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Iran minister says CIA funding rioters: report | Special Coverage | Reuters - 0 views

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Iran Iran Elections 2009 Sadeq Mahsouli CIA Mujahedin-e Khalq

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  • Iran's interior minister on Wednesday accused U.S. spy agency the CIA of helping to fund "rioters," stepping up accusations of Western involvement in street unrest following the country's disputed election. "Britain, America and the Zionist regime (Israel) were behind the recent unrest in Tehran," Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars News Agency. "Many of the rioters were in contact with America, CIA and the MKO and are being fed by their financial resources," he said. The MKO (Mujahideen Khalq Organization) is an exiled Iranian opposition group.
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Iran blames US and Israel for mosque bomb - Middle East, World - The Independent - 0 views

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Iran US Israel Baluchistan Sadeq Mahsouli Terrorism Jundullah

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  • Iran blamed the US and Israel yesterday for a bombing in a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran that killed 25 people, saying the countries were trying to stoke sectarian tension with the Sunni Muslim minority.
  • Iran has repeatedly accused the US and other Western countries of backing militants and opposition groups in the country — charges they have denied. The blame could be intended to mask real sectarian issues between Iran's Sunnis and majority Shiite population.
  • Thursday's bombing took place in the remote city of Zahedan, which has witnessed attacks by an Islamic militant group called Jundallah that claims to be fighting for the rights of Sunnis and is believed to have al-Qaida links.
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  • "I announce that ... those who committed the bombing are neither Shiite nor Sunni. They are Americans and Israelis" who want to stoke sectarian conflict in the country, Iranian Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said on the ministry's Web site. Jalal Sayyah, a senior security official in Zahedan, said 145 people were injured in the bombing and three suspects have been detained. "Hire of the terrorists by the US was verified based on investigation," Sayyah told The Associated Press.
  • Sayyah did not say whether the terrorists belonged to a specific group. In 2007, Jundallah, or God's Brigade, killed 11 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards in Zahedan.
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Middle East News | Iran accuses CIA and refuses to yield to pressure - 0 views

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Iran UK Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei

shared by Pedro Gonçalves on 24 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Iran's establishment would not yield to pressure over the disputed presidential election as tension rose with the Islamic Republic considering a downgrade of ties with Britain and accusing the CIA of funding "rioters.
  • Iran's intelligence minister Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei said some people with British passports were involved in post-election violence, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
  • "Many of the rioters were in contact with America, CIA and the MKO and are being fed by their financial resources," he said. The MKO (Mujahideen Khalq Organisation) is an exiled Iranian opposition group.
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  • "Britain, America and the Zionist regime (Israel) were behind the recent unrest in Tehran," Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli was quoted as saying by Fars.
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Ahmadinejad wins Iran presidential election - 0 views

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Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mir Hossein Mousavi Mehdi Karroubi

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  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been re-elected as president of Iran in a resounding victory, the interior minister says.With more than 80% of results in, official figures said he won 62.6% of the vote, amid a record high turnout.
  • But reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi has also claimed victory, calling the result a "dangerous charade", as backers vowed to appeal for a re-run. Police have sealed off Mr Mousavi's campaign HQ, preventing his supporters from holding a news conference.
  • There have been reports of police deploying on the streets of Tehran and beating people with truncheons as small groups gather to protest.
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  • One opposition newspaper has been closed down and BBC websites also appear to have been blocked by the Iranian authorities.
  • Mr Mousavi was hoping to prevent Mr Ahmadinejad winning more than 50% of the vote, in order to force a run-off election. However, Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said his share of the vote was just under 34%.
  • The former prime minister dismissed the election result as deeply flawed. "I personally strongly protest the many obvious violations and I'm warning I will not surrender to this dangerous charade," the Reuters news agency reported him as saying.
  • "The result of such performance by some officials will jeopardise the pillars of the Islamic Republic and will establish tyranny."
  • Mr Mousavi has already said there was a shortage of ballot papers and alleged that millions of people had been denied the right to vote.
  • The head of the Committee to Protect the People's Votes, a group set up by all three opposition candidates, said the group would not accept the result, alleging fraud. They have asked Iran's Guardian Council - a powerful body controlled by conservative clerics - to cancel the results and re-run the elections. A second opposition candidate, Mehdi Karroubi, declared the results "illegitimate and unacceptable".
  • The figures, if they are to be believed, show Mr Ahmadinejad winning strongly even in the heartland of Mr Mousavi, the main opposition contender.
  • By Saturday morning, with the opposition angry at the formal results, police in Tehran moved to prevent protests even though there were few signs of organised dissent.
  • There were long queues at polling stations, with turnout said to be higher than 80%.
  • Iran is ruled under a system known as Velayat-e Faqih, or "Rule by the Supreme Jurist", who is currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  • He adds that this is the worst public violence in Tehran since the Islamic revolution 30 years ago, with protesters chasing away secret policemen who were infiltrating the crowds.
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