Unrest In Iran -- News Updates August 10, 2009

Cameras record the proceedings at the second hearing of Iranian opposition protesters in Tehran. More than 100 people were paraded before the cameras a week ago, followed by dozens more Saturday. European Pressphoto Agency

Iranian Officials Call for Arrest of Opposition Leaders -- Washington Post

TEHRAN, Aug. 9 -- Revolutionary Guard generals, top politicians and senior clerics have called for the arrest and punishment of opposition leaders, including defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iranian state media reported Sunday, while the national police chief acknowledged that protesters had been mistreated while in custody.
The calls for arrests come as part of a crackdown against opposition activists who continue to dispute June's presidential vote, which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially won in a landslide but which Mousavi and his supporters say was stolen.

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More News On The Unrest In Iran

Top Iranian general: Let's prosecute opposition leaders -- CNN
Trial of protesters seems only to hurt Iran, analysts say -- L.A. Times
Iranian court says ‘confessions’ prove Western plot -- Times Online
Britain behind 'coup attempt' claim Iranian hardliners -- The Telegraph
Iranian Acknowledges Torture of Some Protesters -- New York Times
Detainees Were Raped in Iran Prison, Says Reformist -- New York Times
Iran prisoners were 'savagely raped' after protests -- The Telegraph
Claims of savage rape emerge from Iran's prisons -- AP
Freeing woman held in Iran is 'top priority': France -- AFP
Sarkozy working for release of Frenchwoman in Iran -- AP
Iraq asks Iran to release 3 American hikers -- L.A. Times
US Official says Iran Confirms Holding 3 Americans -- Voice of America
With Iran Blaming West, Dual Citizens Are Targets -- Washington Post

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