Alert: Planned Site Outage Tonight: Tue. Mar 17th, 10pm-Midnight PST
my care2
make a difference

causes & news

news network

socially conscious news and video shared and rated by the community

World News tagged with iran

Turmoil in Iran Stifling Obama's Outreach
World  (tags: iran, government, middle-east, usa, Obama, politics, world )

Cal
- 3 days ago - usatoday.com
Best Plans thwarted: It was all part of President Obama's attempt to present a softer side in the service of one of his chief foreign policy goals: dissuading Iran from building nuclear weapons
8 comments
TAKE ACTION! IRAN: BREAK THE BLACKOUT!
World  (tags: iran, politics, world, humanrights, violence, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Cal
- 4 days ago - secure.avaaz.org
Last week millions marched peacefully to protest apparent election-rigging. Now a crackdown has killed scores and left hundreds arrested -- while the internet and media blackout and cyber-surveillance threatens to stop all Iranians communicating freely.
3 comments
Iran: Journalists Detained as News Restrictions Tighten
World  (tags: HumanRights, humanrights, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', world, society, terrorism, iran )

Ana
- 5 days ago - amnesty.org
The Iranian authorities must immediately release dozens of journalists arrested since 12 June and who are at risk of torture in detention, Amnesty International said today as it adopted all of them as prisoners of conscience.
2 comments
What Is Going on in the Silence of Evin Prison?
World  (tags: Iran, Human Rights, Torture, arrests )

Ana
- 6 days ago - rsf.org
Nothing and no-one comes out of Iran's prisons. Iranians line up at the gates of the prison, looking for a name, searching for relatives of whom they have had no news.
1 comment
Mousavi Reportedly Under House Arrest
World  (tags: government, Iran, Protests, politics, conflict, freedoms, HumanRights, corruption )

Dee
- 7 days ago - abcnews.go.com
The Web site gooya.com reports that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is under house arrest, although that claim couldn't be verified.
4 comments
Iranian Cleric Urges Executing Some Protesters
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', crime, corruption, conflict, iran, politics, terrorism, violence, war )

Ryvre
- 7 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices.
16 comments
Petition - Iran Must Stop Violence Against Election Protesters, Act Now, Amnesty International Australia
World  (tags: iran, rigged elections?, innocent protesters, looking down the barrel of death, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', crime, death, ethics )

David
- 9 days ago - amnesty.org.au
Amnesty International believes that those who are arrested are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment, and that other demonstrators are at risk of unlawful killing or even extrajudicial execution Take action now!...Your signature may save a life!
14 comments
Wife Fears for Safety of Detained Iranian Activist
World  (tags: world, government, iran, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, freedoms, politics, terrorism )

Cal
- 9 days ago - cnn.com
The wife of an Iranian pro-reformist activist detained as he tried to leave the country last week says she is "deeply concerned" for his safety.
add comment
Violence Flares Again in Tehran
World  (tags: government, iran, middle-east, violence, terrorism, world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Cal
- 9 days ago - cnn.com
Security forces wielding clubs and firing weapons beat back demonstrators who flocked to a Tehran square Wednesday to continue protests against an election they have denounced as fraudulent, two witnesses said.
1 comment
Will Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Survive the Crisis
World  (tags: iran, middle-east, violence, world, government, politics )

Cal
- 10 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
For two decades, Khamenei's word has been law in Iran, where the supreme leader is considered God's representative on Earth. Today he is reviled, not revered, by thousands of supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi,
7 comments
Petition - IRAN: STOP THE CRACKDOWN
World  (tags: iran, crackdown, violence, democracy, democratic, petition, avaaz, humans, protesters, activists, death, fear, iranian, government, world, elections, corruption, HumanRights, freedoms, rights, children, conflict, ethics, humanrights, middle-east )

Robert
- 10 days ago - avaaz.org
No matter who won the elections in Iran, our hearts and hopes are with the democratic demonstrators facing uncertain levels of violence, while fighting for the future of Iran as well as for the rest of the world! PLZ Sign petition and send a clear message
47 comments
Iran's Regime: Marching Toward A Cliff
World  (tags: Iran, revolution, riot, Ayatollah, Khomeini, Ahmadinejad, election, fraud, crisis, students, twitter, world, islam, violence, middle-east, government, humanrights, freedoms, conflict, repression, police, abuse, killing, death, arrests, crime, society, cul )

Tom
- 11 days ago - therumpus.net
The Khomeinist regime in Iran is in terminal trouble. That doesn't mean Iran will repudiate Islam and become a secular democracy. The "Islamic Revolution" of Iran was never just about Islam. It was caused by three revolutionary currents coming together.
6 comments
Son's Death Has Iranian Family Asking Why
World  (tags: Iran, government, violence, protest, death, conflict, HumanRights, middle-east )

Dee
- 11 days ago - online.wsj.com
TEHRAN--The family, clad in black, stood at the curb of the road sobbing. A middle-aged mother slapped her cheeks, letting out piercing wails. The father, a frail man who worked as a doorman at a clinic in central Tehran, wept quietly with his head bowed.
1 comment
Iranian Guards Issue Warning as Vote Errors Are Admitted
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, corruption, crime, death, freedoms, government, iran, middle-east, politics, rebellion, society, terrorism, violence )

Kit
- 11 days ago - nytimes.com
Threatening to crush dissent, the powerful Revolutionary Guards warned protesters Monday that they would face a "revolutionary confrontation" if they returned to the streets to challenge the presidential election results in defiance of the country's ....
1 comment
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Threaten Crackdown
World  (tags: iran, politics, violence, terrorism, world, news, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Cal
- 11 days ago - reuters.com
Iranian police broke up a protest in Tehran and the hardline Revolutionary Guards said they would help crush what they called rioters opposing the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
1 comment
 
 Older >

Popular Tags for: World

'CIVILLIBERTIES!' 'HUMANRIGHTS!' africa australia burma bush children china corruption crime death deaths ethics freedoms government iran iraq israel middle-east military myanmar palestine politics terrorism unitednations usa violence war women world

Most Active Stories Today in World tagged with iran

Iran's Regime: Marching Toward A Cliff
6 comments  |  visit site
Iranian Authority Offers Talks With Election Losers
4 comments  |  visit site
Israel Claims Venezuela Sending Uranium to Iran
11 comments  |  visit site
TAKE ACTION! IRAN: BREAK THE BLACKOUT!
3 comments  |  visit site
Iranian Cleric Urges Executing Some Protesters
16 comments  |  visit site
Wife Fears for Safety of Detained Iranian Activist
add a comment  |  visit site
Turmoil in Iran Stifling Obama's Outreach
8 comments  |  visit site

top story finders in World

1. charles mclachlan 42 popular stories

2. Dalia H. 42 popular stories

3. Ben Oscarsito 40 popular stories

4. Angie W. 40 popular stories

5. Sigrid D. 37 popular stories

6. Kathy W. 37 popular stories

7. Dar D. 35 popular stories

8. Blue Bunting 34 popular stories

9. gail d. 33 popular stories

10. Joycey B. 31 popular stories

more top news finders »

What makes a top story finder?
A top finder is someone who submits stories that become popular and are promoted to the front page.

wanted: news analysts

Get Active in the Care2 News Network!

Help ferret out the most noteworthy of the Newly Submitted stories and promote them to the Front Page.

care2 news network tools

News Network Bookmarklet

Submit stories from your browser toolbar with the easy to use Add to Care2 News! bookmarklet.

News Network Syndication

Get this page in RSS. Keep up to date with the Care2 News Network in your favorite RSS reader. Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and more!
Find out how to subscribe!

care2 newsletter spotlight

Join over 2 Million Care2 Subscribers! Sign up for our FREE Newsletters, Delivered to your Inbox!

care2 action alerts

From the Care2 Action Alert Center:





Copyright © 2009 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved