IRAN: ELECTION STOLEN?

BIDEN: 'REAL DOUBT' ABOUT RESULT
BLOOMBERG NEWS: Vice President Joe Biden said "there is some real doubt" about the legitimacy of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election victory. On NBC's "Meet the Press" program, Biden said: "Talks with Iran are not a reward for good behavior" . . . READ MORE

CROWDS RIOT IN STREETS OF TEHRAN
NEW YORK TIMES: The streets of Iran’s capital erupted in the most intense protests in a decade on Saturday, with riot police officers using batons and tear gas against opposition demonstrators who claimed that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had stolen the presidential election . . . READ MORE

WASHINGTON POST: Supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi burned dumpsters, threw stones and clashed with police in the worst rioting in Tehran in many years . . . READ MORE

UPDATE: ISRAEL REACTS

OPPOSITION LEADERS DETAINED
REUTERS: Iran detained more than 100 reformers including the brother of a former president, a leading reformer said on Sunday. . . . Supporters of defeated moderate candidate Mirhossein Mousavi, who has dismissed Ahmadinejad's election victory to a second term as a "dangerous charade," gathered in the center of the capital again on Sunday and chanted his name. . . . READ MORE

AFTERMATH: TEHRAN IS
'MOSTLY CALM' SUNDAY
FOX NEWS: Tehran was mostly calm Sunday after election fraud claims triggered violent street clashes, but the government maintained fairly tight control of information flow and new details emerged of arrests of high-profile reformists . . . Ahmadinejad reportedly was due to hold a news conference Sunday before attending what is expected to be a huge victory rally. . . . READ MORE

REFORM GROUP URGES WORLD:
'DON'T RECOGNIZE ELECTION'
ICHRI: The international community should not recognize the results of Iran’s 12 June 2009 presidential election, which gives all signs of having been manipulated by government authorities to produce a massive victory for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. . . . “The international community cannot accept such questionable election results, and should withhold recognition of these elections,“ stated Hadi Ghaemi, spokesperson for the Campaign. . . . READ MORE

BLOG REACTION:

• GATEWAY PUNDIT: "The Obama Administration stands by as students and democracy protesters are slaughtered in the streets of Tehran" . . . READ MORE
• ROGER SIMON: "Earth to Obama people. This is a religious movement. They could care less about what the world thinks. They care what Allah thinks. Get it?" . . . READ MORE
• DONALD DOUGLAS: Implications for U.S. foreign policy . . . READ MORE
• BEN DOMENECH: "Anyone with more than a passing knowledge of Iran knew in advance what the result of this election had to be: the mullahs determine who wins and who loses, a fact that has nothing to do with the actual votes cast at the ballot box." . . . READ MORE
• JUAN COLE: Evidence suggests that the Iranian election was stolen . . . READ MORE

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