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TEHRAN, Feb 18, 2012 (IPS) - While the general public here is anxious about the increasingly harsh sanctions imposed by Western powers on Iran's financial and oil sectors, the leaders of the Islamic Republic appear more consumed by the upcoming parliamen
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An Iranian warship is pictured on the Suez Canal after Egyptian authorities allowed two Iranian warships to pass through the Suez Canal in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, Ismailia, Egypt, 22 Febuary 2011. EPA/BGNES The Iranian Navy 's 18th fleet
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Crisis? What crisis? While sabres rattle in the Middle East, the people of Tehran go shopping. Photo: Reuters IRAN watchers have had their work cut out making sense of attacks on Israeli diplomats in Asia, confusion over a ban on oil sales to European Un
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There were better times US President Barack Obama is convinced that the resumed international nuclear negotiations he has worked hard to set up will not only avert war but lay to rest once and for all the problem of Iran’s nuclear bomb program. He was le
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The Aurangzeb Road bombing had been reported a couple of hours back and it was natural that the foreign minister was seized of the matter, having just spoken to his counterpart in Israel to express sympathies and promise a thorough probe. The issue domin
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See also Iran 1st-Hand: "Almost Everybody is Under Financial Pressure" br> The Latest from Iran (17 February): The Political Battle President Ahmadinejad Sees a Nuclear Project 0620 GMT: Writing the Supreme Leader. In his 23rd letter to Ayatollah Khamene
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Part III: Restructuring the Regime and Abolishing the Presidency [MEMRI] By A. Savyon and Y. Mansharof* Introduction The present article, the last in the series on the schism within the Iranian leadership, focuses on the move by Iranian Supreme Leader Ay
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BRUSSELS — A financial clearinghouse used by virtually every country and major corporation in the world agreed Friday to shut out Iran from its respected network, an unprecedented escalation of global economic pressure to halt Iran's suspected drive for
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Cornered over its nuclear ambitions, Iran has unleashed a war of terror with a wave of bombings around the world. Will we be next? The motorcyclist leaned over and slapped a magnetic “sticky” bomb on the bodywork of the people carrier. As he accelerated
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View full sizeFile photo / AP, 2011A currency exchange bureau worker counts US dollars as Iranian bank notes, with a portrait of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, can be seen at right in this photo from Dec. 21. An international banking clea
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TEHRAN: Loyalists of Iran’s supreme leader, who is implacably hostile to the West and its drive to curb Tehran’s nuclear work, look set to triumph in Iran’s parliamentary poll at the expense of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a contest among hard-liners
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BRUSSELS — A financial clearinghouse used by virtually every country and major corporation in the world agreed Friday to shut out Iran from its respected network, an unprecedented escalation of global economic pressure to halt Iran's suspected drive for
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Iran's opposition Green movement has been appeared quiet since the government crackdown on protests in the aftermath of the presidential election in 2009. But this week, protesters took to the streets again. On Tuesday, the coordinating council for the G
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The key to unraveling the Islamic republic lies in understanding Iran’s perception of itself. More than any other Middle Eastern nation, Iran has always imagined itself as the natural hegemon of its neighborhood. The Persian empire shrank over the centur
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Iran-watchers have had their work cut out this week making sense of the attacks on Israeli diplomats in Asia, confusion over a ban on oil sales to EU countries, a vaunted advance in the country's nuclear programme and a cleverly formulated offer of a new
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Iranian claims about significant advances in its nuclear program appear to be aimed at a domestic audience to reinforce Tehrans opposition to international attempts to restrict the countrys nuclear program. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a liv
About Ali Khamenei
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i (help·info) (علی حسینی خامنهای, born 15 July 1939), (not to be confused with Ayatollah Khomenei) also known as Ali Khamenei, is an Iranian politician and cleric. He has been Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989 and before that was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He has been described as one of only... Full Article
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