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FILE - In this June 15, 2009 file photo, a demonstrator wears a mask in the party's color of green, due to fears of being identified, as hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims there was voting fraud in election, turn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran. Despite four years of non-stop arrests and intimidation, Iran's dissidents still find ways to show their resilience. Protest messages ricochet around social media and angry graffiti pops up. But it only takes a closer look at the lockdown atmosphere across Iran ahead of Friday's presidential election to show how much the organized opposition has fallen since massive protests in 2009. ( AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few options

Brian Murphy · June 9, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2009 file photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio gives a Mass outside the San Cayetano church where an Argentine flag hangs behind in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, Bergoglio was elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

New pope’s views bind simplicity with ‘complexity’

Brian Murphy · March 14, 2013 4:00 am

Iranians flash the victory sign as they hold posters showing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, late Ayatollah Khomeini, second right, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center and left, at a rally commemorating the anniversary of 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Azadi Square, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. In his statements to the rally, Ahmadinejad said he is ready to have direct talks with United States if the West stops pressuring his country. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran president still fiery in twilight of term

Brian Murphy, Nasser Karimi · February 10, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo obtained from the Iranian Mehr News Agency, Iranian army members prepare missiles to be launched, during a maneuver, in an undisclosed location in Iran. President Barack Obama may have to decide this year whether to use military force to fulfill his vow to prevent Iran from being able to build nuclear weapons, foreign policy experts say. But America's economic and military realities argue intensely against attacking the Islamic Republic and for muddling through by, perhaps, further tightening sanctions that have cut deeply into Tehran's economy. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

Analysis: Diplomatic window closing on Iran

Brian Murphy, George Jahn · February 5, 2013 5:00 am

Qatar poet appeal becomes test for Web crackdowns

Brian Murphy · January 24, 2013 6:31 am

In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 photo, participants listen to a speaker during the 'Syria National Dialog' conference, at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Just a day after Iran's foreign minister pledged unwavering support for the embattled Assad, officials in Tehran outlined on Sunday a step-by-step peace plan for Syria capped by elections that presumably could usher in a new leader in Damascus. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran cautiously ponders Syria after Assad

Brian Murphy · December 17, 2012 5:00 am

Hamdoun Toure, Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union, ITU, middle, speaks to journalists on the final day of the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday Dec. 14, 2012. Envoys in Dubai signed a new U.N. telecommunications treaty Friday that a U.S.-led delegation says endorses greater government control of the Internet. The U.S. and more than 20 other countries refused to ratify the accord by the 193-nation International Telecommunications Union.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

UN telecom chief ‘surprised’ by US-led treaty snub

Brian Murphy · December 14, 2012 2:37 pm

FILE-In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, an official sticks a note on the wall next to the conference banner during the eleventh day of the World Conference on International Telecommunication in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A U.N. conference weighing possible Internet rules shifted into high-stakes showdowns on Thursday after advancing a proposal for greater government oversight. The proposal was a blow to U.S.-led efforts to keep new regulations from touching the Net. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

US leads Western snub of UN telecoms treaty

Brian Murphy · December 13, 2012 9:10 pm

Deep divides in Dubai at UN talks on Internet

Brian Murphy · December 10, 2012 4:29 pm

An official sticks a note on the wall next to the conference banner during the eleventh day of the World Conference on International Telecommunication in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday Dec. 3, 2012. The head of the U.N.'s telecommunication overseers sought Monday to quell worries about possible moves toward greater Internet controls during global talks in Dubai, but any attempts for increased Web regulations are likely to face stiff opposition from groups led by a major U.S. delegation. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Clashes over Internet rules to mark Dubai meeting

Brian Murphy · December 3, 2012 1:50 pm

Blogger’s death in Iran window onto cyber patrols

Brian Murphy · November 22, 2012 8:26 pm

UAE tightens laws on political activism on web

Brian Murphy · November 13, 2012 10:23 am