Tuesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 6.21.2005:

The Iranian Student Union, Tahkeem Vahdat, calls for a boycott of the bogus elections, this regime is not reformable

Iran Press News:

The University Student offices of Tahkeem'eh Vahdat has sent out a bulletin reiterating it's stance: "based on an all points boycott of this bogus election and the immovability and unreformability of the regime ruling over Iran; we consider this fake election to be disastrous, highly restrictive and utterly ineffective and the office of the president should be castigated for this pathetic show of force." READ MORE

The students of Iran are speaking, loud and clear. Tahkeem'eh Vahdat is an important student group inside of Iran. This is an important development.

Here are a few other news items you may have missed.

• U.S. Department of State released Secretary Condoleezza Rice's extraordinary remarks at the American University in Cairo.
• The Wall Street Journal reports that whoever wins an electoral runoff and becomes Iran's new president, the news won't be good.
• DEBKAfile's in an exclusive report from Tehran said that none of the candidates were let into a critical secret, revealed here.
• The NY Times editorialized that There are few who actually believed that the Iranian elections were going to be anything more than a sham.
• Iranian student Akbar Atri, The American Spectator reported that while we may uncertain about many aspects of last Friday's presidential election in Iran remember, What we do know for certain is that it was a sham.
• Roozonline reported that candidate Mehdi Karoubi's letter to the Supreme Leader of Iran was published briefly online on the Shargh and Emrooz websites, but was immediately "cleansed" from those sites.
• Roozonline reported that a Dutch MP argued in Iran, for the majority of voters, participation in the election is merely a sign that they prefer to bring about change in the country through peaceful means.
• Roozonline reported that blogs in Iran led other media in election reporting.
• Yahoo News reports that anti-West forces are uniting in Iran's election.
• Yahoo News reports that Iran has among the strictest Internet censorship in the world, blocking access to sexual content, political websites, and "blogs," using U.S. technology.
• The Christian Science Monitor reports that Iran can't ignore discontent of youthful electorate.
• The New York Times reported that Iran's Supreme Leader rebuked a candidate for president and senior adviser for his charges that the election had been rigged.
• Reuters reported that a little-known group said it had abducted an Iranian security agent and would behead him unless Iran freed jailed members of the group.
• The White House released a declaration with the EU on enhancing cooperation in the field of non proliferation and the fight against terrorism.
• Reuters reported that Iranian officials dismissed rigging allegations in Iran's presidential election.
• Jihad Watch reports on how Iran's EMP program could defeat the U.S.
• Iranian blogger Reza Bayegan, Ekbatan Observer notes that the reform movement in Iran issued a statement indicating that it planned to oppose the candidacy of the mayor of Tehran.
• JTA reported an Israeli journalist visited Iran in what appeared to be a first for the Israeli press.
• Free Inquiry released an interview with Michael Ledeen on Islam and terrorism.
• Reuters reported that U.S. President George W. Bush and European Union leaders emphasized unity on pressuring Iran to give up nuclear ambitions.
• Iranian blogger Ramin Parham, Iran-Shahr Blog reminded us, History is the movement of the masses. What moves the masses and when, is History's best guarded mystery.
• UPI reported that Iran`s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said U.S. policies will be defeated.
• And finally, a cartoon from Cox and Forkum: Knock the Vote.