999/senior-cleric-calls-iranian-government-a-dictatorship Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:00:08 -0700 With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6549937/melody-moezzi-the-unconstitutional-un-islamic-republic-of-iran Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:41:08 -0700 Intrigue, espionage and high stakes business deals collide when a U.S. businessman takes on the Iranian government CNN recently reported, “Iranian scientists have reached ‘nuclear weapons breakout capability,’ according to a new report based on findings of the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6522451/top-secret-new-book-harnesses-iran-s-threat-of-nuclear-weapons-by-g-gray- Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:14:08 -0700 WASHINGTON — The White House says Iran has confirmed it has three American hikers in custody. The Americans strayed into Iran while hiking in the mountains of Kurdish territory in neighboring Iraq. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6517483/hikers-in-iranian-custody,-government-confirms Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:17:08 -0700 Marjan Aziza-Elahi caresses her daughter Raha, 6, as she speaks to fellow Baha'is at the Arcade Learning Library in Carmichael on Wednesday night. Aziza-Elahi was one of about 100 local Baha'is who gathered to try to save seven longtime leaders of Iran's Baha'i... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6461326/exiled-iranian-baha-i-members-pay-tribute-to-executed-friends Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:27:08 -0700 In the beginning of protests against Iran’s June election results, knowledgeable pundits warned that Iran’s political establishment needed to avoid making martyrs, because of seven-day and 40-day post-death memorials, the latter being especially potent in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6452113/socraticgadfly-iran-police-forbid-official-mourning-of-neda Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:13:08 -0700 Hillary Clinton gave a lengthy interview to David Gregory on "Meet the Press" on Sunday, and despite her new role as Secretary of State, Gregory waded into the waters of health care reform since Clinton has such a history with the issue. Clinton is optimistic a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6432059/hillary-clinton-talks-health-care-reform-on-meet-the-press-situation- Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:14:08 -0700 Photos by Megan Feldman ? On Saturday afternoon, around 100 people gathered at Dealey Plaza to protest the Iranian government and show support for pro-democracy demonstrators in that country, where the regime has been retaliating against widespread protests since... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6427047/in-dealey-plaza-saturday,-dallas-participates-in-the-global-day-of-action-f Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:48:08 -0700 Several groups plan to protest in Washington to condemn what they call human rights abuses being committed by the Iranian government. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6419171/groups-to-protest-to-show-solidarity-with-iranians Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:00:08 -0700 Iranian political cartoonist Nik Kowsar had to flee Iran for fear of persecution for the social commentary of the Iranian government. His story is an amazing testament to the power of social statement based visual expression. Sometimes we need art tha... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6331360/political-cartoonist-nik-kowsar Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:07:08 -0700 WASHINGTON — After a half-year of extending patient feelers to Iran, President Barack Obama has set a timeline _ warning Tehran it must show willingness to negotiate an end to its nuclear program by September or face consequences. If the West weighs new moves... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6321942/analysis-obama-suggests-sanctions-for-iran Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:44:08 -0700 Following the brutal crackdown by the Iranian government on pro-reform demonstrators, an air of relative calm and melancholy appears to have settled over Iranian cities. (Some thoughts on this from an Iranian are here.) What the ultimate outcome of the events of the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6312229/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:24:08 -0700 WASHINGTON — A military strike to thwart Iran's nuclear weapons capability remains on the table but could have grave and unpredictable consequences, the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday. "I worry a great deal about the response of a country that gets... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6294228/mullen-strike-on-iran-an-option,-but-a-bad-one Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:25:08 -0700 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wants to engage President Obama in “negotiations” before international media, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported on Saturday. Speaking at a meeting of medical school deans, Ahmadinejad said Iran... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6272642/ahmedinejad-wants-to-talk-to-obama Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:14:08 -0700 (AP) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen. John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation's founders in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6272591/obama-s-july-4th-message-watch- Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:17:08 -0700 Bill Kristol: On June 20, after a week of post-Iranian-election presidential mealy-mouthing, and a day after both houses of Congress had passed resolutions condemning the behavior of the Iranian regime, the White House put out a statement from President Obama. It... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6267069/prairiepundit-witness-to-oppression Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:03:08 -0700 Last month, hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest a rigged presidential election. Our president was extremely cautious in his initial criticism of the Iranian government's fierce crackdown against the protestors. At first, President Obama... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6263801/victor-davis-hanson-missing-our-moment-in-iran Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:30:08 -0700 Iran's former president has joined ranks with the country's embattled reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, and accused the Iranian government of failing its people in the recent election and condemning the subsequent crackdown on... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6257227/iran-s-reformists-call-islamic-regime-illegitimate Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:33:08 -0700 Democracy is taking a beating. The Honduran military has sent its leftist president into exile. The Iranian government is suppressing the Green Revolution. China arrested... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6240404/john-feffer-from-honduras-to-iran-democratic-setbacks Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:06:08 -0700