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While the United States is downplaying fears that Iran is behind the unrest in neighboring Bahrain, Tehran’s warnings on March 15 indicated that the Islamic republic would not tolerate the presence of Saudi troops, which were deployed into the neighboring kingdom on March 14 to aid the Sunni minority against the Shiite uprising. more»
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The political marginalization of one of Iran’s most prominent politicians, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, took a turn for the worse on March 8, when he was forced to cede his seat as head of the Assembly of Experts, one of the government’s most powerful bodies, to rival Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani, a traditionalist cleric. more»
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Reports from the websites of prominent Green Movement leaders Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi from February 27 and 28 indicate that both men and their spouses have been removed from their homes by government personnel and taken to Heshmatiyeh Prison in Tehran. more»
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A group of former high-level American politicians and officials have renewed calls to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) group from the State Department’s official list of terrorist groups. The renewed push for delisting is backed by numerous former congressmen, two ex-Joint Chiefs of Staff, Rudy Giuliani, and a former director of the C.I.A., among others. By delisting the MKO, the influential group hopes to destabilize Iran’s government and aid the opposition. more»
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Two Iranian Navy vessels entered the Suez Canal for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution on the morning of February 22, amid outspoken protest from Israeli officials and dozens of speculative articles evaluating what the event portended for the foreign policy of the transitional government in Egypt. Despite the outcry and frenetic media analysis, Israel’s statements about the Iranian vessels’ transit are more indicative of its anxiety over the changing political landscape of the Middle East than any actual threat posed by the ships. more»
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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad currently faces the strongest opposition of any president of the Islamic Republic in three decades. The attacks on Ahmadinejad are astounding, both in their scope and severity, and unprecedented in their consequences for the Iranian government.
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The level of attacks on Presidenet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his faction from across the political spectrum are unprecedented, and as yet show no signs of abating. Following his political defeat during the latest conflict with Supreme Leader Khamenei, the setbacks have continued. more»
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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to have survived the internecine struggles over the Ministry of Intelligence for the time being, yet the contest of wills between the embattled president and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has by no means abated. more»