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FILE PHOTO: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he registers to run for a second four-year term in the May election, in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2017. President.ir/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the DNCâ??s Womenâ??s Leadership Forum in Washington October 23, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Opinion: The Ayatollah dreamed it, Obama delivers it
The late Ayatollah Khomeini dreamed it; President Barack Obama is trying to deliver it: the end of Pax Americana. The topic was at the center of a daylong seminar in Tehran last week attended by ambassadors from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, plus a...Caption:
Women walk past a banner depicting the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on November 17, 2013 in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh during a parade marking the 13th day of Ashura that commemorates the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)
Between the Ayatollah and the Marquis
Khomeini, de Sade, and Me By Abnousse Shalmani Grasset, 177 pages Paris, 2014 If we are to believe Abnousse Shalmani, being a woman is hard work even in Western democracies boasting of gender equality and human rights. It is even harder in contemporary Iran where a...Caption:
Tribal gunmen loyal to the Shi’ite Houthi movement shout slogans and hold weapons during a gathering in Sana’a, Yemen, on 4 February 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
Opinion: Iran and the Yemeni Hornet’s Nest
Until a few weeks ago, Yemen hardly featured in the Iranian political landscape. Now, however, it gets top billing as the latest nation to embrace the Khomeinist ideology. “The people of Yemen have joined Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon in a common struggle for...Caption:
Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani stands in front of a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, during visit of his shrine, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 16, 2013. .(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)