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Iran: Is the US Government Now Going to Engage with the Opposition?

4 hours ago ago from Enduring America

Thanks to EA readers, who have brought me up-to-date on the US Government's initiatives on Iran. This includes the Victims of Iranian Censorship (VOICE) Act,  unanimously passed by the US Senate in July to provide $30 million for expanded Persian-language broadcasting into Iran and $20 million for a new “Iranian Electronic Education, Exchange, and Media Fund” to aid in getting access to information and circumventing censorship and ...

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Iran: Is Ayatollah Sane’i The Next Montazeri?

7 hours ago ago from Enduring America

As the death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri provides a symbol both of mourning and of hope for the challenge to the Iranian regime, Josh Shahryar sees another senior cleric filling the religious and political space: When Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri died three days ago, perhaps the most nagging question on everyone’s mind was who would replace a man of such stature. Asked about who he had designated as his successor, Montazeri’s ...

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Irans’ Big Year

2 hours ago ago from zaph8000.com

It's been a long year in Iran, what with dodgy elections, protesters to abuse & imprison & accusations to level at the rest of the world there's been hardly any time at all to spend on what Iran really wanted for Christmas, a really big nuclear bomb, it's lucky that the US had time to fake some documents for their nuclear trigger since otherwise they'd have got nothing at all done. Maybe they'll have to settle for civilian nuclear power in ...

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Iranian Wishful Thinking–One More Time!

23 hours ago ago from What After Iraq?

The ability of Americans to believe that Iran secretly wants to be just like us but is repressed by unrepresentative opponents never ceases to amaze me, and the dynamic is at work once again surrounding the funueral of Grand Ayatollah Mir Hussein Montazeri. Predictably, the death of one of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's original associates who turned against the current ruling class has energized the persistent minority in Iran that seeks ...

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Stalemate: How Obama's Iran Outreach Failed

1 hour, 38 minutes ago ago from New America Today

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Iranian Leader Dismisses U.S. Nuclear Deadline : NPR

20 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Iranian Leader Dismisses U.S. Nuclear Deadline by The Associated Press text size A A A December 22, 2009 Iran's president on Tuesday dismissed a year-end ...

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Prosecutor: Iran Still Investigating 3 Americans : NPR

22 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Prosecutor: Iran Still Investigating 3 Americans by The Associated Press text size A A A TEHRAN, Iran December 22, 2009, 12:08 pm ET Three Americans arrested ...

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BBC News - Iranian crowd stops execution and frees convicts

1 day ago ago from BBC

A crowd of people have helped two convicts escape a public execution in Iran, officials there say. The crowd overpowered security services and helped two men convicted of robbery to escape hanging in the province of Kerman, the Fars news agency reported. The men were recaptured hours later, and justice department officials say they will be put to death on Wednesday. Iran executes more people than anywhere else in the world except China, ...

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Iran opposition leader loses job

9 hours ago ago from CNN - World

Iran opposition leader loses job RELATED TOPICS Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution on Tuesday evening booted former opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi from his post as head of the Academy of Arts, Iranian media reported. The council proposed poet Ali Moalem Damghani to replace Mousavi. Mousavi challenged Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the presidency, and, along ...

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3 Detained American Hikers Under Investigation

20 hours ago ago from FOX News

3 Detained American Hikers Under Investigation Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Print YouTube Josh Fattal, 27, Shane Bauer, 27, and Sarah Shourd, 31, are seen dancing in a video made in Iraq just two days before they were detained by Iranian authorities when they crossed into Iran. Josh Fattal, 27, Shane Bauer, 27, and Sarah Shourd, 31, are seen dancing in a video made in Iraq just two days before they were detained by Iranian authorities ...

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