Iran reformist regains influence
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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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Nothing in the office of Iran's sole Jewish lawmaker calls attention to his faith &#151; no Star of David, no menorah or other symbol of Judaism. But like nearly every public building in Iran, it has a portrait of the Islamic Revolution's patriarch, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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The hard-liners who won Iran's parliamentary elections have focused on women's rights in their efforts to reverse the reforms carried out under the moderate president.
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The stormy saga between the United States and Iran takes one of the most unusual turns since the 1979 revolution as former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami arrives in Washington to give a major address on Thursday, the same day that the Bush administration holds talks in Europe on new U.N....
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have gained greater short-term power with the resignation of Iran's top nuclear negotiator, but the departure appears to have further damaged the president's standing among many conservatives in the Islamic republic.
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The Mahdi, an imam who happens to be Ahmadinejad's favorite, has become the object of frenzied and government-nurtured worship
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The celebration of the birthday of Imam Mahdi, the savior of the Shiite faith, is receiving plenty of attention from the government of Iran.
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A former Iranian leader who is considered an opponent of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was far ahead in the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial election results reported by state-run television Sunday.
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Sayeed Habibi considers himself a marked man. The reason: his Internet blog that challenges some of the policies of Iran's theocracy.
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Iran's abrupt change of nuclear negotiators spotlights internal power struggles, too.
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Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoini, a former Iranian lawmaker who has been jailed without charges in Tehran for more than 100 days, was briefly released from detention last Thursday to attend a memorial service, where he shouted out allegations of torture and other harsh treatment, according to his lawyers...
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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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Clerics picked Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday to lead a powerful Iranian government body, in a boost for the former president who wants better ties with the West and a blow to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Iran has secretly revived a program to enrich uranium using laser technology, reportedly with favorable results, an Iranian opposition figure said Thursday citing information from members of the resistance inside the country.
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Iran celebrated the 29th anniversary of its Islamic revolution as the government appeared to be taking steps to bury the chances of Parliamentary reform.
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TEHRAN -- A former Iranian president wanted in Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center was leading the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial results of elections reported by state-run television yesterday. Hashemi Rafsanjani, considered an opponent of the current hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had more than 1.5 million votes for ...
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Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday replaced the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, a force U.S. officials have said Washington may label a terrorist group.