Spotlight on Iran (Week of December 28, 2011-January 4, 2012)
Registration of candidates ends for 2012 elections
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Ali Daqduq, senior Lebanese Hezbollah operative handled by the Iranian Al-Quds Force to support Shi’ite militias in Iraq, was captured by the coalition and held by the Americans.
On December 16, 2011, sources in the American and Iraqi administrations announced that Ali Daqduq , a senior Lebanese Hezbollah operative, captured by the coalition forces in Iraq on March 20, 2007, had been handed over to the Iraqi government.
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Between a domestic challenge and the Arab Spring: the rise and fall of the Iranian revolutionary model
After the Islamic revolution, the Iranian regime focused on two interconnected objectives: first, to stabilize and solidify the Islamic regime while ensuring its continuity; second, to implement the revolutionary Ideology that was the driving force for the clerics, being a means of building a model Islamic society and curing the ailments that were a significant
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of December 7-14, 2011)
U.S. drone crash in Iranian territory brings joy and protest
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of November 30-December 7, 2011)
Other voices in Iran on British embassy break-in
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of November 23-30, 2011)
Tehran dismisses Western threats to impose sanctions on import of oil from Iran
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