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Police beat up mourners at Tehran graveyard ceremony for protest victims DEBKAfile Special Report July 30, 2009, 6:38 PM (GMT+02:00) Mourning protesters forcibly driven out of Tehran's main cemetery Riot police clashed with mourners gathering at Tehran's Behesht-e Zanra cemetery to honor the protesters killed by Revolutionary Guards and Basijj thugs when they rose up against the fraudulent June 12 presidential election, DEBKAfile's Iranian sources report. Breaking up the crowds gathered in the graveyard Thursday, July 30, police forced opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to leave as he approached the grave Neda Agha Soltan, the student who died of wounds inflicted by the Basijj at a protest rally. Witnesses report several injured in the clashes.  More...

US-Israeli talks focus on Ahmadinejad's possible ouster DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 29, 2009, 3:36 PM (GMT+02:00) Is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his way out? How to exploit the deep cracks forming in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration for removing the Iranian president was a top item on the agenda of the high-level talks between Barack Obama's advisers and Israeli officials at Mossad headquarters in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv, Wednesday, July 29. DEBKAfile's Iranian sources report that Ahmadinejad's cabinet is falling apart; of his original lineup of 21 ministers, only nine remain at their posts.  More... Abbas' chosen successor vows to "liberate every grain of Palestine" DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 30, 2009, 6:32 PM (GMT+02:00) Abu Ghneim permanently exiled as extremist DEBKAfiledisclosed exclusively Monday, July 27, that Abbas wants to crown the Tunis-based veteran advocate of armed resistance to Israel, 71-year old Maher Abu Ghneim to be his No. 2 and successor as Fatah leader - if he manages to stage the Fatah general conference next Tuesday, Aug. 4 in Bethlehem. The new arrival vowed on arrival Wednesday, July 29, "to continue the struggle until every grain of Palestinian land is liberated under the Palestinian flag."  More...