Iran

Spotlight on Iran (Week of February 4-11, 2010)

Conservative press criticizes president’s willingness to agree to Western uranium enrichment proposal
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of January 28-February 4, 2010)

Opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi in an interview marking the Islamic revolution’s 31st anniversary: the revolution failed to abolish dictatorship in Iran
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of January 21-28, 2010)

Has the opposition reconsidered its stance and now recognizes the legitimacy of Ahmadinejad’s government?
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of January 14-21, 2010)

Iran satisfied with failure of sanction talks in the West
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In a speech given to the Revolutionary Guards, Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi, Ahmadinejad’s spiritual mentor, accused the Jews and the Zionist of corruption and fanning resistance against the regime as part of their effort to “take over the world and destroy Isl

Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi is considered one of Iran’s most radical clerics, as well as President Ahmadinejad’s source of religious authority (marja-e taqlid) and spiritual mentor.
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Spotlight on Iran (Week of January 7-14, 2010)

Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist employed for internal power struggles
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