The New York Times logo The New York Times 1 month ago

A Lone Cleric Is Loudly Defying Iran’s Leaders

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia A short midlevel cleric, with a neat white beard and a clergyman’s calm bearing, Mehdi Karroubi has watched from his home in Tehran in recent months as his aides have been arrested, his offices raided, his newspaper shut down. Full Article at The New York Times

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  1. These forced companionships, Karroubi wrote in his autobiography, made him aware of the pain of the others, and relieved him from sectarian behavior
    SOURCE: The New York Times 1 month ago
  2. These forced companionships, Karroubi wrote in his autobiography, made him aware of the pain of the others, and relieved him from sectarian behavior
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  3. For Khomeini, enmity toward the US was a pillar of the revolution and it became central to the identity of the Islamic Republic
    SOURCE: Edinburgh Daily News 1 month ago
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Cast of Characters

  1. Mehdi Karroubi Mehdi Karroubi
  2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  3. Ruhollah Khomeini
  4. Mohammad Khatami Mohammad Khatami
  5. Mir Hussein Moussavi
  6. Ahmad Jannati