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Mahmoud Vahidnia, Student, Stuns Iran By Criticizing Supreme Leader

AP | SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI | Posted 11.05.2009 | World


BEIRUT — An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country's most powerful man ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Iran Protests Not 'Foreign Backed'

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home


Iran's supreme leader has said that he has no proof the leaders of the post-election violence in June were backed by foreign states. In a statement r...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Iran Protests Not 'Foreign Backed'

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home


Iran's supreme leader has said that he has no proof the leaders of the post-election violence in June were backed by foreign states. In a statement r...

Ahmadinejad: No Rift With Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

AP | NASSER KARIMI and LEE KEATH | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad begins his second term next week undermined by a deepening feud with his fellow hard-liners and und...

What To Choose After This Bad Week

Jim Selman | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living


Jim Selman

Last week was not a good week for the planet and I've been taking it personally.

It Ain't Over till the Ayatollah Says So

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

Some say tomorrow will bring another dawn and, the opposition will be back on the streets, but will they really show up? The Ayatollah may have put the nail in the coffin.

Iran's First Female President: Not Gonna Happen

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 06.20.2009 | World


Shirin Sadeghi

In a society where about 70% of the university population is female, the election vetting process is a sad comment on the true condition of Iran's girls and women: second-class citizens.

Iran's Khamenei Warns Voters Against Electing Pro-Western President

LA Times | Borzou Daragahi | Posted 06.18.2009 | World


Reporting from Beirut -- Iran's most powerful political and spiritual leader warned voters today against supporting pro-Western candidates in next mon...

Khamenei Scolds Ahmadinejad Over Dismissed Official

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader publicly rebuked the president over his removal of a top official, a rare show of discontent with the hard-...