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Mir Hossein Mousavi

An Exclusive Interview with a Pro-Ahmadinejad Cleric in Qom, Iran

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Twitter, Judaism, Iran Election, Shia, Iran, Supreme Leader, Media, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Facebook, Khatami, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qom, Youtube, Tehran, Zionism, Neda, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Khomeini, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

A recurring theme in many of the cleric's answers is his very strong belief that "foreign" Western powers, particularly England, are behind the current unrest in Tehran

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GOP on Iran: No to Nuance!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bararack Obama, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, John McCain, GOP on Iran, Iran-Elections, U.S. Iran Policy, Republicans on Iran, Obama on Iran, Hillary Clinton, Lindsey Graham, U.S.-Iran Relations, GOP Criticism, Obama Administration, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Let others constantly "take the temperature" of the so-called "community of nations." You've got a better idea: Why use a thermometer when you can stick a boot up their butt?

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What if Obama Was a Tough Guy?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, 82nd Airborne, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, International Monitors, Iranian Protests, United Nations, Barack Obama, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

I'd like to beat my chest and say what a fraud the Grand Ayatollah is and how he has robbed his own people of a voice in their own government. But what are you going to back it up with?

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Daily Show, Pundits Shouldn't Dismiss Twitter's Vital Role in Iran Coverage

Michael C. Moynihan | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Daily Show, Twitter, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jon Stewart, Iran Election, Iran, Media, Media News
Michael C. Moynihan

For every Internet epiphenomenon promoted by the blond automatons of cable news there exists an army of pundits offering a cynical, countervailing view.

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Iran's Revolution: A Hard and Uncertain Path

Howard Schweber | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Opposition, Tehran, World News
Howard Schweber

How long can the opposition sustain itself? Four, five, or six weeks from now, will the protests still continue? Will the world still be watching Youtube videos being recycled on CNN?

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Four Reflections on the Iranian Uprising So Far

Salena Tramel | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Demonstrations, Stereotypes, Twitter, J Street, Social Networking, President Obama, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Election, World News, World News
Salena Tramel

I have been glued to the Internet all week watching Iran's chaos unfold from the outside. Following are some key lessons learned, regardless of the outcome of the fallout.

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Mir Hossein Mousavi Facebook Status Update A Message To All

Mashable | Posted 07.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mousavi, Social Media, Mousavi Facebook, Home News

"Today you are the media, it is your duty to report and keep the hope alive", reads the latest Facebook update from Iranian opposition presidential ca...

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Revolution.com

Cedric Perrier | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blackberry, Left Wing, Twitter, Digg, Referendum, Obama, Iran, China, Tiananmen Square, Iphone, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Change in Regime, Centrism, Conservatives, Revolution, Tehran, Mao Zedong, Bono, Politics News
Cedric Perrier

In the last six months alone, we have begun to see the rise of the electronic electorate and with it a real prospect for the growth of Referendum politics.

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Faeze Rafsanjani's Arrest and Ayatollah Khamenei's Fears

Meir Javedanfar | Posted 07.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Faeze Rafsanjani, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran Election, Iran Protests, World News
Meir Javedanfar

As the demonstrations in Iran continue, sooner or later, the demonstrators are going to need the support of a leader. Otherwise, the demonstrations may disintegrate, due to factionalism and dispute over how to continue.

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Obama Must Speak Up Quickly or Iran Can Become His Rwanda

Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran, Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Voice of America, Iran Election, World News
Sam Sedaei

What ignited the protests may have been Ahmadinejad's hijacking of the election, but what has been fueling the protests and disobedience by millions of Iranians goes much deeper than this election.

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Khamenei's Obsession with the Mahdi

Melody Moezzi | Posted 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Obama Iran, Imam, Khamenei, Shiraz, Obama Iran Policy, Khomeini, Iranian Election, Mahdi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Protests, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election 2009, Tehran, Obama Iran Engagement, Ayatullah, Twelver, Shi’A, Shi’ite, World News
Melody Moezzi

As an Iranian Twelver, I have no doubt that if the Mahdi is among us, he would agree that the so-called Islamic republic has indeed constituted a great disservice to Islam.

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Supreme Leader to Demonstrators: "Drop Dead!"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Krauthammer, Wolfowitz, President Obama, Obama Iran Policy, Iran, NeoCon Foreign Policy, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The titanic struggle of wills between the Supreme Leader and Mousavi is so riveting that it may very well seal the fate of any durable prospect of a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran.

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A Day Nigerians And Iranians Would Never Forget

Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Elections, Khomeni, Ahmadinejad, Iranians, Nigerians, World News
Rev. Bekeh Utietiang

On June 12, Nigerian hopes were lost when the 1993 election was annulled. Sixteen Junes later, Iranians face a similar plight.

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A Way Out Of The Iranian Stalemate

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khamenei, Iran Election, Iran Election 2009, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Elections, Iranian Election, Ahmadinejad, World News
J. Bradley Jansen

By declaring a new run-off between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi, Khamenei could uphold the law and will of the council while simultaneously assuaging the protesters.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Round-Up

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Russia, India, Yemen, Missile Defense, Pakistan, Al-Shabbab, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Greece, Sudan, BRIC Summit, Somalia, Benjamin Netanyahu, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, China, North Korea, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : What to Make of Iran's Post-Election Uproar Facts: Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quickly declared the...

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What Can the Obama Administration Do About Iran?

Neil Hicks | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Elections, Akbar Ganji, Mir Hossein Mousavi, U.S. Human Rights Promotion, Ayatollah Khamenei, President Ahmadinejad, President Obama, u.s. Foreign Policy, World News, World News
Neil Hicks

Ahmadinejad's disputed victory has exposed fissures within the leadership and called into question the authority and the sure-footedness of the Supreme Leader.

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Five Reasons Why The Iranian Pre-Election Poll Can't Be Trusted

David Moore | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Poll, Protest Demonstration, 2009 Election, Iran Elections, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Statistics, Polling, Iran Protests, Opinion Polling, Iranian Election, World News
David Moore

If we can believe the poll, and the authors' arguments, it's plausible that Ahmadinejad did in fact win the election with more than 60 percent of the vote. But don't be fooled.

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Ron Paul Is Sole "No" Vote On Iran Resolution

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ron Paul, Iran Election 2009, Iran Election 2009 Demonstrations, Iran, Libertarian, Iranian Election, Iran-Resolution, Politics News

The House voted 405-1 today for a resolution in support of the Iranian dissidents and condemning the ruling government. And the one man who opposed it...

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The Supreme Leader's Gamble: Iran's Crisis Deepens

Robin Wright | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle East, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Election, Khamenei-Speech, World News
Robin Wright

In taking an unyielding stand behind the results of the contested vote, Iran's supreme leader put his own position and powers on the line too.

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Obama and the Ayatollah

William Bradley | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Afghanistan, Iran, Supreme Leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hostage Crisis, Iraq, Ali Khamenei, Al Qaeda, Al Jazeera, Revolutionary Guards, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Demonstrations in Tehran, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, World News
William Bradley

How to respond to the Ayatollah is a particularly tricky question for Obama, because he has an unusual dual role to play: Inspirational global icon and president of the United States.

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Ahmadinejad Dreams of Being an American [VIDEO]

Dan Mirvish | Posted 07.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Video, Satire, Iran, Iraq, Iran Elections, Comedy, Comedy News
Dan Mirvish

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It Ain't Over till the Ayatollah Says So

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Supreme Leader, Twitter, Mehdi Karroubi, Egypt, Middle East, Iran Election, Arab Media, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Democracy, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Media, Barack Obama, World News
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.

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Iran Uprising: Why Do So Many Want Obama To Turn Iran's Protests Into A "Teabag Party"?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Revolution, Teabagging, President Obama, Iran, Obama, Joe Biden, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Protests 2009, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Tax Day Tea Party, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Uprising, Iran Protests, Iran Uprising 2009, Hillary Clinton, Tea Party, World News
Stuart Whatley

Those who wish for Obama to adopt a stronger tone ground their argument in the arrogant belief that our endorsement is the sine qua non of any successful democratic political movement.

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Media Literacy 101: Cloak-and-Dagger News

Susan Moeller | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Abc, Islam, Bbc, Voa, Twitter, Technology, Iran, Mcclatchy, Media News, Media Literacy, Facebook, Tiananmen Square, Web 2.0, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Channel 4, Youtube, Cnn, Youtube Diplomacy, New York Times, Washington Post, Vietnam, Censor, Terrorism, World News
Susan Moeller

It's not just Iran. Getting news out of countries in the throes of political turmoil has always been dicey. And getting the news out has often meant using the most recent technology to thwart the authorities.

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Media Literacy 101: "Allah O Akbar!" has become a cry for freedom

Susan Moeller | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Islam, Terrorism, Technology, Twitter, Media News, Facebook, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Web 2.0, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Youtube, Youtube Diplomacy, Media Literacy, Iranian Revolution, Abc, Ayatollah Khomeini, Allah O Akbar, Media News
Susan Moeller

The pictures from Tehran are showing that Iranians are not monolithic in their beliefs. Demonstrably they can be both committed to God and to free and fair elections.

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