Leaked Iranian election results show a massive win by Mousavi, Ahmadinejad third

Leaked election results from Iran's election show that reformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousav won with 19.1 million votes, well over three times the vote received by incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The naturally unconfirmed figures claim that after Mousav's 19.1 million ... continue

Epic backflip: Iran Supreme leader orders election probe

Under severe pressure from protests likened to the 1979 Iranian revolution, Iran's supreme leaders have ordered a probe into last week's election results. The decree from above is a massive backflip in Iranian politics, after Ayatollah Khamenei had ... continue

Iran situation highlights strengths, weaknesses of Twitter

Although the article is syndicated from ReadWriteWeb, the New York Times had me choking on my breakfast today (in surprise) with a story that highlighted that Twitter was doing a far better job covering the situation in ... continue

Twitter gives CNN a smack of reality

At one time I was a big fan of CNN. Walk into our home and you could probably find it playing on one of the two televisions we own, much to my wife’s irritation. ... continue

USS Hartford, USS New Orleans Collide in Strait of Hormuz

Two U.S. Navy vessels have collided in the Strait of Hormuz, near the Arabian Peninsula. The USS Hartford, a submarine, crashed in the USS New Orleans amphibious ship Friday morning. No serious injuries occurred, but gallons of ... continue

Iran blocks access to Facebook, YouTube and 5 million other sites

Iran has blocked access to more than five million Internet sites, including Facebook and YouTube as part of a crackdown on content perceived to be immoral and anti-social. Abdolsamad Khoram Abadi, an advisor to Iran's prosecutor general told ... continue

Semen, smokes top US Iran exports

Bull owners and tobacco farmers beware: the biggest exports from the United States to Iran are bull semen and cigarettes. I'm sure President Bush will sign laws to compensate exporting companies who miss out from helping Iran ... continue