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Iranian military officers saluting Iran’s supreme leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on February 8, 2015. (EPA/SUPREME LEADER OFFICIAL WEBSITE/HANDOUT)
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This undated file photo shows head of Iran’s Quds Force Qassem Suleimani. (Fars News Agency)
Opinion: When Mullahs and Generals Forget their Duties
Anyone following the media in the Islamic Republic of Iran these days is likely to be reminded of a slang Persian word that might better describe the political situation in Tehran than any sophisticated terminology. The word is balbashu, which is hard to translate...Caption:
Iranian military officers saluting Iran’s supreme leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on February 8, 2015. (EPA/SUPREME LEADER OFFICIAL WEBSITE/HANDOUT)
Iran’s Khamenei says could accept fair nuclear compromise
Dubai and Munich, Reuters—Iran’s supreme leader said on Sunday he could accept a compromise in nuclear talks and gave his strongest defense yet of President Hassan Rouhani’s decision to negotiate with the West, a policy opposed by powerful hardliners at...Caption:
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, left, during a session of Assembly of Experts in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 (AP Photo)
Opinion: Rafsanjani’s Recipe for Reconciliation
For decades, relations between the United States and Iran have been marked by attempts to make a deal at the eleventh hour. This started in 1978, even before the mullahs seized power. Recent revelations show that leading Khomeinist figures, notably Ayatollah Muhammad...Caption:
In this September 22, 2010 file photo, members of Iran’s Basij militia march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran–Iraq War, in the Iranian capital, Tehran. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl/Files)