As scattered violence continued to grip Tehran, the government arrested relatives of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president, exposing a rift among top clerics.
To supplement reporting by New York Times journalists inside Iran on Sunday, The Lede is tracking the aftermath of Iran’s disputed presidential election online.
AP - Iran's government said Sunday it arrested the daughter and four other relatives of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the country's most powerful men, in a move that exposed a rift among the ruling Islamic clerics over the disputed presidential election.
AP - Missiles, machine guns and strafing runs from fighter jets destroyed much of a Taliban compound, but the insurgents had a final surprise for a pair of U.S. Marines who pushed into the smoldering building just before nightfall.
AP - A Republican senator seeking a bipartisan health deal spoke Sunday of "dialing down" expectations while one of President Barack Obama's Democratic allies questioned whether the White House had the votes necessary for a such a costly and comprehensive plan during a recession.
Thousands of riot police and members of the Basij militia lined the streets of Tehran today, according to eyewitnesses. The show of force follows a bloody day Saturday when 19 Iranians were killed in clashes between defiant anti-government protesters and police.
A survey of Iran's election results raises "serious questions" about the victory that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is said to have won and uncovers irregularities in the official results, a British think tank said Sunday.
A Canadian working for Newsweek magazine in the Iranian capital was "detained without charge" by Iranian authorities Sunday, the magazine said in a statement.