Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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Iran's Great Green Divide

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 12.29.2009 | World

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After fishing in a rushing stream of Tweets, I watched YouTube clips showing a police station burning, a group of Basij militia cornered but not hurt, a police van overturned. Chants included, "Khamenei is a murderer. His reign is over."

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Ahmadinejad: 'Friendly Relations' With UN Nuclear Watchdog 'Are Over'

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Tehran is reviewing the option of decreasing cooperation with the U.N. nu...

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President, Seeks New Legitimacy In Visit To Brazil (PHOTOS)

ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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(AP) BRASILIA, Brazil; Engaging, not isolating Iran is the way to push for peace and stability in the Middle East, said Brazilian President Luis Inaci...

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Ahmadinejad: Capitalism Is Dead

csmonitor.com | Scott Peterson | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Istanbul, Turkey - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to bolster the Islamic Republic's regional standing at an economic summit for Muslim le...

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A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

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In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

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Leaked Ahmadinejad Diary Proves Iran Prez Is Jewish

Katie Halper | Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy

I attended Camp Havanagila, a Zionist summer camp in the Catskill Mountains, when I was young, and so, it seems, did Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Time To Talk To Iran Is Now: Analysis

CFR | Greg Bruno | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

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By Greg Bruno Perhaps it was not surprising that after thirty years of diplomatic stalemate, expectations for a major breakthrough between Tehran a...

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Iranians and Jews Unite in Protest Yesterday Outside the U.N.

Heather Robinson | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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Dag Hammarskjold Plaza was awash in green yesterday, as protesters gathered outside the United Nations to protest Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's pledge to destroy Israel.

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Ahmadinejad: Holocaust A Pretext To Commit Palestinian Genocide

newsweek.com | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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In an exclusive wide-ranging hour-and-a-half interview with NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth and editors from The Washington Post, Iranian President Mahmoud ...

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Whirlwind Obama at the UN; Dictators Busy Also

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

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President Obama makes his debut appearance at the United Nations this week, attending and presiding over a breathless array of events far beyond the usual schedule for U.S. presidents.

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Ahmadinejad Denies Holocaust Yet Again

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of protesters – many decked out in the green colors of the reform movement and chanting "Death to the dic...

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Iranian Nuke Proposal Falls Short Of Western Demands

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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VIENNA — Iran's new offer for talks with six world powers ignores their key demand of a freeze of Tehran's uranium enrichment program, according...

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NY Hotel Asked Not To Host Ahmadinejad

nypost.com | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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An influential security group with White House connections is campaigning to stop a posh New York hotel from hosting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadin...

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Ahmadinejad's New Cabinet Is More Conservative Than Ever

csmonitor.com | Gareth Smyth | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's cabinet nominations, scheduled for a parliamentary vote this Wednesday, reveal a shift towards figures suspici...

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Iranian Protest Leaders Could Face Execution

washingtonpost.com | Thomas Erdbrink | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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The attorney prosecuting leading opposition figures in Iran asked a court Tuesday to give them "the maximum punishment," offering the clearest indicat...

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The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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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 Revolution Leaders Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri And Hashemi Rafsanjani Struggle For Power In Tehran

Spiegel International | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

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In the wake of a bogus election, the deadly harassment of protesters and squabbling among hardliners, everything seems to have changed in Tehran. Two ...

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Ahmadinejad Purges Iranian Spy Agency

LA Times | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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Reporting from Beirut -- Iran's president has conducted a purge of the nation's Intelligence Ministry, sweeping aside ranking officials with decades o...

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Iran's Red Tulip Revolution

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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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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Ali Akbar Mehrabian: Iran Minister Found Guilty Of Fraud Is Latest Blow To Ahmadinejad

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — An appeals court found Iran's industry minister guilty of fraud, newspapers reported Monday, in a new embarrassment for President...

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The Basij Are Cordially Invited to Join the Opposition

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.25.2009 | World

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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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Hey DJ Rafsanjani, Play Us Some Ayatollah Khomeini

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

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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

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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Iran's Underground Railroad

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

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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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