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Members of the Iranian Army march during a parade marking the anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war, which lasted from 1980 to 1988, in Tehran, Iran September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

CIA Documents: Who Started the Iran-Iraq War?

by Mounir al-Manawri | Feb 7, 2017 | World

Washington- One of the certain failures of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is that it waited seven years after the Iran-Iraq war sparked to ask the analysts and experts in Iraqi and Iranian affairs a simple question: who started the war? CIA analysts prepared a...

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Thousands of Iranians gathered for the funeral of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Reuters

Khamenei Mulling to Appoint Kermaniin to Replace Rafsanjani

by Adel al-Salmi | Jan 28, 2017 | World

London- It is likely that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will appoint cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermaniin to replace former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the leadership of Expediency Discernment Council, informed Iranian sources...

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Tehran-based cleric Ahmad Montazeri

Tehran Jails Montazeri’s Son for Revealing Father’s Dissent

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 28, 2016 | World

London- Ahmad Montazeri, son of Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who for decades was the right-hand man to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of Iran’s Islamic revolution, was sentenced to jail for 21 years for releasing a decades-old tape in which his father...

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Opinion: Iran Needs to Bury Khomeini’s Ghost

by Amir Taheri | Aug 19, 2016 | Opinion

More than 17 years after his death, the man who led the mullahs to power in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini, is still at the center of the post-revolution debate that has divided Iranians to the point of inciting some to violence against each other. Last week the...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei poses before delivering a speech marking Nowruz, Iranian new year, in this handout photo released by the Iranian Supreme Leader website on March 20, 2016. REUTERS/leader.ir/Handout

Khomeini’s Former Heir Recording Sparks off Debate

by Adil Alsalmi | Aug 11, 2016 | World

London- An audio file released on Wednesday sparked off a debate as it revealed a discussion on executions between Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, Khomeini’s former heir, and high-ranking judicial officials 28 years ago. During the meeting, Montazeri warned the...