In Tehran, This Guys' Night Out Is About Getting Down to the Hard Line
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TEHRAN The weekly gathering of those who still believe most in the Islamic Revolution was to start promptly at 5 p.m. The time was right there in the lower left-hand corner of Ya Lesarat al-Hussein, the hard-line weekly newspaper that sponsors the Sunday gathering.
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Analysis: A hardening of positions in both Washington and Tehran have created something of a diplomatic perfect storm
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A bluntly heart-tugging city-mouse, country-mouse fable from Iran.
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TEHRAN -- By day, Alireza Samiei covers banking and insurance for an industry newspaper. By night, he writes a daring online blog about Iran's social and political ills.
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A look at Iran's recent crackdown on perceived internal threats:
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Two announcements Sunday appeared intended to enforce Iranâs refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.
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Sometimes the people breaking the rules aren't your typical Rule Breakers.
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It was just past sunset when a car carrying an Iranian diplomat was cruising through the streets of a leafy Shiite neighborhood. Suddenly, two cars filled with uniformed men blocked the way, forced him into a vehicle and sped off.
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Arriving to a euphoric welcome by thousands of cheering locals in Tehran, Germany&#39;s national soccer team takes on Iran Saturday in a friendly that promises much star-packed action.
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In his outward persona at least, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to this country to lessen hostility toward himself and to defend Iran, not to rabble-rouse and provoke hatred. Whether he succeeded remains an open question.
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A Jewish rabbi takes photos as he attends a conference in Tehran aimed at breaking taboos on the Holocaust, December 11.Comment
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Iran's hard-line president, who has berated the United States and refused to compromise on his nuclear program, is now softening his tone, saying Monday he wants dialogue rather than confrontation in Iraq. Tehran also denied it gave sophisticated weapons to militants to attack U.S. forces.
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Iranian officials often say that places with the greatest troubles offer their country the best opportunities.
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The UN Security Council takes up the issue this week, ratcheting up pressure on Tehran.
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Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
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ESFAHAN, Iran -- The squat, tan buildings with barred windows can be reached only by driving well outside the city to a flat stretch of desert on the edge of the hills. The site is surrounded by antiaircraft artillery emplacements and a large metal fence topped with barbed wire.
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A hardline Iranian group announced the creation of a new &amp;quot;battalion&amp;quot; of &amp;quot;martyrdom seekers&amp;quot; -- or suicide attackers -- ready to carry out operations against targets including Israel and author Salman Rushdie.