Ahmadinejad Re-Elected; Protests Flare  —  TEHRAN — The Iranian government declared an outright election victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday morning, and riot police officers fought with supporters of the opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, who insisted that the election had been stolen.

The Results As They Came In  —  Yes, this obviously was a “divine assessment”.  They didn't even attempt to disguise the fraud.  Which, to me, tells me they panicked.  This graph is a red flag to Iran and the world.

Wishful thinking from Tehran  —  Since the revolution, academics and pundits have predicted the collapse of the Iranian regime.  This week, they did no better  —  I have been in Iran for exactly one week covering the 2009 Iranian election carnival.  Since I arrived, few here doubted …

Iran's Controversial Election Results Raises Questions Over Its Relations to U.S.  —  Some analysts believe the outcome of Iran's election could complicate President Obama's efforts to engage the country.  —  FOXNews.com  —  With the results of Iran's election raising serious doubts …

Alerts from Tehran  —  *Hour/time given U.S. Eastern (unless otherwise noted)  —  From James Spencer, a political and security analyst specialising in the Middle East, relays the following:  —  Hadi Ghaemi reported concrete barriers installed around the Interior Ministry:

Reverberations as Door Slams on Hopes of Change  —  TEHRAN — It is impossible to know for sure how much the ostensible re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad represents the preference of an essentially conservative Iranian public and how much, as opposition voters passionately believe …

Head of a minuteman group arrested for double homicide  —  TUCSON, AZ - Three people have been arrested in connection with last months deadly double homicide in Arivaca that left a nine-year-old and her father dead.  One of the people arrested for the homicide is the National Executive Director …