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From a Sunday, July 5, 2009 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole Mousavi Deatils Fraud; Shariatmadari Calls for Opposition to Be Prosecuted WaPo reports that opposition leader Mir Hosain Mousavi has released documents alleging bias in the June 12 presidential elections in Iran. He slams the Revolutionary Guards for interfering in the election. Mousavi's website in Persian is here. Hosain Shariatmadari, a close adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, called in an editorial Saturday for Mousavi and Karroubi to be prosecuted for their continued agitation against the announced outcome of the June 12 elections. On the other side of the aisle, the reformist Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers issued a condemnation of the Guardian Council for playing a partisan and unfair role in the presidential... [read full story]
President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (MAHN'-moh-hahn SING) at the White House on Tuesday, the first state visit of his presidency. The president and first lady Michelle Obama welcome the prime...
Lloyds Banking Group today set out details of its £13.5 billion UK record cash call to the bank's army of 2.8 million private shareholders. The group is offering shareholders stock at a discount of 59.5 per cent on yesterday's...
Former French intelligence officer Herve Jaubert believed he was essentially being held captive in Dubai when his passport was confiscated by authorities amid a dispute with his employer, a powerful government-run conglomerate....
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will be unable to hold a national election in January as planned, a poll official said on Tuesday, heaping more uncertainty on a vote meant to cement democracy and pave the way for a partial U.S. troop...
