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Nov 6 2009
An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country’s most powerful man to his face. Mahmoud Vahidnia has received an outpouring of support from government opponents for the challenge...
Jul 18 2009
Tens of thousands of Iranians flooded the streets of Tehran yesterday to hear the country’s most influential powerbroker pronounce the Islamic Republic in crisis and as he called for the release of those arrested in recent pro-democracy...
Mar 16 2008
Was anyone really fooled by this sham election? From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: The leader of a hard-line Islamic group, however, praised the outcome. “I’m glad and happy to know Iran’s...
Mar 15 2008
A suggestion by the Iranian Ambassador to Britain that his country should foster closer links with Scotland than with England was treated with a mixture of bemusement and horror by Scottish politicians yesterday. Praising what he saw as Scotland’s...