An Iranian British embassy employee being tried for opposing the results of the Iranian presidential election. ALI RAFIEI / AFP / GettyTehran's Trials: Blaming the West, Google and Twitter -- Time Magazine
Iran's hardline regime sharply escalated the post-election confrontation on August 8 by putting two foreign embassy staffers and a French teacher on trial alongside dozens of political dissidents. The stepped-up campaign to characterize the widespread unrest since the June 12 presidential election as a foreign-led attempted "soft overthrow" appears to be an effort by the ruling faction to rally the increasingly-splintered conservative base against a popular — and old — enemy: the West.
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More News On Iran's Show Trials
Iran portrays election protesters as pawns of the West -- L.A. Times
Accused Spies Offer Apologies at Iran Trial -- New York Times
France demands Iran release teacher, embassy worker -- Reuters
Outrage as embassy worker on trial -- Press Association
Embassy worker 'admits inciting unrest' -- Times Online
Iran ’show’ trial escalates standoff -- Christian Science Monitor
Guests of the Ayatollahs, Cont’d -- Wall Street Journal editorial