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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Iran acknowledges irregularities in vote; lashes out at West for coverage.
- Blasts rock Baghdad.
- India clamps down on Maoists.
- Ingushetia leader severely injured in attack.
Top of the Agenda: Iran Election Aftermath
Iran's government today acknowledged flaws in the country's disputed June 12 presidential vote, which has prompted mass protests. Al-Jazeera reports Iran's Guardian Council, the powerful body that has held decisive sway over Iranian politics in recent decades, admitted that the number of votes cast in fifty cities exceeded the number of voters, seemingly contradicting prior statements by the country's Supreme Leader that the vote was fair. http://m1e.net/
Meanwhile, Iran's government condemned what it said were the West's efforts to use the vote to undermine Iran's power. A spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry said foreign media had acted as "mouthpieces" of hostile governments seeking "anarchy and vandalism" in Iran (BBC). http://m1e.net/
NPR's Weekend Edition examines whether Iran's crackdown on this weekend's protests, which in addition to claiming lives left roughly one hundred people injured, could mark the end of the post-election flare-up. http://m1e.net/
Responding to Iran's political turmoil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said political change in Iran could restore peace in Israeli-Iranian relations (Reuters). http://m1e.net/
Background:
CFR's Must Reads on Iran. http://m1e.net/
An interactive timeline tracking U.S.-Iran relations since World War II. http://m1e.net/
A Backgrounder on religion and politics in Iran. http://m1e.net/
MIDEAST: Blasts Rock Baghdad
Multiple explosions shook Baghdad today, leaving over thirty people killed or wounded (Aswat al-Iraq). http://m1e.net/
PALESTINE: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the release of Hamas prisoners held in the West Bank as a conciliatory gesture ahead of Fatah-Hamas peace talks next month (al-Jazeera)
PACIFIC RIM: Australian Politics
Australian authorities said an email that has drawn great attention in the country for alleging misconduct on the part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is in fact fake (The Australian). http://m1e.net/
N.KOREA: The South Korean paper Chosun Ilbo reports that the son and slated heir of Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-Un, has been working as the acting chairman of Pyongyang's National Defense Commission. http://m1e.net/
SOUTH & CENTRAL ASIA: India's Maoists
Al-Jazeera reports Indian troops are clamping down on Maoist rebels in the state of West Bengal and have entered a stronghold the Maoists had claimed as a "liberated zone." http://m1e.net/
India's government, meanwhile, for the first time declared the country's main Maoist group, the Communist Party of India (Maoist), to be a terrorist organization (Times of India). http://m1e.net/
This Backgrounder profiles terror groups in India, including Maoists. http://m1e.net/
PAKISTAN: Thousands of people swarmed the streets in celebration in Pakistan after the country's national cricket team pulled off a surprise upset of Sri Lanka, winning an international cricket tournament (BBC). http://m1e.net/
AFRICA: Nigerian Finance
The Financial Times reports Nigeria is set to lift a ban on foreign takeovers of Nigerian banks, undoing a decades-long protectionist legacy in the largest untapped African market for financial services. http://m1e.net/
SOMALIA: The African Union said it would support Somalia's fragile government's request for the country's neighbors, including Ethiopia, to help fight Islamist insurgents in Somalia (BBC). http://m1e.net/
AMERICAS: Venezuela Patents
The AP reports Venezuela's government plans to invalidate some pharmaceutical patents and to allow domestic manufacturers to produce knock-offs of licensed medicines. http://m1e.net/
MEXICO: The Los Angeles Times reports Mexico's government is quietly moving to decriminalize minor drug use. http://m1e.net/
EUROPE: Ingushetia Attack
The president of Ingushetia, Russia's turbulent north Caucasus territory, was seriously wounded after his convoy was attacked. RFE/RL reports he is the fourth official to be killed or wounded in Ingushetia and the neighboring region of Daghestan over the past three weeks. http://m1e.net/
RUSSIA: The Moscow Times reports Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed the second part of Russia's plan addressing the financial crisis. http://m1e.net/
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