Iran Election

Iran held its presidential elections on June 12th. Ahmadinejad beat rival Mousavi, which has led to riots across Iran, charges of voting fraud, and protests worldwide. Mashable.com has a compilation of resources and suggestions for keyword and hashtag searches for tracking the Iran elections using social media such as YouTube and Twitter.



For government resources on this topic, see:
White House Press Briefing, June 15th, 2009.
"White House Monitoring Iran Situation" blog post from America.gov
"The President...Comments on Iran" blog post from Whitehouse.gov
"Iran Must Respect the Right of Its People to Peaceful Expression" article from America.gov
"It would be wrong for me to be silent" blog post from America.gov
White House Press Briefing, June 16th, 2009.
Dept. of State Press Briefing, June 16th, 2009.
White House Press Briefing, June 17th, 2009.
Dept. of State Press Briefing, June 17th, 2009.
White House Press Briefing, June 18th, 2009.
Dept. of State Press Briefing, June 18th, 2009.
Human Rights Watch Reports on Iran from a non-gov organization.
Congressman Pence introduces Resolution (H. Res 549) in Support of Iranian Dissidents. Full text of H. Res 549 here.
H. Res. 560, "Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law, and for other purposes."
Statement from the President on Iran
President Discusses Iran w/ Persian Translation

For more information on the Iran election situation, view the results from this FDsys.gov search.

To learn more about Iran, visit these government resources:
CIA World Factbook on Iran
Library of Congress Country Studies on Iran and Internet Resources on Iran
UCB Library's Guide to Iran
State Dept. page on Iran
Iran's Official Website