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Iran's Power Struggle: Two important Ayatollahs vs Ahmadinejad
Iran's Power Struggle: Two important Ayatollahs vs Ahmadinejad
Ayatollah Hashemi-Rafsanjani-the two-time former president of Iran who heads both the top political arbitration body, the Expediency Council, and the clerical body, the Assembly of Experts -delivered a sermon July…
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Ahmadinejad rings the changes
Ahmadinejad rings the changes
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's second term is likely to feature a more moderate swing of policies than witnessed during the previous four years. A factor that will impact considerably on the…
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Iranian Critic Quotes Khomeini Principles
Iranian Critic Quotes Khomeini Principles
WASHINGTON - During his decades in Iranian politics, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been praised as a pragmatist, criticized as spineless, accused of corruption and dismissed as a has-been. Now,…
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf's address to the European Parliament on Wednesday 8 July 2009
Mohsen Makhmalbaf's address to the European Parliament on Wednesday 8 July 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen; honourable members of parliament I am here - as an Iranian, as an artist and as a representative of the protestors who are being killed in Iran…
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Iran opposition pushes for pressure over election
Iran opposition pushes for pressure over election
BRUSSELS (AP) - A spokesman for Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi called on the European Parliament on Wednesday to pressure EU nations not to recognize the re-election of President…
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In Iran, a Struggle Beyond the Streets
In Iran, a Struggle Beyond the Streets
CAIRO - The streets of Iran have been largely silenced, but a power struggle grinds on behind the scenes, this time over the very nature of the state itself. It…
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Senior Iranian clerics reject re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Senior Iranian clerics reject re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Deepening splits among Iran's clergy came to the surface today , with a senior clerical group calling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election "illegitimate". The Assembly of Scholars and Researchers at Qom seminary,…
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Russia flits from Tehran to Washington
Russia flits from Tehran to Washington
Russians often express their displeasure with a country in a peculiar way. When the problem with Georgia flared in 2008 over the separatist republic of South Ossetia, Russian authorities suddenly…
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