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Iran Cleric: "God's Fury" Will Be Unleashed If Female Governors Allowed

Alarabiya | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Ayatollah, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Women's Rights, Iran Election, Iran, Iran-Womens-Rights, Iran Woman Minister, Iran-Woman-Minister, Iran Women's Movement, Women's Rights, World News

A top hardline Iranian cleric said on Thursday that "God's fury" would be unleashed if Iran appoints women as governors of some provinces, as was rais...

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Weeping for the Kennedys

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: President John F. Kennedy, Ayatollah, Boss Hague, Ronald Reagan, Chappaquiddick, Dick Cheny, Donald Rumsfeld, Teddy Kennedy, Iran, Democrats, Tammany Hall, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Honey Fitz, Senator Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Al Smith, Lyndon Johnson, Nikita Krushchev, Berlin Wall, Jfk, Sam Leibowitz, Bobby Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

The Kennedys knew how to strive for noble causes, step by step. They would make deals, but only to benefit the best causes.

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The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Taraneh-Mousavi, Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Laleh, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Friday-Prayer, World News, Karroubi Rape, Shah, Iran, Green Movement, Shi’A, Mehdi Karroubi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Protests, Revolution, Iranian Constitution, Iranian Election 2009, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Rafsanjani, Islam, Neda Agha-Soltan, Rape, Ayatollah, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran-Opposition, Rape Iran, Shi’ite, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Martyr, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Evin, Constitution, Show Trials, Iranian Election, Martyrs, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Torture, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, World News
Melody Moezzi

With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.

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Iran's Red Tulip Revolution

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Underground Railroad, Media, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Friday-Prayer, World News, Shah, Iran, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Protests, Revolution, Iranian Election 2009, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Rafsanjani, Neda Agha-Soltan, Ayatollah, Ayatollah Khamenei, Facebook, Shi’ite, Martyr, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iranian Election, Martyrs, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Laleh, Taraneh-Mousavi, Tulip, Evin, Iran-Opposition, World News
Melody Moezzi

With each death at the hands of the regime, a martyr is born, and with each martyr, the seed of revolution is planted.

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The Basij Are Cordially Invited to Join the Opposition

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.25.2009 | World

Read More: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Rafsanjani, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Underground Railroad, Media, Ayatollah Khomeini, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Facebook, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Friday-Prayer, World News, Shi’ite, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Shah, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election, Tehran, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Iran Protests, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian Election 2009, World News
Melody Moezzi

Thanks to their new duties, which include increasingly violent and inhumane acts, reports of Basiji taking protesters up on their invitations to join the opposition movement are growing.

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Iran: Regime Intentions Revealed - What's Next?

Mark Fowler | Posted 08.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mousavi, Iran, Ayatollah, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Rafsanjani, Supreme Leader, World News
Mark Fowler

Powerful regime insiders have lost confidence in the Supreme Leader's ability to preserve what they had all built together. This domestic fault line has the potential to be devastating in its long term impact.

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Hey DJ Rafsanjani, Play Us Some Ayatollah Khomeini

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Rafsanjani, Twitter, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Friday-Prayer, Underground Railroad, Media, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Khamenei, Facebook, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World News, Shi’ite, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Twittering, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Shah, Iranian Election, Tehran, Islamic Revolution, Neda, Iran Protests, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian Election 2009, World News
Melody Moezzi

At the heart of Iran's Islamic Revolution was a stencil duplicator and a tape recorder. These were the Ayatollah Khomeini's Facebook and Twitter.

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Exhibit A: Word From Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Rafsanjani, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Thriller, Underground Railroad, Media, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Journalism, World News, Shi’ite, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election, Tehran, Neda, Iran Protests, Iranian Election 2009, Media News
Melody Moezzi

Reporters keep complaining about the difficulty of getting information out of Iran, but communicating with Iran is far from a challenge. I frequently get through on the first try.

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Today is the Anniversary of the 1999 Iran Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: July 9, Press Freedom, Ayatollah, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tehran University, Iranian, Salam, Iran, 1999 Student Protests, Dissent, Independent Press, Salam Newspaper, Mohammad Khatami, Freedom of Expression, Paramilitary-Forces, Chain Murders, Islamic Republic of Iran, Dissidents, Iran News, Iran Protests, Iran Protest, Iran July 9, July 9 Protests for Iranians, Iran Protest July 9, Tehran July 9, July 9 Iran, Iran Today News, Iran News July 9, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Without the July 1999 protests, there could never have been June 2009. What the students courageously started then has led to a massive movement encompassing all Iranians.

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Iran's Underground Railroad

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Rafsanjani, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Underground Railroad, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World News, Shi’ite, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election, Tehran, Neda, Iran Protests, Iranian Election 2009, World News
Melody Moezzi

The Iranian Underground Railroad isn't meant to move people from one area of the country to another, it is an attempt to create shelter and make way for freedom.

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Iran and the C.I.A

Tom Gabbay | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Iran, Ayatollah, Islamic Republic of Iran, Cia, President Obama, US-Iran Relations, Jimmy Carter, Tehran, Iran, Supreme Leader, Operation Ajax, Ayatollah Khomeini, Wolf Blitzer, World News
Tom Gabbay

This revolution, if that's what it is, can only come from the Iranian people. The US must remain on the sidelines; a spectator to what could be a game changer in the Middle East and beyond.

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Get to the Doctor, Dr. Ahmadinejad!

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Rafsanjani, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Iranian Election, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian Election 2009, Twelver, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Protests, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Medicine, Shi’ite, Satire, Tehran, Mental Illness, World News
Melody Moezzi

I'm the last person to take any mental health issues lightly, but when it comes to racking up crazy points, Dr. Ahmadinejad wins the prize.

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Can Iran Be A Precursor To Major Changes in the Muslim Wordl?

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Ayatollah, Shariah, Iran Election, Quran, Iran, Democracy, Muslim, World News
Parvez Ahmed

Muslims are yearning for justice that they have been denied for so long, often due to outside interference but increasingly due to internal failures of Muslim majority states.

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Inside Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Head

GlobalPost | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Fraud, Elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, New England Patriots, Iran, Ayatollah, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Election, World News

There's been a lot of talk about the key players in the Iranian election saga, but little mention of their psychological motivations. So we decided to...

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Facing the Bushes' Iranian Whirlwind

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stolen Election, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah, Schwarzkopf, Iranian Election, Mossadegh, Politics News
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

The parallels between the stolen Iranian election of 2009 and the American of 2000 and 2004 are tempting. The histories -- and futures -- of the two nations are inseparable.

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

The Iranian Republic requires American antagonism to uphold its regional influence and its stranglehold on the Iranian people - the United States should deprive it of this gift.

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Iranian Election: Massive Campaign Rallies Are Reminiscent Of The Revolution

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Ayatollah, Demonstrations, Tehran-Iran, Iranian Revolution, Shiraz, Iran, Presidential Candidates, Shahid, Martyrs, Iranian Election, Election, Esfahan, Rallies, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Mehdi Karroubi, Mohsen Rezai, Yazd, Tehran, Presidential Election, Ayatollah Khomeini, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The street gatherings that are taking place in the last days and nights before the Iranian election are reminiscent of the sorts of rallies and demonstrations that were eventually called the Revolution.

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Armageddon Friday

Bill Allen | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Ayatollah, Textbooks, Intelligent Design, Education, Creationism, Science, Texas Board of Education, Religious Right, Texas, Schools, Science Education, Darwin, Evolution, Taxes, Intelligent-Design, Texas Schools Creationism, Intelligent Design in Textbooks, Religion in Schools, Intelligent Design in Schools, Politics News
Bill Allen

The religious right in Texas -- in a move that any ayatollah in Iran would be proud to claim -- is dangerously close to substituting religious dogma for science.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Obama On 'Same Wrong Path' As Bush

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday criticized what he called President Barack Obama's "unconditional" support for Israel, saying ...

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Iran's Anti-Americanism Not Easily Undone With New US President

The Christian Science Monitor | Scott Peterson | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama Iran, Ayatollah, Anti-Americanism, Obama Ahmadinejad, Iran Ayatollah, Tehran and US, Ayatollah Ali Khameni, Tehran Diplomacy, Tehran, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ahmadinejad, World News

"On that day when the United States of America will praise us, we should mourn," said Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revol...

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Bill Maher Video Replaces Top Iraqi Ayatollah's Website In Hacking Stunt (VIDEO)

Crooks And Liars | Posted 10.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Islam, Bill Maher, Ayatollah, Islamic Radicalism, Iraq, Shiites, Entertainment News

Crooks and Liars reports: Can you say "fatwa?" The Grand Ayatollah of Iraqi Shiites, Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, has had his website hacked by sys...

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