Tuesday
Jul192011
The Latest from Iran (19 July): Assessing the Opposition
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 11:01
1950 GMT: Clamping Down on a Cleric. Security forces have raided the home of Ayatollah Amjad while the cleric is on a three-day trip to Malaysia.
Ayatollah Amjad has been increasingly critical of the Government since January.
1935 GMT: Elections Watch. Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, the spokesman for the Guardian Council, has pulled back from a blanket ban on the reformist parties Islamic Iran Participation Front and the Mojahedin of Islamic Revolution, saying that their dissolution has not been declared by the courts.