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The late Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani speaks during a biannual meeting of Iran’s Assembly of Experts in Tehran, on MArch 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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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: The struggle to succeed Khamenei has already begun
During his recent stay in New York, President Hassan Rouhani hosted a “private dinner” for a number of former US officials, oil executives, and lobbyists. According to several participants, Rouhani tried to pass on a simple message: If the US does not help him clinch...Caption:
Image of Navvab Safavi being escorted to court by Iranian police. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Iran and the Ikhwan: Assassinations, Pamphlets and Meetings
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The young man had been waiting for hours before his “target” came out of his house. “Could we have a word?” the young man demanded, stepping in front of the older man. “Let’s have more than a word while I walk to work,” the old man replied. The...Opinion: Tehran should fear the Iranian people, not the West
During the week’s slower days in Iran, Thursday and Friday (which are tantamount to the weekend there), the news did not attract much attention. One of the top concerns was preparations to eat chelow kabob—everyone’s favorite meal—as families gather to sit down...Caption:
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a news conference at the end of the Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva November 10, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / Pool / Jason Reed)