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shared by Pedro Gonçalves on 25 Jun 09 - Cached

Iran's Intelligence Ministry has uncovered 'terrorist' plots targeting the country's security and stability during the presidential election. "The ministry has dismantled the groups involved in such activities and has arrested almost all group-members in two stages," IRNA quoted Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei on Wednesday.
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He said that the plots included bomb attacks on several sites in Iran, adding that those behind such activities were linked with "the Zionist and non-Zionist regimes outside the county."
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One of the targets, Mohseni-Ejei said, was the holy shrine of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini. After the plot was foiled, the assailant detonated the bomb outside the shrine and "a number of people have been arrested regarding the suicide bombing," he added.
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According to the intelligence minister, the US and some western countries were aiming to achieve unrest in Iran's elections atmosphere. When asked by a reporter about the arrest of foreign spies working under the guise of reporters, Mohseni-Ejei said, "Anybody who embarks on espionage activity in the country will be arrested. A foreign reporter has so far been nabbed and another one has been questioned and his things were confiscated." The Iranian government has arrested a reporter working for the Newsweek and another one working for the Washington Times.
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shared by Pedro Gonçalves on 24 May 09 - Cached

Ahmadinejad told local reporters in Tehran he would answer criticisms of his four years as president during the televised debates. He suggested criticism of him was a breach of "election law", according to the Islamic Republic News Agency ."Under the election law, nobody has the right to do candidates any harm. Distortion of one's image is an offence. As for the second mistake, it should be said that those people will fail to prove many of the allegations they raise against [my] government."
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With just over 46 million Iranians eligible to vote, who wins is likely to come down to voter turnout after less than three weeks of official campaigning. If less than 27 million votes are cast, analysts believe, it would favour Ahmadinejad, who can count on 13 million votes from those who favour hardliners. A bigger turnout - in excess of 30 million - would move the polls towards the reformists Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
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His campaign manager, Gholam-Hossein Karbaschi, said a high turnout can definitely unseat Ahmadinejad. "If more than 32 million votes are cast, the possibility that Ahmadinejad will not win is over 65%," he said. "But if 27 million people or less vote, the likelihood of a change is less than 35%."
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shared by Pedro Gonçalves on 29 Jun 09 - Cached

Five out of nine local staff from the UK embassy detained in Tehran have been released, Iranian officials say.Iran's media earlier said local employees at the UK mission were held over their role in protests against June's disputed presidential election.
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Separately, Iran's top legislative body began a partial recount of the poll - a move rejected by defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
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ran's Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hoseyn Mohseni-Ezhei on Sunday said "the British embassy played a crucial role in the recent unrest both through its local staff and via media", Iran's Irna news agency reported. "We have photos and videos of certain local employees of the British embassy, who collected news about the protests. "The embassy sent staff among the rioters to direct them in order to escalate the riots so that the rioters could file fabricated reports about the [rallies] to the world from various locations," the Iranian minister added.
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On Sunday, the European Union warned Iran that "harassment or intimidation" of embassy staff would be met with a "strong and collective" response.
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In a separate development, Iran's state TV said the recount had started on Monday in the capital Tehran as well as in the provinces. Iran's Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the election.
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