Iran's successful blend: charity, ideology
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Benevolence Day is a windfall for an organization that is a model for other Shiite groups in the world.
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CAMBRIDGE -- Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said yesterday that he was satisfied with the progress he made toward expanding freedom in Iran during his eight years at the helm --and he asserted that Iran is still heading toward democracy.
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Iranians may have lost faith in the mullahs, but they're not about to overthrow them.
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seated alongside his Iranian counterpart in the most extensive, high-level contact between the countries in years. relations but occasionally over the past few years their senior envoys have crossed paths at international meetings.
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Iran is sending mixed messages on enrichment, and international powers have been slow to join and push sanctions.
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SPEAKER: IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD   [*]   AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the name of God, the compassionate and the merciful, oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.  ...
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TEHRAN, Dec 16 (IPS) - By hosting an international conference on the  Holocaust this week, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad succeeded in  doing what he does best-- outraging the West and taunting the  Israeli state. But he has also got the small community of Iranian  Jews worried.
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Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan's network has helped Iran with its nuclear program, providing not only expertise but also components, according to a CIA report to Congress.
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GHARA TEPE SHEIKH, Iran  - American Louise Firouz made Iran her home half a century ago. Now 75, she runs a stud farm in the remote northeast and has watched the turbulent transformation of her adopted country from U.S.-ally to arch foe.
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Why a dusty town 90 miles south of Tehran may hold the key to Iranâs future.
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TEHRAN -- A new movement of passive resistance is quietly sweeping young people in Iran, a response both to the reform movement's failure to introduce political and economic change and conservatives' control over who can run for office, according to Iranian student leaders and political analysts.
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After eight years of a bold but bungled experiment with reform, Iran's government is in the throes of a takeover by conservatives determined to restore the revolution's Islamic purity, according to Iranian politicians and analysts.
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Vilified as a Holocaust denier, a supporter of terrorism and a backer of Iraqi insurgents, the president of Iran was actually able to make New Yorkers burst into laughter -- but not at a joke.
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When the Bush administration decided to invade Iraq two years ago, it envisioned a quick handover to handpicked allies in a secular government that would be the antithesis of Iran's theocracy -- potentially even a foil to Tehran's regional ambitions.
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Iran's moderate ex-President Rafsanjani wins election to Iran's powerful clerical body, marking a surprise comeback.
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Iranian officials often say that places with the greatest troubles offer their country the best opportunities.
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There is an increasing awareness among Iranians of the contrast between their growing influence abroad and frailty at home.