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Iran Exclusive: The Plot to Remove Ahmadinejad, Act II
Posted on 10. Jul, 2010 by Scott Lucas.
EA sources report that, within the last two weeks, Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani, key MP and Larijani ally Ahmad Tavakoli, Secretary of Expediency Council and 2009 Presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei, and possibly MP Ali Motahari have met to discuss limiting the authority and possibly removing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from power. This inner circle are dissatisfied [...]
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“Praising Fadlallah” Follow-Up: After CNN Editor Fired, Britain Censors Comments of Ambassador to Lebanon (So We’ll Post Them Here)
Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Scott Lucas.
In our coverage of the firing of CNN editor Octavia Nasr over his Twitter comment offering “sadness” for the passing of the late Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah and her respect for him, we noted that — before Nasr’s comments — the British Ambassador to Lebanon, Frances Guy, had offered her own praise for the cleric on her [...]
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Iran Document: Detained Student Leader Tavakoli on 18 Tir & Protest (6 July)
Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Scott Lucas.
Majid Tavakoli, the student leader detained on 7 December, has reportedly posted this letter from Evin Prison. From Human Rights Activists News Agency, translated by Negar Irani: The 11th anniversary of the July 9th attacks on the student dormitories is upon us and yet our pain remains unhealed. On the eve of this 11th anniversary our [...]
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Iran Document: Mousavi on UN Sanctions & Ahmadinejad Government (7 July)
Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Scott Lucas.
From Kalemeh, translated by Negar Irani: Unfortunately, the Security Council’s resolution 1929 was finally passed. This resolution and other resolutions could have easily been avoided had we used some tact and wisdom. If we are discussing this resolution today, it is not to pour further salt on a wound, rather because ignoring the consequences of this resolution [...]
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The Latest from Iran (6 July): Compromise?
Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 by Scott Lucas.
0530 GMT: We begin this morning with another check on the state of the universities crisis between President, Parliament, and Hashemi Rafsanjani. Iranian media are taking the line that the Supreme Leader has ordered a suspension of both the Parliament’s bill and the intervention of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, which in effect backed [...]
