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Live:Iranian Protests »
Posted by: Mikunited 5 months, 1 week ago in News
"I advise you to follow Allah and follow the pious way," he says according to the translation. "Apply the fear of God," he adds.
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Reformist Khatami declares bid for Iran presidency »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Iran's reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami on Sunday announced he will stand in June presidential elections in a challenge that could see the ouster of ...
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. contacted Iran's ayatollah before election - Washington Times »
Posted by: Wolfie2007 5 months ago in News
Prior to this month's disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...
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Did Supreme Leader Khamenei's Speech Seal His Own Fate In Iran? »
Posted by: metavirus 5 months, 1 week ago in News
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei offered up a strident, belligerent speech this morning in Iran, again fully endorsing the election and placing himself squarely behind President ...
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The End of the Beginning »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months ago in Political Opinion
Iran has squandered a huge opportunity to bridge the gulf between the regime and an increasingly sophisticated population thirsting for greater freedom. A vibrant election ...
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Parallels Between Tehran 1979 and Tehran 2009? »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
When I go out into the streets now and see the crowds with their green ribbons and scarves and face-paint and balloons, it occurs to ...
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Iran’s Many Wars »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months ago in Political News
The fight for political reform is intertwined with an entrenched factional struggle within the regime. Unlike 1979 when Iranians fought against a single, and undivided ...
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The Thugs Who Lead Iran's Supreme Leader »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months ago in Political Opinion
Technically, the Revolutionary Guards take their orders from the supreme leader, but has he ever dared to contradict them?
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Obama speaks to Iranian people in video message »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 1 week ago in Political News
In an unprecedented video message released Friday on the celebration of the Persian new year, President Barack Obama speaks directly to the Iranian people and ...
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In Iran, a Real Race, and Talk of a Sea Change »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Less than two months ago, it was widely assumed here and in the West that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s hard-line president, would coast to another ...
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Irans clerics considering removal of Khamenei and Ahmadinejad »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Iran's clerical establishment is considering scrapping the position of the Supreme Leader, currently held by Ayatollah Khamenei and forcing out President Ahmadinejad according to ...
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Huge Campaign Rallies Snarl Tehran »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Mr. Ahmadinejad’s campaign organized a huge rally in a prayer hall in central Tehran on Monday afternoon, where tens of thousands of chanting supporters ...
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Revolutionary Guards commander defies Khameneis orders to use force on protestors »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
A commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards has been arrested for refusing to obey Iran's Supreme Leader, according to reports from the Balatarin website ...
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Show Trials Get Under Way–Tehran Bureau »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
A show trial of more than 100 opposition figures got under way today at the Imam Khomeini complex in Tehran.
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The end of Iran's ayatollahs? »
Posted by: tehranchik 4 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
The writer Jason Elliot called his recent and resonant Iranian travelogue Mirrors of the Unseen; and I am aware of the usual dangers associated with ...
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