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14 Dec 2011

The Supreme Leader Is Worried — Three Developments You Probably Don’t Know

Followers of our daily coverage of Iran will be aware of the political tensions that have gripped the Islamic Republic's establishment. Those battles, from charges of corruption to warning of a "deviant current" affecting the Government, will only grow in intensity before next March's Parliamentary elections. Yet EA sources have given us a story that goes even farther. The core of the tale is the belief amongst many observers in Iran that, despite all the attacks upon it, the President's camp will be the winner in the elections. Whether or not that assessment is correct, the Supreme Leader's advisors are concerned.
Followers of our daily coverage of Iran will be aware of the political tensions that have gripped the Islamic Republic's...
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2 Dec 2011

Iran: domestic power plays

Tehran has once again sent shock waves around the globe as protesters stormed the British Embassy and residence forcing London to withdraw its diplomats from Iran at a critical time when Iranians are preparing for what Iran's Intelligence Minister has labeled as "the most critical elections in the Islamic Republic's history".
Tehran has once again sent shock waves around the globe as protesters stormed the British Embassy and residence forcing...
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29 Nov 2011

Revolutionary Guard’s calling card  Â

There was little dissembling the official nature of the Iranian demonstration that stormed the British embassy and residence in Tehran yesterday. Police used teargas and secured the release of six embassy employees taken by what the semi-official Fars news agency called hardline students. But the students themselves included members of the paramilitary basij brigades and carried banners naming Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, which runs the overseas operations of the Revolutionary Guard. This may not have been a government-sanctioned operation but it was an official one, with three conservative institutions, the parliament, the judiciary and the supreme leader, behind it.
There was little dissembling the official nature of the Iranian demonstration that stormed the British embassy and...
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29 Nov 2011

Khamenei Supports the Military’s Political Activities in Politics

As much criticism for the involvement of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the Basij para-military forces in political affairs has been going around in Iran in recent years and critics call such interference to be contrary to the constitution and contradicting the guidance of the founder of the Islamic Republic ayatollah Khomeini, the country s current leader ayatollah Khamenei through recent remarks approved the interference of the military in politics by calling the Basij a "political" entity.
As much criticism for the involvement of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the Basij para-military forces in political...
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27 Nov 2011

Khamenei: Islamic system’s perseverance inspires nations

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the perseverance of the Islamic system has been inspiring people around the world. The Leader made the remarks in an address to thousands of basijis (volunteer forces) from across the country during a meeting held in Tehran on Sunday to commemorate Basij Week, which started on November 21 and ends on November 27. Ayatollah Khamenei dismissed the West s allegations that Iran provoked the popular uprisings in the Arab world, noting, "The Islamic Republic does not need to do such things because the survival, perseverance, and honesty of the Islamic system is by itself inspiring and is guiding nations."
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the perseverance of the Islamic...
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23 Nov 2011

Three Possibilities of Foreign Military Attack

After a period of public verbal confrontations between Iranian and Western officials, the website of Iran s supreme leader ayatollah Khamenei has taken the possibility of military action against Iran seriously and now posts an analysis on three possible military scenarios Iran could be subjected to. In a related development, a Revolutionary Guard commander has threatened that Iran would fire missiles at Israel if the country was attacked by that country.
After a period of public verbal confrontations between Iranian and Western officials, the website of Iran s supreme...
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16 Nov 2011

Will Ayatollah Khamenei eliminate the Iranian presidency

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, one of the greatest failures of the country s leadership has been the inability to make a promised transition from a monarchy to republican rule. In fact, since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began his tenure as Supreme Leader twenty-two years ago, he has centralized power further in his own hands, creating what can be called a clerical monarchy.
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, one of the greatest failures of the country s leadership has been the...
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11 Nov 2011

Khamenei’s power consolidation gambit

Throughout his tenure as Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei has utilised control of Iran's judiciary to enforce his rules. When the legislative branch became an obstacle during the refomist-dominated sixth Majles - with the chairmanship of Mehdi Karroubi - Khamenei countered. Utilising the judiciary, he purged nearly all sitting reformist parliamentarians. Each Majles since has coalesced around his rule. With the Judicial and Legislative branches showing fealty, Khamenei set his sights on the Executive. In 2005 and 2009, contested presidential elections were used to eliminate political opposition and send a message to conservative factions that full allegiance to Khamenei was non-negotiable.
Throughout his tenure as Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei has utilised control of Iran's judiciary to enforce his...
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11 Nov 2011

Iranian reformists see free elections, not constitutional changes as way out of crisis

Even though the suggestion that Iran s supreme leader ayatollah Khamenei made two weeks ago about changing the constitution of the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system received a cold response in domestic political circles including key regime personalities such as ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Majlis members who is close to the conservatives yesterday announced that ayatollah Khamenei had named a special group to examine the possibility of amending the constitution.
Even though the suggestion that Iran s supreme leader ayatollah Khamenei made two weeks ago about changing the...
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28 Oct 2011

Iran’s Power Struggle Goes Beyond Personalities to Future of Presidency ItselfÂ

The fighting in Iran is very serious now, said Seyed Mojtaba Vahedi, a former editor of Aftab-e Yazd, an influential reformist newspaper. The supreme leader has wanted more control over the presidency for a long time, but he never expected to have such problems with Ahmadinejad.
The fighting in Iran is very serious now, said Seyed Mojtaba Vahedi, a former editor of Aftab-e Yazd, an influential...
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26 Oct 2011

Ghasem Soleimani; Ahmadinejad’s Possible Successor

With the announcement that documents pertaining to the plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington have been submitted to the United Nations and submission of documents implicating Iran s Ghods force in the plan to the Security Council, the name of the commander of the Ghods force, Ghasem Soleimani is again the focus of media attention, both in Iran and internationally. Some foreign media have even called him the number two man in the Islamic Republic of Iran after supreme leader ayatollah Khamenei.
With the announcement that documents pertaining to the plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington have been...
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17 Oct 2011

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns U.S. over talk of retaliation

Iran s supreme leader warned the United States on Sunday that any measures taken against Tehran over an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington would elicit a "resolute" response.
Iran s supreme leader warned the United States on Sunday that any measures taken against Tehran over an alleged plot to...
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16 Oct 2011

Iran could scrap directly elected president leader

Iran could do away with the post of a directly elected president, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, in what might be a warning to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and possible successors not to overstep the executive's limited powers
Iran could do away with the post of a directly elected president, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday,...
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16 Oct 2011

Duelling Propaganda Banjos Play Over Backroom Manoeuvres

Quoting unnamed sources, the website claimed that not only was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad aware of the plot, but that he had planned it himself. According to the claim, the Iranian president suggested to Khamenei that terrorist operations be authorized outside Iran to neutralize the effect of the Arab Spring on Iran and prevent the toppling of the Islamic Republic.
Quoting unnamed sources, the website claimed that not only was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad aware of the plot, but that he had...
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12 Oct 2011

U.S. believes Iran’s Khamenei authorized assassination plot

The U.S. government believes it is highly likely that Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei signed off on a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington and bomb the Saudi and Israeli embassies here, senior U.S. officials said Wednesday.
The U.S. government believes it is highly likely that Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei signed off on a plot to...
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20 Sep 2011

Khamenei throws the gauntlet at the West

It is important to examine Khamenei's words in detail as this was his most important public speech since June 2009, when he addressed Friday Prayers a week after the disputed presidential elections that triggered unprecedented demonstrations and riots in Tehran. The quality of that speech, marked foremost by the subtle and complex messages it transmitted, enabled the Islamic Republic and its loyalists to systematically dismantle the political, intellectual and organizational infrastructure of the country's emerging protest movement, widely referred to as the Green movement.
It is important to examine Khamenei's words in detail as this was his most important public speech since June 2009, when...
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15 Sep 2011

Faster, Please! Khamenei Must Go (and Take Ahmadinejad too, Please)

According to several recent reports, the Obama administration is now considering more forceful action against Iran in Iraq. This is as understandable as it was inevitable; as I wrote many months before the invasion of Iraq, it is folly to expect to maintain decent security there so long as the current regime remains in power in Tehran. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his henchmen cannot tolerate the existence of a free, stable democratic society in its Shi ite neighbor to the West, nor in Afghanistan to the East.
According to several recent reports, the Obama administration is now considering more forceful action against Iran in...
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11 Sep 2011

Playing with Khamenei in Syria’s Field

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s live interview on August 24th with al-Minar Television - the official mouthpiece of Lebanese Hezbollah - in which he discussed events in Syria resulted in much speculations. A behind-the-scenes source knowledgeable with the interview spoke to Rooz about the event.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s live interview on August 24th with al-Minar Television - the official mouthpiece of Lebanese...
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20 Aug 2011

Is the Arrest of Ahmadinejad Imminent

Evidence is piling up that suggests Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will order the arrest of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the not-too-distant future. This conclusion, based largely on information from open sources, is supported by extraordinary new revelations provided by a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who recently spoke with this reporter.
Evidence is piling up that suggests Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will order the arrest of President...
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19 Aug 2011

When a mullah imitates Louis XIV

These days, Ali Khamenei must be a happy man. He has launched a campaign to cast himself as Imam , a title that Iranian Shiites reserve for the 12 descendants of Ali Ibn Abi-Talib, the fourth Caliph of Islam. By calling himself 'Imam', Khamenei hopes to put himself above grand Ayatollahs as the highest echelon of Shiite clergy.
These days, Ali Khamenei must be a happy man. He has launched a campaign to cast himself as Imam , a title that Iranian...
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11 Aug 2011

Ahmadinejad appears to have done a deal with IRGC

Getting the military on his side allows him to prepare to challenge Khamenei's nominees in the 2012 presidential elections A major surprise in Iran this week was the appointment of General Rostam Ghasemi who held a post with the Revolutionary Guards as oil minister. A few months ago Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad failed to get approval to give this key job to his loyalist Mohammad Ali Abadi. The oil minister's job has been at the heart of a bitter battle between Ahmadinejad and his conservative opponents headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is supported by the Guards.
Getting the military on his side allows him to prepare to challenge Khamenei's nominees in the 2012 presidential...
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5 Aug 2011

Iran’s ‘unremarkable’ supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei

"I have a poor soul, an incomplete body, and the little bit of dignity that you have given me - I will sacrifice it all for the Revolution and for Islam," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in 2009. In Iran, the word of Ali Khamenei is absolute. For more than two decades he has been his country's supreme leader.
"I have a poor soul, an incomplete body, and the little bit of dignity that you have given me - I will sacrifice it all...
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2 Aug 2011

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ‘Moderate’

In the ongoing clash between Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, analysts persist in trying to determine who's the more moderate: the Holocaust-denying Ahmadinejad, or Khamenei, the patron of Tehran's murderous revolutionary guards?
In the ongoing clash between Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,...
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2 Aug 2011

What Happened at Khamenei-Majlis Leaders Meeting

Khamenei: I intended to hold this meeting first thing in the morning, but this did not happen. The incident at yesterday s Majlis session has deeply disturbed me and has raised a serious concern. At times some events require one to seek help from God. My unhappiness is because of the disrespect that was provided to the president. You disrespected the president. You have the right to point out things to him, question him, and even censure him but you cannot insult anyone, particularly the president.
Khamenei: I intended to hold this meeting first thing in the morning, but this did not happen. The incident at yesterday...
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27 Jul 2011

Asking the Supreme Leader to Intervene in His Case Resulted in Additional Charges for Abdollah Momeni

One year after political prisoner Abdollah Momeni s letter to the Supreme Leader describing horrific tortures he endured during his interrogations, he was summoned to Court located inside of Evin to face new charges. Charges that according to the Tehran Prosecutor, Momeni will be put on trial for.
One year after political prisoner Abdollah Momeni s letter to the Supreme Leader describing horrific tortures he endured...
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22 Jul 2011

The Supreme Leader’s Economic PlanÂ

On July 19, Iran s highest authority, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, published a General Employment Policy consisting of 13 goals or strategies to improve employment in Iran. The plan was an indirect but telling acknowledgement of Iran s massive unemployment problem --- it follows just a week after statements by Khamenei to Iran s Chamber of Commerce in which the Supreme Leader urged economic optimism and restraint in publishing discouraging items regarding the economy. The statement was published to virtually every state-owned or affiliated news agency in Farsi, as well as the the Supreme Leader s website.
On July 19, Iran s highest authority, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, published a General Employment Policy consisting of...
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18 Jul 2011

Iran’s Khamenei sabotaged dialogue talks, official claims

A top Bahraini official accused Iran of scuttling a potential deal between the government and the opposition during a weekend dialogue that went nowhere. Fahad Ebrahim Shehabi, a spokesman for the Bahraini parliament, said the talks were going well until the main Shiite Muslim opposition, Wefaq, pulled out because of Iran, which opposes Bahrain's Sunni monarchy.
A top Bahraini official accused Iran of scuttling a potential deal between the government and the opposition during a...
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16 Jul 2011

Top Iran cleric warns all factions to obey Supreme Leader

A top Iranian cleric warned Friday that the Islamic Republic would not tolerate disobedience towards Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, in a Friday prayers sermon in Tehran, stated that obedience would allow the country to move ahead and anything less would not be tolerated.
A top Iranian cleric warned Friday that the Islamic Republic would not tolerate disobedience towards Iran's Supreme...
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11 Jul 2011

Khamenei versus Khamenei: Will Ahmadinejad Be Impeached

This is an excerpt from a letter that Mehdi Karroubi wrote to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei protesting the intervention of Khamenei's second son, Seyyed Mojtaba, in the first round of the Iranian presidential election on June 17, 2005. Karroubi ran as a reformist candidate in those elections, and for several hours after the polls closed he was trailing only one other candidate, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
This is an excerpt from a letter that Mehdi Karroubi wrote to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei protesting the intervention of...
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5 Jul 2011

Iran’s supreme leader warns against internal disputes

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned on Monday against fueling disputes among Iranian officials and creating clamor in the country, stressing the importance of unity, the local satellite Press TV reported.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned on Monday against fueling disputes...
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28 Jun 2011

Reason for Ahmadinejad’s Absence at Supreme Leader’s Meeting

The crisis between Ahmadinejad supporters and the regime leadership in Tehran is expanding by the day. The arrest of Ahmadinejad s four close allies and his absence at a meeting that ayatollah Khamenei had with visiting Afghan President Karzai last week may be more signs of the return of the domestic crises and the concluding phase of the confrontation
The crisis between Ahmadinejad supporters and the regime leadership in Tehran is expanding by the day. The arrest of...
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23 Jun 2011

Enfeebling Ahmadinejad: Iran’s President Downsized for Challenging the Ayatullah

How do you say "lame duck" in Farsi? (According to Google's translation service, the answer would be: ???? ???????) And in a twist worthy of Game of Thrones, less than two years after his disputed reelection and the brutal crackdown on opponents that followed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been reduced to a ???? ???????. And that's just about where the clerical Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei -- who abandoned the political neutrality required of his office in 2009 to hail Ahmadinejad as the candidate whose views were closest to his own -- wants the president.
How do you say "lame duck" in Farsi? (According to Google's translation service, the answer would be: ???? ???????) And...
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9 Jun 2011

Ahmadinejad Isolated by Battle With Iran’s Supreme Leader

Speaking at the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was interrupted several times by chants against his closest aide and the man he'd like to succeed him, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.
Speaking at the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini last week, Iranian President Mahmoud...
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7 Jun 2011

Iran’s president admits rift with country’s senior Islamic figures

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has admitted for the first time that a rift has developed between him and some of the most senior figures of the Islamic regime. In a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, the first since news emerged of his power struggle with the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the president said: "It is very clear now that we are 180 degrees away from them - we are actually on opposite sides."
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has admitted for the first time that a rift has developed between him and some of...
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30 May 2011

Tension Between Supporters of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei

The first direct confrontation between supporters of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been reported in Shiraz. The acting provincial governor general of Fars province was sacked for criticizing the "perverted group," the hardliners' code name for the inner circle of Ahmadinejad and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahimi Mashaei.
The first direct confrontation between supporters of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been reported in...
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28 May 2011

Khamenei aide urges Ahmadinejad ‘turn back to main path’ in Iran

An aide to Iran's supreme leader called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday to 'turn back to the main path', suggesting the Islamic state's highest power may be losing patience with the head of government.
An aide to Iran's supreme leader called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday to 'turn back to the main path',...
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23 May 2011

Iran’s supreme leader and president in power struggle

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wanted to send his onetime protege Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an unmistakable message: You're replaceable. The Iranian president had been skipping Cabinet meetings, apparently over Khamenei's decision to overrule his firing of the country's intelligence chief. So Khamenei asked a conservative lawmaker to begin assembling a caretaker Cabinet, just in case the president resigned or had to be removed, said an Iranian official close to the politician.
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wanted to send his onetime protege Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an unmistakable message:...
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20 May 2011

Newest Top 1000 List For IRI Officials

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his son Mojtaba have stolen billions of dollars from Iran and stashed the money in foreign accounts. This is according to a document that purports to show the ill-gotten wealth in foreign bank accounts of 1,000 of Iran s leaders and family members.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his son Mojtaba have stolen billions of dollars from Iran and stashed the money in...
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17 May 2011

Ahmadinejad TV Interview Khamenei ‘Like a Father to Our Society’ – Tehran Bureau

Here is Tehran Bureau's transcript of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's live interview Sunday night (and very early Monday morning) on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting channel TV2
Here is Tehran Bureau's transcript of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's live interview Sunday night (and very early Monday...
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14 May 2011

Iranian ‘feud’ Much ado about nothing

A public spat between Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the country's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the international headlines last week. Politics is rarely ever a harmonious business in any country, so why the brouhaha over this particular stand-off?
A public spat between Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the country's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made...
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9 May 2011

Iran leadership row weakens Ahmadinejad camp as president cautioned

A power struggle between Iran s top leaders could shake the Islamic Republic to its foundations, with no sign that its hard-line president can regain the trust of conservative politicians and clerics, analysts say. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/May-09/Iran-leadership-row-weakens-Ahmadinejad-camp-as-president-cautioned.ashx#ixzz1LrpHs8s9 (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
A power struggle between Iran s top leaders could shake the Islamic Republic to its foundations, with no sign that its...
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9 May 2011

Ahmadinejad swings back inline

Iran's "power struggle" between President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the sacking of the intelligence minister is over, with the president appearing to have learned the lesson not to question the higher authority. On Sunday, Ahmadinejad held a cabinet meeting at which Heydar Moslehi, the minister at the center of the unprecedented square off over the past couple of weeks, attended.
Iran's "power struggle" between President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the sacking...
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8 May 2011

Iran’s Leader Orders Murder of Protesters in Syria

An official source within the Sadr movement, the Iraqi Islamist national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr, is insisting that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran has declared the protesters in Syria to be God's enemies, ordering the Revolutionary Guards and Lebanese Hezbollah to fiercely combat the protesters in Syria and enter into an armed battle with them.
An official source within the Sadr movement, the Iraqi Islamist national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr, is insisting...
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8 May 2011

Tensions rise amid Iran political feud

A dramatic feud at the highest level of Iran's government appears to be intensifying, with speculation that president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be preparing to resign. The speculation stems from a political dispute between Ahmadinejad and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A dramatic feud at the highest level of Iran's government appears to be intensifying, with speculation that president...
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7 May 2011

Ahmadinejad on the Ropes in Clash with his Khamenei

Iran's streets are quiet, the uprising that followed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection two years ago but a memory as opposition leaders languish in prison or under house arrest, and fear of the brutal security forces restrains most from protesting. And yet, there are unmistakable signs that the regime is literally cracking up.
Iran's streets are quiet, the uprising that followed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection two years ago but a...
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6 May 2011

Khamenei tells Ahmadinejad Reinstate intelligence chief or resign

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state affairs, issues ultimatum after vetoing President Ahmadinejad's decision last month to dismiss Heydar Moslehi; according to website Ayandeh the president is yet to respond.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state affairs, issues ultimatum after vetoing...
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6 May 2011

Ahmadinejad row with Khamenei intensifies

A political dispute between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader is reported to have intensified. Ahmadinejad is said to be contemplating resigning after Heidar Moslehi, the intelligence minister he had sacked, was reinstated by Khamenei.
A political dispute between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's...
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5 May 2011

Trouble at the top

IN THE Byzantine corridors of Iranian power, a tussle between Iran s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is becoming steadily more bitter. The latest bout began in April when Mr Ahmadinejad discovered that Heidar Moslehi, the minister of intelligence, was bugging the offices of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, his own chief of staff and a close ally. Mr Ahmadinejad fired Mr Moslehi. But Mr Khamenei, who dislikes Mr Mashaei, fast reinstated him.
IN THE Byzantine corridors of Iranian power, a tussle between Iran s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and its supreme...
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3 May 2011

Khamenei places his son in control of Iran’s oil

Iran Channel -- It s a classic case of an isolated elite in a dying regime, fighting over the spoils of the nation s wealth. Iran s petrodollars are now under the direct personal control of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, his son, and his most trusted inner circle.
Iran Channel -- It s a classic case of an isolated elite in a dying regime, fighting over the spoils of the nation s...
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3 May 2011

Spy flap weakens Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Electronic surveillance of officials at the highest levels of political power lies at the heart of a rift between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a source close to Tehran's conservative leadership told The Times.
Electronic surveillance of officials at the highest levels of political power lies at the heart of a rift between...
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ahmadinejad, espionage, khamenei, power struggle
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18 Apr 2011

Iran Minister of Intelligence, Heidar Moslehi, tenders resignation, Supreme Leader refuses.

The departure of Heidar Moslehi could signal another high-profile rift between Ahmadinejad and a member of his government over his hard-line policies. The report Sunday on IRNA gave no details about the resignation, but noted that Moslehi will keep a role as an adviser. Moslehi played a key role in the crackdown on opposition groups after the disputed re-election of Ahmadinejad in 2009.
The departure of Heidar Moslehi could signal another high-profile rift between Ahmadinejad and a member of his...
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24 Mar 2011

Supreme Leader is Accountable for Crimes Taking Place

Before the Revolution, Mr. Khomeini said something like this about the Shah of Iran: If he knows what crimes are carried out by those under his rule, he is a partner in those crimes. And if he doesn t know about them, shame on him! We could repeat the same thing today about Mr. Khamenei, said Bazargan.
Before the Revolution, Mr. Khomeini said something like this about the Shah of Iran: If he knows what crimes are carried...
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6 Mar 2011

Ahmadinejad, Rafsanjani, and the Battle in the Assembly of Experts (Khalaji)

This power struggle within Iran's political elite will be on full display during the March 8-9 semiannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts, the body charged with selecting the country's Supreme Leader and, in the case of the imminent meeting, electing a head of the assembly for the coming year.
This power struggle within Iran's political elite will be on full display during the March 8-9 semiannual meeting of the...
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demise, khamenei, power struggle, rafsanjani
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4 Feb 2011

Khamenei hails ‘Islamic’ uprisings

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader has called the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia an "Islamic liberation movement". In his address, during Friday prayers at Tehran University in Iran's capital, he said that people are witnessing the reverberations of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. "The awakening of the Islamic Egyptian people is an Islamic liberation movement and I, in the name of the Iranian government, salute the Egyptian people and the Tunisian people,"he said.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader has called the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia an "Islamic liberation...
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17 Jan 2011

When EA Became the Supreme Leader’s Facebook Friend

Earlier this week The Guardian of London, noting an article on the opposition site Kalemeh, wrote in astonishment: even though Twitter and Facebook are blocked in Iran, the Supreme Leader had come out on both. Only thing is: it's an old story.
Earlier this week The Guardian of London, noting an article on the opposition site Kalemeh, wrote in astonishment: even...
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