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Iran erupts as voters back 'the Democrator' - Robert Fisk - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A smash in the face, a kick in the balls – that's how police deal with protesters after Iran's poll kept the hardliners in ...
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Irans Tragic Joke »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
There’s been tragedy aplenty since June 12 — dozens of killings, thousands of arrests, countless beatings of the innocent — and I hope I belittle none ...
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Thoreau on Mousavi »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
If the Iranians succeed in removing Ahmadinejad and replacing him with Mousavi, and if Rafsanjani should even find a way to topple Khameini, I don ...
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Iran's Rafsanjani urges US to end sanctions threat »
Posted by: lebanonnews 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Senior Iranian cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, urged the United States to stop threatening the Islamic republic with new sanctions if it wants talks over the ...
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Iran’s Many Wars »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 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 6 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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Their military role was established in ...Read (124) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at thedailybeast.com
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In Iran, a Real Race, and Talk of a Sea Change »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 3 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 6 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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Iranian cleric seeking the mantle of Khomeini »
Posted by: Progressive 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
In assailing the government’s handling of Iran's disputed elections, a former president has cast himself as a player with the authority to interpret ...
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Iranian election 2009: Rafsanjani says everyone must accept results »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Iran's 10th presidential election is among the most decisive elections of the country, said former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani after casting his vote ...
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Iran Uprising Blogging: Latest Updates »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a powerful cleric in Iran who supports reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi, delivered the Friday sermon in Tehran today for ...
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A World Without the Islamic Republic...Imagine! »
Posted by: nkmar 6 months ago in Religion
It is not a secret that Iran’s Mullahs are engaged in developing a nuclear program to prolong their unwanted existence long enough to get ...
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Iran’s Elections: A National Show Designed to Delay Democracy »
Posted by: nkmar 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Iran’s presidential elections are over and — as predicted by the unapologetic regime’s experts and the real opposition groups in exile — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the ...
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The Many Shades of Iran’s Green Movement »
Posted by: newmediajournal 3 weeks, 4 days ago in News
As Iranian demonstrators are quietly gearing up for the next uprising and as the regime is nervously and secretly devising strategies and scare tactics to ...
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Nation & World | Rafsanjani's sermon reignites Iran protest | Seattle Times Newspaper »
Posted by: hoo1live 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A prayer sermon by powerful cleric and opposition supporter Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani reignited Iran's simmering protest movement Friday, heartening thousands of supporters ...
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