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Geneive Abdo

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on CNN.

Even if it turns out that rogue agents within Iran’s Quds Force were behind the foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi and Israeli ambassadors in Washington, it is still highly unlikely that Iran’s political leaders were behind this amateurish scheme.
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Mohammad Tahavori

High-level Iranian officials have denied the United States’ allegations of Iran’s involvement with a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. These officials include: Iran’s Supreme Leader; the President; the Foreign Minister; the chairman of the Parliament; and the head of the Parliament’s National Security Commission. more»

Shayan Ghajar

In an interview broadcast live to one of Iran’s primary state-owned TV channels the evening of October 4, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad indicated that Iran may be amenable to maintaining communications with the United States to prevent international incidents between the two nations in the Persian Gulf.
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Editor’s Note: Amid threats from Iran to deploy warships to U.S. coastal waters, InsideIran’s Shayan Ghajar conducted an interview with W. Jonathan Rue, a Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, DC. From 2007-2011, he was an active duty Marine officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as an advisor to the Iraqi Army. more»

Rasool Nafisi

While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was touring the UN last week, delivering acerbic speeches and giving interviews, back home in the Iranian parliament questions were raised not about Ahmadinejad himself, but about the institution of the presidency in total, and whether there is a need for a president alongside the Supreme Leader’s office.
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