Iranian Nuclear Crisis, 1 May-30 June 2009

Documents on the Iranian Nuclear Crisis
1 May 2009--30 June 2009

2009--1 May

David Blair, "Robert Gates: bombing Iran would not stop nuclear threat," Telegraph, 1 May 2009

Paul Richter, "US wants Iran talks soon," Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2009

Aluf Benn, "Is Netanyahu bringing Israel closer to a 'second Holocaust'?" Ha'aretz, 1 May 2009

BBC News, "Iran 'leading terrorism sponsor'," 1 May 2009

AFP, "Iran remains most active state sponsor of terrorism: US," 1 May 2009

2009--2 May

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "US hides behind Iran sanctions threat," Asia Times, May 2, 2009

AFP, "Japan says shares concerns on Iran nuclear drive," 2 May 2009

BBC News, "Iran execution provokes outrage," 2 May 2009

GulfNews (United Arab Emirates), "Hitting nuclear sites would drive Iran to be more covert," 2 May 2009

2009--3 May

Atul Aneja, "Iran reaches out to Brazil, Venezuela," The Hindu, 3 May 2009

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, "French magazine reports Israeli exercises on Iran," 3 May 2009

Khaleej Times (Kuwait), "A Lopsided US-Iran Equation," 3 May 2009

2009--4 May

Ladane Nasseri, "Iran's Ahmadinejad Postpones Latin American Trip Indefinitely," Bloomberg, May 4, 2009

Foreign Policy Passport, "Clinton concerned about Iran and China in Latin America," 4 May 2009

Tehran Times, "Airplane sales ban endangering lives: Iran," 4 May 2009

United Press International, "Israeli focus on Iran may irk Obama," 4 May 2009

Lara Jakes, "Gates seeking to reassure Gulf on outreach to Iran," The Associated Press, 4 May 2009

Reuters, "Iran shells Iraqi Kurdistan village," May 4, 2009

Stephen Brown, "Lieberman says nuclear Iran destabilises world," Reuters, 4 May 2009

Indira Lakshmanan, "Peres Says Iran Seeks to Control Arab States ‘Using Terror'," Bloomberg, 4 May 2009

AFP, "Dozens eye Iran presidency," May 4, 2009

2009--5 May

Anne Gearan, "Israeli president: US approach to Iran OK for now," The Associated Press, 5 May 2009

AFP, "Iraq protests Iran air raid on Kurd villages," May 5, 2009

Washington Post, "Supreme Leader Rebukes President," 5 May 2009

Jerusalem Post, "US defense chief: 'No grand bargain' with Iran," 5 May 2009

2009--6 May

Toby Matthiesen, "The Shi'a of Saudi Arabia at a Crossroads," Middle East Report Online, 6 May 2009

Middle East Media Research InstituteI, "Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami In Friday Sermon: 'If America Was a Human Being, We'd Talk With It' – But You Are Not Human Beings; There's Been No Change During Obama's First 100 Days," No. 2342, 6 May 2009

Chris McGreal, "US pro-Israeli group attempts to stop shift in White House Middle East policy," The Guardian, 6 May 2009

Claudia Parsons, "Peres won't rule out "other options" against Iran," Reuters, 6 May 2009

Greg Jaffe, "Gates Assures Mideast Allies on US Overtures to Iran," Washington Post, May 6, 2009

Daily Star (Lebanon), "Gates promises to keep Arab allies in the loop on Iran front," May 6, 2009

Muhammad Yamany and Chen Gongzheng, "US defense chief appeases Egypt over olive branch to Iran," Xinhua, May 6, 2009

Micah Morrison, "Morgenthau: Iran Threat 'Deadly Serious' to U.S.," FOXNews, May 06, 2009

Allyn Fisher-Ilan, "Israel brushes off call to sign nuclear arms pact," Reuters, 6 May 2009

Aluf Benn, "Will Obama's denuclearization plan mean 'Dimona for Natanz'?" Ha'aretz, May 6, 2009

Yossi Melman, "Loss of nuclear monoply - an Israeli nightmare," Ha'aretz, May 6, 2009

Desmond Butler, "Report: Foreign analysts cite Iran bomb progress," Associated Press, May 6, 2009

Andrew Sullivan, "Israel's Nuclear Closet," Atlantic Online, 6 May 2009

Dan Williams, "Israel would not ask US before hitting Iran," Reuters, May 6, 2009

Louis Charbonneau, "Nuclear talks get first breakthrough in 10 years," Reuters, 6 May 2009

FOXNews, "Congressional Report Warns U.S. Underestimating Iran's Nuclear Progress," 6 May 2009

Middle East Times, "Expert: Iran could get nukes within months," 6 May 2009

AFP, "Assad defends Iran nuclear drive," May 6, 2009

Xinhua, "U.S. defense chief appeases Egypt over olive branch to Iran," 6 May 2009

2009--7 May

David Harris, "US-Israeli "special relationship" damaged by Iran factor," Xinhua, May 6, 2009

Yoav Stern, "'Arabs revising peace plan to win Israel backing for 2 states'," Ha'aretz, May 7, 2009

Richard Spencer, "US will not abandon Arab allies to Iran, Robert Gates says," Telegraph, 7 May 2009

United Press International, "Israel calls for time-limit on Iran talks," 7 May 2009

Charley Keyes, "Report: Iran could have enough material for nuke in months," CNN, May 7, 2009

Andrew Sullivan, "Israel's Nukes," Atlantic Online, 7 May 2009

Carolyn Presutti, "Senators Explore Engagement with Iran," Voice of America News, 07 May 2009

Hilary Leila Krieger, "'US not seeking Iranian regime change'," Jerusalem Post, May 7, 2009

Brenda Gazzar, "Egypt: We have to keep Teheran in check," Jerusalem Post, May 7, 2009

The Guardian, "Germany pressures firms to limit Iran trade-report," 7 May 2009

Andrew Lee Butters, "Despite U.S. Outreach, Syria Affirms Iran Ties," Time, May. 07, 2009

Khaled Yacoub, "Washington committed to seeking Syria-Israel deal," Reuters, May 7, 2009

Asia Times, "Hamas feels the heat from Syria," 7 May 2009

Al-Arabiya, "US envoy on new 'constructive' visit to Damascus," May 7, 2009

Meredith Buel, "US Reassures Arab Countries on Iran Policy," Voice of America News, 7 May 2009

Carolyn Presutti, "Senators Explore Engagement with Iran," Voice of America News, 07 May 2009

Barbara Ferguson, "US wants Israel, India, Iran to sign NPT," Arab News, May 6, 2009

2009--8 May

Marc Perelman, "Hamas Claims US and Europe are Reaching Out," Time, May 8, 2009

Ben Smith, "Jones and the Middle East," Politico, May 8, 2009

Zhang Yanyang, "Too early to judge US policy on Iran," Xinhua, May 8, 2009

Abraham Rabinovich, "US official Rose Gottemoeller calls for Israel to sign non-proliferation treaty," The Australian, 8 May 2009

BBC News, "Iran president seeks second term," 8 May 2009

Reuters, "Ex-Revolutionary Guards head seeks Iran presidency," 8 May 2009

Charles Clover and James Blitz, "Icy winds threaten US-Russia thaw," Financial Times, May 8, 2009

Assaf Uni, "'Lieberman sees us Europeans as a bunch of cowards'," Ha'aretz, May 8, 2009

Mary Beth Sheridan, "Obama Administration Is Bringing Nuclear Arms Control Back," Washington Post, May 7, 2009

America’s Strategic Posture: The Final Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, William J. Perry, Chairman, James R. Schlesinger, Vice-chairman (Washington, DC: US Institute of Peace, 2009)

Daily Star (Lebanon), "Will the flurry of activity on Middle East peace lead to tangible results?" 8 May 2009

2009--9 May

Mohammed Mar’i, "Israel fears breakdown in US cooperation under Obama," Arab News, May 9, 2009

Paul Balles, "US special envoy just a puppet in Israel's hands," Gulf Daily News, May 9, 2009

BBC News, "Iran reformers face Ahmadinejad," 9 May 2009

Elliott Abrams, "The Power of the First Impression," Wall Street Journal, 9 May 2009

2009--10 May

Amy Teibel, "Netanyahu to talk about Iran, peacemaking in Egypt," Associated Press, May 10, 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Iran to procure Chinese defense system," 10 May 2009

2009--11 May

BBC News, "Iran 'to release' reporter Saberi," 11 May 2009

Reuters, "Kuwait-led group to get Iran mobile licence--IRNA," 11 May 2009

Xinhua, "Iran denies receiving U.S. letter on fixing deadline for talks," 11 May 2009

Xinhua, "Netanyahu looks for Arab ally against Iran: Israeli experts," 11 May 2009

Reuters, "Iran urges Iraqi action on Kurdish rebels," 11 May 2009

2009--12 May

United Press International, "Report: Iran puts missiles along Strait," 12 May 2009

AFP, "Iran very close to getting nuclear arms: Israel," May 12, 2009

Yoav Stern, "Report: Iran deploys missile batteries in Persian Gulf," Ha'aretz, May 12, 2009

Nazila Fathi and Mark Landler, "Journalist’s Release Shows Iran Divide," New York Times, May 12, 2009

Amos Harel, "Iran's missiles not an existential threat, study says," Ha'aretz, May 12, 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran urges world action on Israeli nukes," 12 May 2009

Reuters, "Iran seeks faster petchem privatisations," 12 May 2009

United Press International, "Iran oil reserves increase, officials say," May 12, 2009

2009--13 May

Robert Baer and Hossein Bastani, "Understanding Iran's Deterrence Game," Time, May 13, 2009

Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe, "A new fight over the Iran 'threat'," Asia Times, May 13, 2009

Ariel Cohen, "Obama puts Israel at risk," Christian Science Monitor, May 13, 2009

Barry Schweid, "Analysis: For Israel, Iranian threat has priority," The Associated Press, May 13, 2009

United Press International, "Iranian soldiers, Kurds killed in battles," 13 May 2009

2009--14 May

Avigdor Haselkorn, "Why the push for nukes?" Jerusalem Post, May 13, 2009

AFP, "CIA chief in secret Israel talks on Iran," May 14, 2009

Al-Bawaba, "Report: Obama warns Israel not to attack Iran," May 14, 2009

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "Crisis of confidence in US-Israel ties," Asia Times, May 13, 2009

BBC News, "Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu visits Jordan," May 14, 2009

David Gollust, "US Says No Deadline on Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran," Voice of America News, 14 May 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran-Britain ties are normal: FM," 14 May 2009

Ha'aretz, "Iran sends two warships to confront Somali pirates," 14 May 2009

Al-Ahram Weekly, "Iran's delicate wings," May 14, 2009

AFP, "CIA chief in secret Israel talks on Iran," May 14, 2009

Rachel Donadio, "Netanyahu Asks Pope to Condemn Iran," New York Times, May 14, 2009

Amir Oren, "Defense Ministry: Iran could have nuclear bomb by 2010," Ha'aretz, May 14, 2009

Reuven Pedatzur, "Here's how Israel would destroy Iran's nuclear program," Ha'aretz, May 14, 2009

2009--15 May

Jay Solomon, "US, Allies Set October Target for Iran Progress," Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2009

AFP, "Iran to host summit with Afghanistan, Pakistan," May 15, 2009

Michael Slackman, "Oman Navigates Risky Strait Between Iran and Arab Nations," New York Times, 15 May 2009

United Press International, "Iran predicts surge in oil prices," 15 May 2009

2009--16 May

Reuters, "ElBaradei urges Iran to engage with U.S.," 16 May 2009

AFP, "IAEA chief says Israeli strike on Iran would be 'insane'," May 16, 2009

Ronen Bergman, "Israel's Secret War With Iran," Wall Street Journal, 16 May 2009

Jay Solomon, "Obama, Netanyahu to Seek Consensus," Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran urges nuclear states to fulfill commitments," 16 May 2009

Colum Lynch, "Developing Nations Seek Assurances on Nuclear Arms," Washington Post, May 16, 2009

Reuters, "At odds with Obama, Netanyahu heads to U.S.," 16 May 2009

2009--17 May

Cindy Saine, "Obama Likely To Press Netanyahu on Two-State Solution," Voice of America News, 17 May 2009

Glenn Kessler, "Obama, Netanyahu to Meet at White House," Washington Post, May 17, 2009

Steve Linde, "US to Israel: Tone down rhetoric on Iran," Jerusalem Post, 17 May 2009

Roger Cohen, "Iran and Israel," New York Times, 17 May 2009

Al-Bawaba, "AL chief: Israeli nuclear arsenal - the region's 'real danger'," May 17, 2009

Avi Issacharoff, "Arab League: Israel's nuclear program more worrying than Iran," Ha'aretz, May 17, 2009

2009--18 May

Tehran Times, "Tehran, Islamabad to finalize Peace Pipeline deal next week," 18 May 2009

AFP, "Shun pro-West candidates, says Iran's Khamenei," May 18, 2009

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Obama Tells Netanyahu He Has an Iran Timetable," New York Times, May 18, 2009

Emanuele Ottolenghi, "The High Price of Deterring Iran," Wall Street Journal, 18 May 2009

Yaakov Katz, "Barak to force Iran expert Lubrani out," Jerusalem Post, 18 May 2009

Tehran Times, "Arab world has no problem with Iran: Amr Moussa," May 18, 2009

Herb Keinon, "'Netanyahu, Obama to focus on Iran'," Jerusalem Post, 18 May 2009

AFP, "Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan summit postponed," May 18, 2009

Voice of America News, "Obama: Iran Facing Stronger Sanctions," 18 May 2009

2009--19 May

AFP, "US denies Iran accusation on Iraqi Kurds," May 19, 2009

Yaakov Katz, "Iran to mass produce long-range missiles," Jerusalem Post, 19 May 2009

Al-Bawaba, "Khamenei: US helps terrorists," May 19, 2009

Joby Warrick and R. Jeffrey Smith, "U.S.-Russian Team Deems Missile Shield in Europe Ineffective," Washington Post, May 19, 2009

Michael Singh, "A difference of basic interests, not just opinions, with Iran," Foreign Policy, May 19, 2009

Hürriyet, "Iran's Khamenei says US training terrorists in Iraqi Kurdish region," May 19, 2009

Reuel Marc Gerecht, "Netanyahu and Obama Have a Shared Interest in Iran," Wall Street Journal, 19 May 2009

Zahra Hosseinian, "Iran leader says US promoting terrorism," Washington Post, May 19, 2009

Oded Erand and Emily B. Landau, "Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Making a smart connection," Jerusalem Post, 19 May 2009

Anne Gearan, "Pentagon says Iranian weapons still coming to Iraq," The Associated Press, May 19, 2009

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Obama Seeks Advice on Nuclear Weapons," New York Times, May 19, 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "For Obama, the road to Tehran leads through Jerusalem," Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2009

CNN, "Netanyahu presses Congress over threat of nuclear Iran," 19 May 2009

2009--20 May

Douglas Bloomfield, "Washington Watch: Ex-AIPACer: There is no military option in Iran," Jerusalem Post, May 19, 2009

Kenneth Timmerman, "Obama in Wonderland," Washington Times, 20 May 2009

BBC News, "Iran approves main presidential candidates," 20 May 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Iran nuclear danger downplayed in reports," Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2009

BBC News, "Iran 'test launches' medium-range missile," 20 May 2009

Xinhua, "Iran welcomes U.S. policy change: FM," 20 May 2009

Mark Landler and Helene Cooper, "Keeping Score on Obama vs. Netanyahu," New York Times, May 20, 2009

Hamza Hendawi, "Hezbollah's growing regional role piques Arabs," Associated Press, May 20, 2009

David E. Sanger and Nazila Fathi, "Iran Test-Fires Missile With 1,200-Mile Range," New York Times, May 20, 2009

Iran Watch, Islamic Republic News Agency, "Advanced surface-to-surface missile successfully launched: President," May 20 , 2009

Iran Watch, "Iran Missile Milestones," (Updated April 2009)

2009--21 May

Jerusalem Post, "Netanyahu: Jerusalem will 'never again be partitioned and divided'," May 21, 2009

Xinhua, "Israel reserves operational freedom on Iran: senior official," May 21, 2009

AFP, "Canada voices concern over Iran missile test," May 21, 2009

Ari Shavit, "Outposts and centrifuges," Ha'aretz, May 21, 2009

Nader Mousavizadeh, "Bringing Iran In From the Cold," Washington Post, May 21, 2009

Deutsche Welle, "Timing is everything as Iran launches its most advanced missile," May 21, 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Uzi Arad: Israel free to attack Iran," 21 May 2009

Therese Sfeir, "Nasrallah: Resistance proud of alliance with Iran, Syria," Daily Star (Lebanon), May 20, 2009

Daily Times (Pakistan), "‘Big trouble’ if Israel attacks Iran," 21 May 2009

Wall Street Journal, "Iran's Nuclear Shopping List," 21 May 2009

Andrew Gray, "Iran nuclear bomb would be calamitous: U.S. military," Reuters, 21 May 2009

Jerusalem Post, "US Admiral Mullen: Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon would be 'calamitous'," 21 May 2009

Valerie Lincy, "Obama offers engagement; Iran fires another missile," Iran Watch, May 21, 2009

2009--22 May

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "Israel plays on Obama's Iran policy," Asia Times, 22 May 2009

Zahra Hosseinian, "Ahmadinejad slams rivals' detente policy with West," Reuters, May 22, 2009

Independent Online, "Obama updates military plans for Iran," May 22, 2009

Herb Keinon, "'EU will now back tough Iran sanctions'," Jerusalem Post, 22 May 2009

Robert Berger, "Israeli Air Force Conducts War Games," Voice of America News, May 22, 2009

Ofri Ilani, "'1 in 4 Israelis would consider leaving country if Iran gets nukes'," Ha'aretz, May 22, 2009

Gideon Spiro, "US must rein in Israel's nuclear arms," Guardian, 22 May 2009

Tony Karon, "Iran's Missile Test: A Message to Obama," Time, May 22, 2009

2009--23 May

Fareed Zakaria, "They May Not Want The Bomb," Newsweek, May 23, 2009

Jon Leyne, "Iran's Ahmadinejad rallies supporters," BBC News, 23 May 2009

Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, "Have We Already Lost Iran?" New York Times, May 23, 2009

2009--24 May

Reuters, "Karzai leaves for Iran, Pakistan talks in Tehran," May 24, 2009

AFP, "Half of Israelis back immediate strike on Iran," May 24, 2009

David Ignatius, "No Magic Bullet on Iran," Washington Post, May 24, 2009

United Press International, "Mullen: Iran close to having a nuke," 24 May 2009

AFP, "Iran general says could stop Israel in 'one strike'," May 24, 2009

Michael Slackman, "With Summit, Iran Demonstrates Its Regional Clout," New York Times, 24 May 2009

2009--25 May

Zvi Bar'el, "Iran will make peace for us," Ha'aretz, 25 May 2009

AFP, "Israel claims Venezuela sending uranium to Iran," May 25, 2009

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, "Arab nuclear ambitions embolden spurs nuclear renaissance," Huffington Post, May 25, 2009

Avigdor Haselkorn, "Washington's pipe dream," Ha'aretz, May 25, 2009

Xinhua, "U.S. forwards soccer friendly request to Iran," 25 May 2009

Ha'aretz, "Barak: US-Iran dialogue highly unlikely to succeed," 25 May 2009

Wall Street Journal, "Iran OPEC Head: High Oil Stocks Show Market Oversupply," 25 May 2009

2009--26 May

Tony Karon, "Is Israel Planning to Provoke Iran?" Rootless Cosmopolitan, 26 May 2009

Helena Cobban, "Does Obama understand Israel's war goal in Iran?" Just World News, 26 May 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran says India can rejoin pipeline deal," May 26, 2009

Walter Pincus, "Report Questions Conventional Wisdom About Iranian Regime," Washington Post, May 25, 2009

Y. Yehoshua, A. Savyon and N. Moses, "Ahmadinejad and Assad: Iran and Syria Are Leading a New World Order; The Time of America and the West Is Over," Middle East Media Research Institute, Inquiry and Analysis - No. 517 - May 26, 2009

Yuval Azoulay, "Barak: US must learn - outposts and Iran are unrelated issues," Ha'aretz, May 26, 2009

Carlos Valdez, "Bolivia denies supplying Iran with uranium," Associated Press, May 26, 2009

New York Times, "Bolivia and Venezuela Deny Report," May 26, 2009

2009--27 May

Roger Cohen, "Obama in Netanyahu’s Web," New York Times, 27 May 2009

Benjamin Tua, "Lessons from Moscow and Tehran," Foreign Policy in Focus, May 27, 2009

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "Iran courts the US's allies," Asia Times, May 27, 2009

Syed Fazl-e-Haider, "Pakistan, Iran sign gas pipeline deal," Asia Times, May 27, 2009

Herb Keinon, "Israeli, US officials huddle in UK over settlements, Iran," Jerusalem Post, 27 May 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Iran won't stop nuclear work, former envoy says," Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2009

Raymond Tanter, "Breakout, breakthrough and leverage," Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2009

Daily Star (Lebanon), "Israel claims Iran set up Hizbullah cells in Venezuela," May 27, 2009

Joshua Kucera, "Iran's Missile Launch a Rebuke of the United States," U.S. News & World Report, 27 May 2009

Yossi Melman, "Dennis Ross vs. Obama: No link between Iran, Mideast peace," Ha'aretz, May 27, 2009

2009--28 May

Laura Rozen, "Foreign Policy: Israel pulls plug on Iran regime change shop," National Public Radio, May 28, 2009

Pakistan Daily, "India transferred technology to Iran: is that still a secret," May 28, 2009

Victor Davis Hanson, "Israel fears a nuclear Iran," San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 2009

Al Pessin, "Top Obama Aide Sees Growing Consensus Against North Korea, Iran Nukes," Voice of America News, 28 May 2009

Boston Globe, "Lessons for our stance with Iran," May 28, 2009

Associated Press, "Iran says it boosts uranium enrichment capability, May 28, 2009

2009--29 May

Wall Street Journal, "Iran Candidate Mousavi: Will Hold Nuclear Talks W/5+1," 29 May 2009

Parisa Hafezi, "Iran candidate backs nuclear talks with the West," Reuters, 29 May 2009

Voice of America News, "Iranian Media: 19 Killed in Blast at Shi'ite Mosque in Iran," 29 May 2009

Andrew Sullivan, "Is Dennis Ross Aiming For A US Strike On Iran?" Atlantic Online, May 29, 2009

2009--30 May

Jerusalem Post, "Iranian group slams Ahmadinejad's nuclear policy," 30 May 2009

Saeed Kamali Dehghan, "Iran's alternative election campaigns," Guardian, 30 May 2009

Tehran Times "Iran is ready to negotiate with U.S.: Ahmadinejad," 30 May 2009

Ali Akbar Dareini, "Think tank accuses Ahmadinejad of distorting facts," The Associated Press, May 30, 2009

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "Obama steps into diplomatic minefield," Asia Times Online, May 30, 2009

Boston Globe, "Iran blames US for preelection violence," 30 May 2009

2009--31 May

Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim, "Iran president's rivals slam his foreign policy," Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2009

Washington Post, "Obama in the Muslim World," 31 May 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Israeli foreign minister to press Russians on Iran," 31 May 2009

Simon Tisdall, "Homemade bomb on board plane raises tension ahead of Iran elections," Guardian, 31 May 2009

Barak Ravid and Anshel Pfeffer, "Israel holds biggest civil defense drill in state history," Ha'aretz, May 31, 2009

David Ignatius, "Change in the Air in Iran," Washington Post, 31 May 2009

Tehran Times, "Turkey made to pay Iran $704 million for unused natural gas," 31 May 2009

Reuters, "Iran plans $12.3 bln bonds to fund gas field work," 31 May 2009

2009--1 June

Nazila Fathi, "Bomb Said to Be on Flight Almost Taken by Former Iranian President," New York Times, June 1, 2009

Nirupama Subramanian, "Tackle Jundullah, Iran tells Pakistan," The Hindu, 1 June 2009

Henry Newman, "Bombings expose Iran's faultlines," The Guardian, 1 June 2009

Amir Mizroch, "Analysis: As US harps on settlements, Israel aims to boost Russian ties," Jerusalem Post, 1 June 2009

Tehran Times, "Iran foils plane bomb plot," 1 June 2009

Aljazeera, "Israel tests response to 'doomsday'," 1 June 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Halutz: Israel failed to kill Nasrallah," 1 June 2009

Xinhua, "Israel warns Iran could have nuclear bomb by year-end," 1 June 2009

Yaakov Lappin, "'Iran, Hizbullah plotted embassy attack'," Jerusalem Post, 1 June 2009

Voice of America News, "Iran Tests Missile, 01 June 2009

Reuters, "Israel's Barak urges more sanctions against Iran," 1 June 2009

2009--2 June

Hossein Jaseb and Fredrik Dahl, "Iran makes arrests over unrest, bomb find," Reuters, June 2, 2009

AFP, "Dozens arrested in restive Iranian city," June 2, 2009

Sadegh Zibakalam, "Psychology and Iran's nuclear program," Daily Star (Lebanon), June 2, 2009

United Press International, "Iran moving slowly into gas export market," June 2, 2009

Lalit K Jha, "US must aid India energy sector to prevent it cosying to Iran," Business Standard (India), 2 June 2009

Barak Ravid, "Despite tensions, US, Israel still talking about Iran," Ha'aretz, June 2, 2009

Kim Ghattas, "US invites Iran to 4 July events," BBC News, 2 June 2009

Nancy Zuckerbrod, "Obama says Iran's energy concerns legitimate," The Associated Press, June 2, 2009

Julian Borger, "Obama hopes to break Iranian nuclear deadlock by December," Guardian, 2 June 2009

Jon Leyne, "Iran presidential race appears to get tighter," BBC News, 2 June 2009

Reuters, "Obama to hear Saudi worries on Iran, discuss oil," 2 June 2009

Voice of America News, "US Condemns Terrorism In Iran," June 2, 2009

Barak Ravid, "Pres. Obama holds surprise meeting with Ehud Barak," Ha'aretz, June 2, 2009

2009--3 June

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "Hezbollah spices up Israel-Iran mix," Asia Times, June 3, 2009

Daily Star (Lebanon), "The situation in some of Iran's provinces is anything but 'normal'," June 3, 2009

Steve Gutterman, "Israel not going to bomb Iran: Foreign Minister," Associated Press, 3 June 2009

BBC News, "'No Israeli plan' to bomb Iran," June 3, 2009

Conor Sweeney, "Israel gives mixed signals on any attack on Iran," Reuters, June 3, 2009

BBC News, "Iranian poll rivals clash on live TV," 3 June 2009

Andrew Sullivan, "Something Is Happening In Iran," Atlantic Online, 3 June 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Sarkozy: Iran risks isolation over nuclear program," June 3, 2009

Mark Penn, "Strategy corner: N. Korea, Iran nukes," Politico, 3 June 2009

Rebecca Anna Stoil, "Baidatz: Iran may have material for nukes this yr," Jerusalem Post, June 3, 2009

Justin Raimondo, "War With Iran: Has It Already Begun?" Antiwar.com, June 3, 2009

Nazila Fathi, "Iran President and Challenger Clash in Debate," New York Times, 3 June 2009

United Press International, "Israeli FM: Israel will not bomb Iran," 3 June 2009

Francois Murphy, "Sarkozy tells Iran to seize nuclear talks or suffer," Reuters, 3 June 2009

Jeremy Sharon, "What should Israel do about Iran?" Guardian, 3 June 2009

Reuters, "All Israeli options against Iran on table - Barak," 3 June 2009

AFP, "Iran, China sign $5 bln gas deal," June 3, 2009

Guardian, "Iran says China replaces Total in South Pars project," 3 June 2009

2009--4 June

Jerusalem Post, "FM warns Belarus against ties with Iran," 4 June 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Iran's president, rival, spar in debate," Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2009

MK Bhadrakumar, "Iran wages lonely war on terror," Asia Times Online, June 4, 2009

Iran Watch, "Iran Watch Roundtable: Congressional Action on Iran What Next?" June 4, 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Iran's supreme leader: Obama's speech cannot repair US image," 4 June 2009

BBC News, "Iran marks Ayatollah Khomeini anniversary," 4 June 2009

United Press International, "Khamenei: Muslims hate US," June 4, 2009

Neil Cavuto, "Have We Quit the Fight With Iran?" FOXNews, June 4, 2009

AFP, "Obama admits US involvement in 1953 Iran coup," June 4, 2009

Scott Peterson, "Obama's speech: A boost to moderates in Iran's election?" Christian Science Monitor, June 4, 2009

Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin, "Supreme Leader of Iran: Muslim Nations 'Hate America'," Washington Post, June 4, 2009

The Hindu, "Iran accuses foreigners of targeting elections," 4 June 2009

Heritage Foundation, "Iran’s Nuclear Threat: The Day After," 4 June 2009

Jason Ditz, "Obama Admits to US Role in Iran Coup," Antiwar.com, June 4, 2009

AFP, "US, Israeli defense ministers meet in Washington," June 4, 2009

Human Events, "Obama Says Iran Can Go Nuclear," 4 June 2009

A. Savyon, "Ahmadinejad: Iran Is a Nuclear Power Ready to Participate in Running the World," Middle East Media Research Institute, No. 521, June 4, 2009

2009--5 June

Luke Pachymuthu and Simon Webb, "Big oil watches Iran vote, but investment distant," Reuters, June 5, 2009

Sue Pleming, "US hopes Iran vote will end holding pattern," Reuters, June 5, 2009

Gareth Porter, "Iran nuclear leaks 'linked to Israel'," Asia Times, June 5, 2009

William Blum, "Media Disinformation and the 'Iranian Threat'," Center for Research on Globalization, June 5, 2009

The Heritage Foundation, "Ten Tips for Dealing with Iran," 5 June 2009

Journal of Turkish Weekly, "Obama To Iran Let Us 'move Forward'," June 5, 2009

Jon Leyne, "Big test for Iranian democracy," BBC News, June 5, 2009

Glenn Kessler and Jacqueline L. Salmon,"Using New Language, President Shows Understanding for Both Sides in Middle East," Washington Post, June 5, 2009

William J. Broad and David E. Sanger, "Iran Has Centrifuge Capacity for Nuclear Arms, Report Says," New York Times, 5 June 2009

Bethany Bell, "Uranium found at second Syria site - IAEA," BBC News, June 5, 2009

Simon Morgan, "No progress on Iran, Syria nuclear dossiers: top UN official," AFP, June 5, 2009

Jonathan Tirone, "Iran Increases Uranium Enrichment Pace, Defies UN Inspectors," Bloomberg, June 5, 2009

Mark Heinrich, "Iran in major nuclear expansion, UN oversight harder," Washington Post, June 5, 2009

United Press International, "Iran to replace Total in South Pars," 5 June 2009

Kate Woodsome, "North Korean Nuclear, Missile Tests Stir US Debate," Voice of America News, 05 June 2009

Jonathan S. Landay, "UN: Iran expands uranium efforts, is blocking monitoring," McClatchy, 5 June 2009

2009--6 June

Huffington Post, "Iran Nuclear Assessment May Have Been Tainted By Iranian Intelligence 'Ruse'," 6 June 2009

Los Angeles Times, "Good news and bad news in U.N. report on nuclear program," 6 June 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Jerusalem slams Syrian stonewalling of IAEA inspections," 6 June 2009

Massimo Calabresi, "Can the US Contain Iran's Nuclear Ambitions?" Time, Posted 6 June 2009, 15 June 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Iran nuclear program advancing, U.N. agency says," Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2009

Eli Lake, "Iran closer to nuclear weapon capacity: Analysts warn of nuclear 'breakout'," Washington Times, June 6, 2009

John Fraher and Marthe Fourcade, "Obama Says North Korea Has Been 'Extraordinarily Provocative'," Bloomberg, June 6, 2009

2009--7 June

Business Standard, "'Iranian nuclear weapon would be destabilising'," June 07, 2009

Tehran Times, "IAEA reaffirms non-diversion in Iran’s nuclear program," 7 June 2009

Laila Bassam, "Anti-Syrian bloc celebrates Lebanon election win," Washington Post, June 7, 2009

United Press International, "US-backed slate leads in Lebanon voting," 7 June 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "In Iran, disparate, powerful forces ally against Ahmadinejad," Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2009

Robert F. Worth, "In Iran, Harsh Talk as Election Approaches," New York Times, 7 June 2009

Indira AR Lakshmanan, "Clinton Says Strike to Follow If Iran Attacks Israel," Bloomberg, 7 June 2009

Voice of America News, "Obama Intent On Engaging Iran," 07 June 2009

United Press International, "Clinton warns Iran against nuke use," 7 June 2009

ABC News, "Transcript: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 'This Week'," 7 June 2009

2009--8 June

Nicholas Blanford, "Pro-Western bloc defeats Hezbollah in crucial poll," The Times, 8 June 2009

Colin Freeman, "Iran elections: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces run-off in poll," Telegraph, 8 June 2009

Emily B. Landau, "Iran's nuclear program may impose hostile stability," Daily Star (Lebanon), 8 June 2009

Tim Reid, "Don’t discount Israel pre-emptive strike, Hillary Clinton warns Iran," The Times, June 8, 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Clinton warns of ME nuclear arms race," 8 June 2009

Chip Cummins, "Lebanon Deals Hezbollah Blow as Moderates Hang On," Wall Street Journal, 8 June 2009

United Press International, "Iran reacts to IAEA reports," June 8, 2009

David Blair, "Iran's main nuclear plant expanding rapidly, says IAEA," Telegraph, June 8, 2009

United Press International, "Obama to pursue global uranium fuel bank," June 8, 2009

Christian Science Monitor, "Lebanon's voters answer Iran's guns," 8 June 2009

National Journal, "New Ad Pressures Obama On Nuclear Iran," 8 June 2009

2009--9 June

Xinhua, "Hezbollah denounces US interference in Lebanese internal affairs," June 9, 2009

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, "Obama moves the 'red line' on Iran," Asia Times, June 9, 2009

Farnaz Fassihi, "In Iran, Campaigns Heat Up," Wall Street Journal, 9 June 2009

Thomas Erdbrink, "In Iran Election, Tradition Competes With Web," Washington Post, June 9, 2009

Steven A. Cook, "Why Israel Won't Attack Iran," Foreign Policy, June 2009

Marty Peretz, "The New Republic: Decoding Hillary's Threat to Iran," NPR, June 9, 2009

Lara Jakes, "Gates: Russia wary of growing Iranian threat," Associated Press, 9 June 2009

Global Security Newswire, "U.N. Report Affirms Iran's Peaceful Nuclear Intentions, Envoy Says," 9 June 2009

2009--10 June

Robert F. Worth, "In Iran Race, Ex-Leader Works to Oust President," New York Times, 10 June 2009

Arab News, "Fresh declaration of independence," June 10, 2009

Glenn Kessler, "Man Behind Iran Policy Faces Big Task," Washington Post, June 10, 2009

Middle East Online, "Few Iranians see US favorably, despite Obama," 10 June 2009

Washington Post, "Lebanon's Swing Vote," 10 June 2009

Parisa Hafezi, "Life in Iran under the Shah and now," Reuters, 10 June 2009

Robert Mackey, "A Green Revolution for Iran?" New York Times, 10 June 2009

Daniel Dombey, "John Kerry interview," Financial Times, June 10, 2009

Middle East Media Research Institute, "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Clashes with Presidential Candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Televised Debate," No. 2391, June 10, 2009

2009--11 June

BBC News, "Iran presidential campaign reaches finale," 11 June 2009

Karim Sadjadpour, "Why Iran '09 Could Be Like Florida '00," Foreign Policy, June 2009

Robert F. Worth, "In Iran, a Real Race, and Talk of a Sea Change," New York Times, 11 June 2009

Daniel Dombey and Tobias Buck, "Moment of truth looms over impasse on enrichment," Financial Times, 11 June 2009

Khaleej Times, "Iran vote won't ease Israel tensions: analysts," 11 June 2009

Con Coughlin, "Iran's Potemkin Election," Wall Street Journal, 11 June 2009

George Jahn, "Sources: Iran denies UN nuke agency camera request," Associated Press, 11 June 2009

Deutsche Welle, "EU should play key role in US negotiations with Iran, experts say," 11 June 2009

Steve Holland, "US envoy Dennis Ross lays out Iran options," Reuters, June 11, 2009

Fawaz A. Gerges, "Commentary: Iran's nuclear work will go on," CNN, June 11, 2009

Yossi Melman, "IAEA: Ahmadinejad election rival launched Iran nuclear program," Ha'aretz, June 11, 2009

Daniel Dombey, "Kerry defends Tehran on uranium," Financial Times, June 11, 2009

Associated Press, "The hierarchy of power in Iran," 11 June 2009

BBC News, "Election campaigning ends in Iran," 11 June 2009

Jim Wolf, "North Korea, Iran joined on missile work: US general," Reuters, 11 June 2009

Jennifer De Pinto, "Americans Have Negative Views Of Iran," CBS News, June 11, 2009

Ayelet Savyon and Y. Mansharof, "Elections in Iran – Part III: Tensions Peak in Final Days of Campaigns," Middle East Media Research Institute, No. 524, June 11, 2009

2009--12 June

Farnaz Fassihi, "Iranian Presidential Contenders Court Women Voters," Wall Street Journal, 12 June 2009

John Bolton, "What If Israel Strikes Iran?" Wall Street Journal, 12 June 2009

Washington Post, "Key issues facing Iran," 12 June 2009

Dan Murphy, "How close is Iran to a bomb?" Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2009

Mark Heinrich, "IAEA seeks more cameras to track Iran atom growth," Reuters, 12 June 2009

The Guardian, "Iran: carnival and caricature," 12 June 2009

Anshel Pfeffer, "Comparing Iran to Nazis harms Israel as a society," Ha'aretz, 12 June 2009

Farnaz Fassihi, "In Iran Vote, a Challenger Looks to Past," Wall Street Journal, 12 June 2009

Andrew Sullivan, "A Kinder Gentler Iran?, Ctd," Atlantic Online, 12 June 2009

Robert F. Worth and Nazila Fathi, "Both Sides Claim Victory in Presidential Election in Iran," New York Times, June 12, 2009

Middle East Media Research Institute, "In TV Debate, Iranian Presidential Candidate Mehdi Karroubi Challenges President Ahmadinejad over Iran's Foreign Relations," No. 2400, June 12, 2009

2009--13 June

Scott Peterson, "In Iran, first results give Ahmadinejad commanding lead," Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2009

The Economic Times (India), "Ahmadinejad, Mousavi both 'victors' in Iran poll," 13 June 2009

Robert Fisk, "A divided country united by the spirit of democracy," The Independent, 13 June 2009

FP Passport, "Iran: What now?" 13 June 2009

2009--14 June

CNN, "Gallery: Iranians protest around world," 14 June 2009

Bill Keller and Michael Slackman, "An Emboldened Leader Seals Unity of Iran’s Elite," New York Times, June 14, 2009

USA Today, "Q-and-A: Iran election was called before tally was finished," 14 June 2009

Alistair Lyon, "Iran vote stuns voices for reform, opening to West," Reuters, 14 June 2009

New York Times, "Neither Real Nor Free," 14 June 2009

CNN, "U.S. Persian Gulf forces cautioned on Iran," 14 June 2009

2009--15 June

BBC News, "Unrest challenges Iran's republic," 15 June 2009

Scott Wilson, "Muted Response Reflects U.S. Diplomatic Dilemma," Washington Post, June 15, 2009

Dawn (Pakistan), "Ahmadinejad’s triumph," 15 June 2009

Straits Times, "Ahmadinejad weakens Iran?" 15 June 2009

Yaakov Katz, "'Anti-Ahmadinejad protests will die out'," Jerusalem Post, 15 June 2009

Wall Street Journal, "The Iranian Rebellion," 15 June 2009

Amir Taheri, "Iran's Clarifying Election," Wall Street Journal, 15 June 2009

Daniel Dombey and Tobias Buck, "West dismayed but US still prepared to talk," Financial Times, 15 June 2009

Washington Post, "Neither Free nor Fair," 15 June 2009

ABC News, "Iran Opposition Seeks Fatwa Against Ahmadinejad," 15 June 2009

The Independent, "Ahmadinejad whips crowd to frenzy as opposition muzzled," 15 June 2009

Anna Johnson and Brian Murphy, "Iranian protester killed after opposition rally," AFP, 15 June 2009

Reuters, "Mousavi says not optimistic on Iran election appeal," 15 June 2009

Simon Morgan, "Iran in spotlight at IAEA meet," AFP, 15 June 2009

CBS News, "Iran, Israel Not Getting Easier For Obama," 15 June 2009

Michelle Moghtader, "Iran: Election Aftermath and World Reaction," Washington Post, 15 June 2009

2009--16 June

Jeff Zeleny and Helene Cooper, "Obama Warns Against Direct Involvement by U.S. in Iran," New York Times, 16 June 2009

Neil MacFarquhar, "Iran’s Latest Protests Are Seen as the Toughest to Stop," New York Times, June 16, 2009

Vladimir Isachenkov, "Ahmadinejad attends summit in Russia," Associated Press, 16 June 2009

Jay Solomon and Peter Spiegel, "Obama Says Iran Must Pick Its Own Leaders," Wall Street Journal, 16 June 2009

Washington Post, "Iran Aide Dennis Ross Moving to White House," 16 June 2009

Toby Harnden, "US envoy to Iran removed amid divisions over policy," Telegraph, 16 June 2009

2009--17 June

The Economist, "Pro-democracy protests in Iran: Still defiant in Iran," June 17, 2009

Ali Akbar Dareini, "Iran accuses US of meddling after disputed vote," Associated Press, 17 June 2009

BBC News, "Fresh protest under way in Tehran," 17 June 2009

Nazila Fathi and Sharon Otterman, "New Protest Builds as Iran Expands Its Crackdown," New York Times, 17 June 2009

Maggie Shiels, Twitter responds on Iranian role," BBC News, 17 June 2009

Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, "Interactive Persian blogosphere map," June 2009

Neil MacFarquhar, "Clerics May Be Key to Outcome of Unrest," New York Times, June 17, 2009

Robert Tait and Julian Borger, "Iran elections: mass arrests and campus raids as regime hits back," Guardian, 17 June 2009

Nazila Fathi, "Protesters Defy Iranian Efforts to Cloak Unrest," New York Times, 17 June 2009

Michael Weisskopf, "U.S. Still Struggling to Understand Iran," Time, 17 June 2009

Hadi Ghaemi, "Fears of a 'Tehran Tiananmen' Growing as Iran Crisis Deepens," Huffington Post, June 17, 2009

Andrei Codrescu, "Issues Are Similar, But Iran And Tiananmen Differ," National Public Radio, 17 June 2009

Yossi Melman, "Don't write off Iran regime just yet," Ha'aretz, 17 June 2009

Alan Cowell, "U.N. Atomic Energy Chief Says Iran Wants Bomb Technology," New York Times, 17 June 2009

BBC News, "Iran 'would like nuclear option'," 17 June 2009

Adrian Michaels, "Even protesting Iranians want nuclear technology," Telegraph, 17 June 2009

Joe Cirincione, "Iran Uprising Changes Nuclear Calculus," Huffington Post, 17 June 2009

AFP, "Bombshell: Iran envoy in nuclear weapon slip-up," 17 June 2009

Bradley Burston, "In Iran, upheaval in the streets, but nuclear business as usual," Ha'aretz, 17 June 2009

Mark A. LeVine, "Iran in 2009--Redux of 1968, 1979, or 1989?" History News Network, 17 June 2009

A. Savyon, "Elections in Iran – Part IV: The Protests – A Civil Revolution?" Middle East Media Research Institute, No. 526, June 18, 2009

2009--18 June

New York Times, "Protesters Gather Again, as Iran Panel Offers Talks," 18 June 2009

BBC News, "Call for day of mourning in Iran," 18 June 2009

Hadeel Al-Shalchi, "Rights groups: reformists seized in Iran crackdown," Associated Press, 18 June 2009

Aljazeera, "'Hundreds held' amid Iran protests," 18 June 2009

BBC News, "Fears for detainees held in Iran," 18 June 2009

Jenny Booth, Martin Fletcher and Ella Flaye, "Iran regime arrests ailing reformer Ebrahim Yazdi in hospital bed," Times Online, June 18, 2009

Gal Luft, "Iran-Pakistan Pipeline: Iran's New Economic Lifeline," Journal of Energy Security, 18 June 2009

Middle East Media Research Institute, Syria Welcomes Iranian Election Results, # 2409, June 18, 2009

A. Savyon, "Elections in Iran – Part IV: The Protests – A Civil Revolution?" Middle East Media Research Institute, No. 526, June 18, 2009

Middle East Media Research Institute, "Egyptian Government Daily: The International Community's Caution is Sending the Wrong Message to the Iranian Regime," No. 2410, June 18, 2009

Daniel Dombey, "Obama faces challenges to Iran nuclear talks," Financial Times, 18 June 2009

Dan Senor and Christian Whiton, "Five Ways Obama Could Promote Freedom in Iran," Wall Street Journal, 18 June 2009

AFP, "White House defends Obama's Iran stance," 18 June 2009

The Economist, "Obama, Iran and North Korea: Meeting thuggery with coolness," 18 June 2009

Sylvia Westall, Mark Heinrich, "Obama-backed nuclear fuel bank plan stalls at IAEA," Reuters, 18 June 2009

AFP, "US says Syria faces growing list of nuclear questions," 18 June 2009

Christiane Amanpour, "Analysis: Iran's conservative leadership divided amid unrest," CNN, 18 June 2009

Ben Smith, "The Ross tea leaves," Politico, 18 June 2009

Helene Cooper, "In a Staff Shuffle, Signs of Obama's Direction on Mideast," New York Times, 18 June 2009

Nazila Fathi and Michael Slackman, "As Confrontation Deepens, Iran's Path Is Unclear," New York Times, 18 June 2009

Abbas Milani, "Is Iran Heading Toward A Military Coup?" CBS News, 18 June 2009

2009--19 June

Mustafa Abu Sway, "Thus spoke Netanyahu, putting to death hopes for peace," Daily Star (Lebanon), 19 June 2009

Bronwen Maddox, "Iran question remains: will Ahmadinejad negotiate on nuclear policy?" Times Online, 19 June 2009

Philip Stephens, "Iran exposes the gap between idealism and realism for Obama," Financial Times, 19 June 2009

Jay Solomon, John W. Miller, and Stephen Fidler, "U.S., Europe Try Good-Cop, Bad-Cop Approach," Wall Street Journal, 19 June 2009

Jay Solomon, "Key Iran Adviser Gains Obama's Ear," Wall Street Journal, 19 June 2009

Nazila Fathi, "Iran’s Top Leader Dashes Hopes for a Compromise," New York Times, 19 June 2009

Tony Karon, "Iran's Supreme Leader: Ahmadinejad Won the Election," Time, 19 June 2009

Henry Meyer, "Khamenei-Rafsanjani Split Limits Power to Stop Unrest," Bloomberg, 19 June 2009

Middle East Media Research Institute, "Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Friday Sermon – Summary of Main Points," No. 2412, June 19, 2009

Tobin Harshaw, "Watching Iran, Re-Fighting Iraq," New York Times, 19 June 2009

Los Angeles Times, "U.S. House of Representatives votes to condemn Iran crackdown," 19 June 2009

2009--20 June

Wall Street Journal, "Police Clash With Protesters in Iran," 20 June 2009

Catherine Miller, "Suspicions behind Iran poll doubts," BBC News, 20 June 2009

Reuel Marc Gerecht, "The Koran and the Ballot Box," New York Times, 20 June 2009

Thomas L. Friedman, "Bullets and Barrels," New York Times, 20 June 2009

Nigel Tandy, "Post-election protests continue in Iran," Deutsche Welle, 20 June 2009

Farnaz Fassihi, "Ayatollah Orders Halt to Protests," Wall Street Journal, 20 June 2009

Hans Nichols, "Iran’s Turmoil Creates Political Dilemma for Obama," Bloomberg, 20 June 2009

Reuters, "Western rights group calls on Iran to end crackdown," 20 June 2009

Andrew Malcolm, "What Obama just said and meant about Iran and democratic protests," Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2009

Helene Cooper, "Gauging Whether Obama Is Creating Openings in Iran," New York Times, 20 June 2009

Dan Senor, Christian Whiton, "Obama's Three-Part Case on Iran," Time, 20 June 2009

Karl Vick, "Iran's Steely Chief Cleric Steps Forward," Washington Post, June 20, 2009

James Blitz, "UK splits from US in voicing anger at Tehran over protests," Financial Times, 20 June 2009

Zvi Bar'el, "Which Iran would Israel bomb?" Ha'aretz, 20 June 2009

2009--21 June

Zvi Bar'el, "Mousavi testing how far he can take Iran protests," Ha'aretz, 21 June 2009

Atul Aneja, "Tehran on knife-edge," The Hindu, 21 June 2009

Amir Taheri, "Iran's dictator gives up pretence of democracy," Times Online, 21 June 2009

Kim Ghattas, "The consequences of engaging Iran," BBC News, 21 June 2009

Reuters, "Iran state TV says 13 killed in Tehran clashes," 21 June 2009

Nasser Karimi and Michael Weissenstein, "Struggle among Iran's clerics bursts into the open," The Associated Press, 21 June 2009

Robin Wright, "The evolution of Iran's revolution," Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2009

Jim Hoagland, "In Tehran, a Moment For Obama to Seize," Washington Post, 21 June 2009

Associated Press, "Israeli president applauds Iran street protesters," 21 June 2009

United Press International, "Netanyahu: Iran protesters show courage," 21 June 2009

Dan Williams, Michael Roddy, "Israel keeps Mossad chief on for Iran 'shadow war'," Reuters, 21 June 2009

Joshua Mitnick, "Why Iran's Ahmadinejad is preferred in Israel," Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2009

Eric S Margolis, "A stable Iran is key to a stable Mideast," Gulf Times, 21 June 2009

Reuters, "Iran tensions add to global risk - ECB's Trichet," 21 June 2009

Glenn Kessler, "Cautious Response Reflects Obama's Long-Term Approach," Washington Post, 21 June 2009

Nazila Fathi and Michael Slackman, "Unrest in Iran Sharply Deepens Rift Among Clerics," New York Times, June 21, 2009

Sharon Theimer, "US exports to Iran up in Obama's first months," Associated Press, 21 June 2009

2009--22 June

New Straits Times (Malaysia) , "Iran's summer of discontent," 22 June 2009

The Times (South Africa), "Iran lashes out at the West," 22 June 2009

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) , "Iran's second revolution?" 22 June 2009

Farnaz Fassihi, "Heavy Security Reins In Iranian Protests," Wall Street Journal, 22 June 2009

Hürriyet (Turkey), "Ownership battle for '79 revolution," 22 June 2009

Zvi Bar'el, "Expect things to get worse in Iran - at least for now," Ha'aretz, 22 June 2009

Martin Fletcher, "Mir Hossein Mousavi will destroy Ahmadinejad’s Iran regime if he can," The Times, June 22, 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Turning point for Iran?" 22 June 2009

Khaled Abu Toameh, "Analysis: Most Arabs won't miss Iran's ayatollahs if they fall," Jerusalem Post, 22 June 2009

Amos Harel, "Can Iran ever be freed from its religious regime?" Ha'aretz, 22 June 2009

Herb Keinon, "'Preventing Iran nuke still main goal'," Jerusalem Post, 22 June 2009

Declan McCullagh, "Tech giants deny helping Iran eavesdrop," CNET News, 22 June 2009

Christopher Rhoads, Loretta Chao, "Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology," Wall Street Journal, 22 June 2009

2009--23 June

CNN, "Clerics join Iran's anti-government protests," 23 June 2009

Helene Cooper and David E. Sanger, "Obama Condemns Iran’s Iron Fist Against Protests," New York Times, 23 June 2009

BBC News, "Iran election annulment ruled out," 23 June 2009

Mark Tran and Julian Borger, "Iran elections: Ahmadinejad to be sworn in as president by August," Guardian, 23 June 2009

Los Angeles Times, "The U.S. must be a quiet ally to Iran's protesters," 23 June 2009

2009--24 June

Philip Smucker, "In a makeshift Afghan teahouse, Iranian truckers debate election," McClatchy, 24 June 2009

Nazila Fathi and Michael Slackman, "Iran Stepping Up Effort to Quell Election Protest," New York Times, 24 June 2009

Reuters, "Iran's Rezaie withdraws poll complaints: IRNA," 24 June 2009

Zahra Hosseinian and Hossein Jaseb, "Iran cracks down as reformists call for mourning," Washington Post, 24 June 2009

CNN, "Violence flares again in Tehran," 24 June 2009

Barbara Slavin, "U.S. contacted Iran's ayatollah before election: Administration overture to Khamenei ridiculed in sermon," Washington Times, June 24, 2009

Washington Post, "U.S. to appoint ambassador to Syria after hiatus," 24 June 2009

Geneive Abdo, "The Battle for Qom's Hearts and Minds," Foreign Policy, June 2009

The Associated Press, "US rescinds July 4 invites for Iran diplomats," 24 June 2009

Saad Eddin Ibrahim, "The Mideast's New Spring of Freedom," Wall Street Journal, 24 June 2009

Daniel Dombey, Roula Khalaf and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, "Obama drops his resistance to criticising regime," Financial Times, 24 June 2009

BBC News, "The business of censorship in Iran," 24 June 2009

Scott Peterson, "In Tehran, growing brutality undermines prospect for Iran-US dialogue," Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2009

2009--25 June

CNN, "Moussavi maintains defiant stance," 25 June 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Mir-Hossein Mousavi slams Iran's leaders," Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2009

Nazila Fathi and Michael Slackman, "Iran’s Leaders Turning Back Opposition Threat," New York Times, June 25, 2009

Jerusalem Post, "Iranian doctor says militiaman killed protester Neda Soltan," 25 June 2009

Daniel Flynn, "Russia, rest of G8 clash on approach to Iran," Reuters, 25 June 2009

Ali Ansari, "Why Iran is obsessed with the British wily fox," Times Online, 25 June 2009

Michael Rubin, "Iran, technology, and revolution," Middle East Strategy at Harvard, June 25, 2009

Los Angeles Times, "Egypt: Calls for action against Iran over elections," 25 June 2009

Clive Crook, "What do we know about Iran?" The Atlantic, 25 June 2009

Saudi-US Relations Information Service, "Quiet in the Kingdom, Reacting to Turmoil in Iran: A Conversation with Jon Alterman," 25 June 2009

Stephanie Condon, "Iran Adviser Moves To National Security Council," CBS News, 25 June 2009

Leila Krieger, "Dennis Ross gets expanded ME role as he joins US Nat'l Security Council," Jerusalem Post, 25 June 2009

Marc Ambinder, "Dennis Ross's Dilemma Is Solved," Atlantic Online, 25 June 2009

Aljazeera, "Iran: Influence or threat?" 25 June 2009

2009--26 June

Times of India, "Insult to injury? Iran forces Neda family out of home," 26 June 2009

Aljazeera, "US and Iran escalate war of words," 26 June 2009

Aijaz Zaka Syed, "Who wins if Iran loses?" Arab News, 26 June 2009

Michael Glackin, "The UK seeks business as usual with Iran," Daily Star (Lebanon), 26 June 2009

Howard Schneider, "Israel Doubts Unrest Will Transform Iran," Washington Post, 26 June 2009

Siobhan Gorman, Christopher Rhoads, "Foreign Firms Trading With Iran Face Limits," Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2009

Hürriyet, "G-8 calls for halt to violence in Iran," June 26, 2009

Reuters, "Obama, Germany's Merkel to air differences at meeting," 26 June 2009

Nazila Fathi and Michael Slackman, "Iranian Leaders Gaining the Edge Over Protesters," New York Times, 26 June 2009

Margaret Coker, "Iran's Mousavi Vows to Continue Election Protests," Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2009

William J. Kole, "Iranian cleric urges executing some protesters," Associated Press, 26 June 2009

BBC News, "G8 'deplores' Iran poll violence," 26 June 2009

Saudi-US Relations Information Service, "The Events in Iran: Arab Reactions Entering a New Era," 26 June 2009

Leila Taheri, "Iran: Protests erupt as election results disputed," The Muslim News, 26 June 2009

Jay Solomon, Peter Spiegel, "In Iran Turmoil, U.S. Sees Chance to Gain Sway in Mideast," Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2009

2009--27 June

Guy Dinmore, Najmeh Bozorgmehr, and James Blitz, "Russia in G8 rebuke to Tehran," Financial Times, 27 June 2009

David E. Sanger, "Understanding Iran: Repression 101," New York Times, 27 June 2009

Tracy Clark-Flory, "Unveiling the revolution," Salon, 27 June 2009

Daniel Dombey, Guy Dinmore, and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, "Obama warns push for US-Iran dialogue faces postponement in wake of Tehran crackdown," Financial Times, 27 June 2009

Lennox Samuels, "The Turmoil Next Door," Newsweek, 27 June 2009

Borzou Daragahi, "Iran president slams Obama," Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2009

Times of India, "Obama dismisses Ahmadinejad's apology demand," 27 June 2009

Michael A. Fletcher, "Obama, Merkel Find Much To Discuss," Washington Post, 27 June 2009

2009--28 June

Peter Beaumont, "Battle for Iran shifts from the streets to the heart of power," The Guardian, 28 June 2009

Amira Hass, "Mousavi would shun nuclear weapons, says Iran scholar," Ha'aretz, 28 June 2009

Paula Wolfson, "US Says Door Remains Open for Nuclear Talks With Iran," Voice of America News, 28 June 2009

Marie Colvin, "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regime plots purge after Iran election protests," Times Online, June 28, 2009

Kaveh Ehsani, Arang Keshavarzian and Norma Claire Moruzzi, "Tehran, June 2009," Middle East Report Online, June 28, 2009

Doyle McManus, "The trick when talking to Iran," Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2009

Ian Black, "Iran warned by EU after British embassy workers arrested," The Guardian, 28 June 2009

Nick Mathiason and Ian Traynor, "US-Russia report on scrapping nuclear weapons to be unveiled," The Guardian, 28 June 2009

2009--29 June

David Clark Scott, "Iran certifies Ahmadinejad win," Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2009

Martin Fletcher, "Life in Iran will be worse than before," Times Online, 29 June 2009

William J. Kole, "Iran: No downgrade of diplomatic ties with Britain," Washington Post, June 29, 2009

Martin Fletcher, "Iran 'has arrested 2000' in violent crackdown on dissent," Times Online, 29 June 2009

Con Coughlin, "Why Iran hates Britain so much," Telegraph, 29 June 2009

Ian Black, "EU threatens mass pullout of ambassadors from Tehran," The Guardian, 29 June 2009

Daily Times (Pakistan), "EU hopes to resume Iran nuclear talk," 29 June 2009

Abe Greenwald, "Give Bush Credit on Iran," Commentary, 29 June 2009

Wall Street Journal, "Italy PM Sees G8 Imposing Sanctions On Iran," June 29, 2009

Dilip Hiro, "The Clash of Islam and Democracy in Iran," Mother Jones, 29 June 2009

2009--30 June

Anne Applebaum, "In Morocco, an Alternative to Iran," Washington Post, June 30, 2009

Amir Taheri, "The fight for Iran's future is far from over," Times Online, 30 June 2009

Dilip Hiro, "A classic revolutionary dilemma," Asia Times Online, 30 June 2009

Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman, Martin Indyk, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Bruce Riedel, "Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran," The Brookings Institution, Analysis Paper, No. 20, June 2009

Adrian Croft, "UK wants united position on dealing with Iran," Reuters, 30 June 2009

James Taranto, "Lefties for Ahmadinejad," Wall Street Journal, 30 June 2009

Meir Javedanfar, "Clerics pose little threat to Khamenei," The Guardian, 30 June 2009

Andrew Sullivan, "Reading Rafsanjani," Atlantic Online, 30 June 2009

Bret Stephens, "Obama's Obsolete Iran Policy," Wall Street Journal, 30 June 2009

Gamal Ag Soltan, "Iran's turmoil may lead it to more regional defiance," Daily Star (Lebanon), 30 June 2009

Ha'aretz, "Kazakhstan denies selling Iran nuclear material," June 30, 2009

Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin, "Iran's Guardian Council Affirms Vote Result," Washington Post, 30 June 2009

Geoffrey Kemp, "Radio Free Iran," National Interest Online, 30 June 2009

Documents on the Iranian Nuclear Crisis 1 May 2009--30 June 2009

Documents on the Iranian Nuclear Crisis
1 May 2009--30 June 2009