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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for an end to violence against protesters in Bahrain, referencing recent attempts to quell protests sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa . Ban said...

Iranian lawmakers called Tuesday for opposition leaders to face trial and death after Monday's clash with security forces. Thousands of Iranians protested Monday in solidarity with Egypt's revolt against ousted president Hosni Mubarak . Pro-government legislators demanded...

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has been placed under house arrest , according to his website Saham News . On Thursday morning, security forces reportedly took control of...

Iranian chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi delivered a speech at Tehran University on Friday indicating that he would prosecute opposition leaders for political unrest that took place after the country's 2009 presidential election . Dolatabadi threatened to prosecute...

The Iranian Culture Ministry announced Monday that it will shut down media outlets that publish reports on opposition leaders. The government warned media outlets against reports on opposition leaders, marking the government's first...

An Iranian court has sentenced Qorban Behzadiannejad, the campaign manager for opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi during the 2009 election , to five years in prison, opposition website Kaleme reported [Kaleme...

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Tuesday called for the prosecution of those who committed fraud during the 2009 presidential election and vowed to continue leading the resistance movement against incumbent president Mahmoud...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday pardoned or commuted the sentences of 81 protesters arrested following the disputed 2009 presidential election . The pardons were made upon the request...

A Tehran Revolutionary Court on Monday sentenced three prominent progressive activists to six years in prison in connection with protests following the controversial re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [BBC profile; JURIST news...

A prominent Iranian journalist and filmmaker was sentenced on Sunday to three-and-a-half years in prison and 50 lashes for his activities after the disputed 2009 presidential elections . Mohammad Nourizad was sentenced by...