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A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network allegedly shows a Syrian opposition activist waving an black flag of the Islamist Jihadists during a demonstration against the Syrian regime after the Eid al-Fitr prayer in the the central city of Homs on August 8, 2013. At least 4,420 people were killed in […]
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File photo of Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
Rouhani Approaches a Crossroads
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani won a convincing victory in the June 2013 elections. He ran on a moderate platform, promising to overhaul the political status quo in the country. In the process, he handily trounced the original seven largely conformist presidential...Caption:
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds up copies of the Quran and the Bible as he addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York in this September 23, 2010 file picture. Source Reuters/Mike Segar
Ahmedinejad’s About Face
On his eight trips to New York to attend the annual UN Assembly gatherings, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never missed a chance to present himself as a revolutionary. He thundered each time from the UN podium that Iran can help bring about a different kind of...Caption:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, flash victory signs at the start of their press conference, after registering candidacy of Rahim Mashaei for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Who Will Fix Ahmadinejad’s Disastrous Foreign Policy?
On June 14, Iran will hold its long-awaited presidential elections. The vast majority of the 686 individuals who have registered to contest the elections will not appear on the ballot. The Guardian Council—Iran’s unelected 12-man vetting agency that determines who can...Caption:
Iranian workers weld two gas pipes together at the start of construction on a pipeline to transfer natural gas from Iran to Pakistan, in Chabahar, southeastern Iran, near the Pakistani border, Monday, March 11, 2013. The leaders of Pakistan and Iran on Monday pushed ahead with a pipeline to bring natural gas from Iran despite […]