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Cleric wields religion to challenge Iran’s theocracy By Michael Slackman, New York Times, November 22, 2009 For years, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri criticized Iran’s supreme leader and argued that the country was not...
Following the escalation of protests by Iran's senior ayatollahs against the regime, some members of the Qom Seminary Teachers Association (the most important organization of clerics affiliated with the regime) are planning to...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Concern over political corruption in the office of Iran's supreme leader suggests Ali Khamenei may be the last person to hold the position, an analyst said. Khamenei ascended to the role of supreme...
The opposition takes to the streets again THIRTY years ago, the world was mesmerised by pictures of 52 blindfolded Americans being taken hostage in their embassy in Tehran by Iranian students. This week’s anniversary provided...
TEHRAN (AFP) - Thousands of Iranians staged a noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran Wednesday to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago.Huge crowds from early morning desce...
A top Iranian dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, said Wednesday the capture of the US Embassy in 1979 by Islamist students was a mistake. "The occupation of the American embassy at the start had the start...
"Innocence is to be presumed, and no one is to be held guilty of a charge unless his or her guilt has been established by a competent court." -- Article 37, chapter III of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran -By...
You have come a long way in 53 years, Mr President. But your increasingly autocratic rule is driving Iran into the ground Dear Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I write this message on the occasion of your birth, which took place 53 years...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's deep aversion for the West dims any prospect of a lasting nuclear deal or a rapprochement with the United States. Iran may or may not endorse a draft accord forged this week with...
BBC Radio 4's Analysis: Ayatollogy is broadcast on Monday 19 October at 20.30 BST. President Ahmadinejad may have clung onto power after last summer's elections, but opposition to his government continues. Some of the country's...
