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Opinion: After Egypt, Is Iran Next?

Egypt and Iran are now joined by a date on the calendar: Feb. 11 is Revolution Day in both countries. But Egypt has a far better chance at realizing the hopes of its revolutionaries for a transition to real democracy than Iran did 32 years ago. Unlike Iran, where the fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...

Is a Beleaguered Iran Ripe for Nuclear Negotiation?

(Dec.1) -- Iran enters next week's negotiations with the United States and other world powers boasting a long record of outfoxing opponents of its nuclear ambitions. But this time Tehran comes to the table under nearly unprecedented international and domestic pressure to relinquish enrichment of uranium and other...

Iranian Lawmakers Move to Impeach President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

(Nov. 23) -- Iran's parliament moved to impeach President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this weekend but was thwarted by orders from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an Ahmadinejad supporter, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing conservative papers in Iran. In a report released Sunday, which was discussed in parliament on...

US Works on a Tougher Deal for a Weakened Iran

(Oct. 28) -- The United States and its allies are trying to bring Iran back to the nuclear negotiating table with a new offer that aims to test whether Tehran's resolve has softened. But the deal's tougher terms may do nothing to deter Iran from moving toward its suspected goal of making nuclear weapons. White House...

Ayatollah Khamenei Tells Iranians to Forswear Music

(Aug. 3) -- Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday added an odd foe to the enemies list of the Islamic republic: music. "Although music is halal [permissible under Islam], promoting and teaching it is not compatible with the highest values of the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic," Khamenei said....

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Iran's Oil Threat, "Deja Vu, All Over Again"

There is Iran going back to its old game plan, threatening to ban oil exports.

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Geneive Abdo: Khamenei Narrows Circle of Regime Insiders

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's decision last week to remove former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from a powerful governing post is the most striking example to date of a methodical, decade-long strategy to secure the survival of Iran's ruling elite by narrowing the circle of regime insiders.

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Mubarak, Ben Ali, Now Time for Sayeed Ali

A few days have passed since two of Iran's major opposition leaders were either kidnapped or taken hostage by the regime.

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04/25/12 Overrated: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Source: Standpoint Ever since he became Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has had to contend with the nagging doubt that he is simply not up to the job.