Reza H. Akbari
The conflict between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the traditional conservatives who back Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei entered a new phase in recent days, as members of Iran’s parliament requested the impeachment of Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian Foreign Minister who is the president’s ally. more»
Shayan Ghajar
After five months without a government, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati announced his appointments to the nation’s Cabinet. Of the 30 seats in Lebanon’s Cabinet, 16 posts went to pro-Iranian Hezbollah and its allies. While the move marks a setback for the United States and will heighten tensions between Lebanon and Israel, Iranian officials are seeking to outdo each other in congratulating Prime Minister Miqati on his new appointments. more»
Shayan Ghajar
While the most prominent members of the Green Movement, Mir Hossein Moussavi, Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi languish in house arrest, calls for a silent protest on June 12 made by a senior Moussavi aide were nevertheless successful in mobilizing demonstrations in Iran’s capital on the second anniversary of the disputed June 2009 Iranian elections. more»
Shayan Ghajar
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a much-publicized press conference June 7 seeking to reassert his public presence and voice amidst the clamor of his political enemies’ attacks. The address was Ahmadinejad’s first major public acknowledgment of the political war being waged between himself and loyalists to the Supreme Leader, an indication of the severity of the shock waves rippling through Iran’s elites. more»
Shayan Ghajar
On June 4, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made a speech commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. Khamenei’s speech appeared to call for an easing of the tensions between president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s camp and that of Khamenei himself: “If we insult our brothers in the name of revolutionary sentiments and justice, we will stray away from [Ayatollah Khomeini’s] path,” Khamenei declared in the speech. more»
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