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In this Sunday, May 27, 2012, file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, smiles, as he sits next to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in an inauguration ceremony of the parliament in Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attends a meeting of Iran’s Assembly of Experts in Tehran on March 5, 2013.(AFP PHOTO/ ATTA KENARE)
Hashemi Rafsanjani Says “No”
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s influential former president Hashemi Rafsanjani is reported to have ruled himself out as a presidential candidate this week, as well as criticizing the “stubbornness of office holders whose deeds have put the country in this undesirable...Caption:
A picture released by the office of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 20, 2013, shows him addressing the nation on the occasion of Noruz, the Iranian New Year, in Tehran. (AFP)
Iran: A Clash of Religion and Nationalism
Over the past year or so, the choice between two adjectives has developed into an important theme of the power struggle within the Khomeinist ruling elite in Tehran. The adjectives are “Iranian” and “Islamic”. Under the Pahlavi shahs who promoted a nationalist...Caption:
In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks to the crowd in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)