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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo

The Nuclear Issue Isn’t the Real Iranian Challenge

by David Ignatius | Oct 9, 2017 | Opinion

Various cultures have different phrases for expressing the idea of having it both ways at once. “To take a swim and not get wet” is an Albanian proverb. Poles talk about “having the cookie and eating it.” Iranians want “both God and the sugar dates.” The Trump...

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FILE PHOTO: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo

Reform in Iran: Wetsminster Style or Imamate?

by Amir Taheri | Oct 6, 2017 | Features

London- It was almost five years ago when Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched the idea of constitutional reform to transform the Islamic Republic’s presidential system into a parliamentary one. The idea was to end election of the President of the...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with Iranian officials and ambassadors of Islamic countries, in Tehran, Iran, April 25, 2017. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS

Khamenei Orders New Supervisory Body to Curtail Government

by Amir Taheri | Sep 25, 2017 | Features

London- In a move designed to further curtail President Hassan Rouhani’s scope for policy-making, the “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei has ordered the creation of a new supervisory body to “hold all branches of government to account in the implementation of their...

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Khamenei Tightens His Grip on ‘Expediency Council’

by Adel al-Salmi | Aug 15, 2017 | World

London- Iran’s Spiritual leader Ali Khamenei appointed on Monday Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi as the new chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council, a move that means the leader has once again tightened his grip on Iranian decision-making. Khamenei’s decision...

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Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani. REUTERS/ Morteza Nikoubazl

Rouhani Proposes Shamkhani for Prime Minister

by Adil Alsalmi | Aug 2, 2017 | World

London – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has proposed secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani for the position of minister of interior, according to knowledgeable sources. Iranian government spokesperson Mohammad Nobakht stated that the...