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In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays at the grave of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, commemorating the 35th anniversary of his return from exile, on Feb. 1, 1979, at his mausoleum just outside […]

Opinion: The “Supreme Guide” and “Unpardonable Sin”

by Amir Taheri | Feb 7, 2014 | Opinion

Could politics lead to crime? If yes, how could one define a political crime? These are the questions facing a group of Iranian jurists who have been asked to draft a law on “political crimes.” The move is motivated by two considerations. First, the new president,...

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Shahid Beheshti University Students in Teheran react to address delivered by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iran: President’s Students’ Day speech calls for ‘internal consensus’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 8, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a speech delivered to mark Students’ Day in Iran on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated his commitment to helping the country emerge from years of international isolation and maintaining its nuclear program. Rouhani gave...

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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, bottom center, speaks during a parliament session to defend the nominees for the three remaining ministries of his cabinet in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, October 27, 2013. (AP Photo)

Iran: Parliament approves two new ministers amid controversy over attack on Mousavi’s daughter

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 28, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A prominent Iranian legislator, Ali Motahari, has called on the country’s intelligence ministry and other authorities to launch an investigation into reports of an alleged attack on the daughter of reformist activist Mir Hossein Mousavi....

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A boy looks out from underneath an Iranian flag in this September 2013 file photo. (Reuters)

Iran hangs 16 ‘rebels’ to avenge ambush

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 26, 2013 | Middle East

Tehran, AP—Iran hanged 16 “rebels” of an unspecified armed group on Saturday in retaliation for the death of 14 border guards in clashes near the frontier with Pakistan, a semiofficial news agency reported. The executions took place hours after the rebels...

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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)

Iran: Reformists call for pragmatism on Rouhani administration

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 13, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mostafa Tajzadeh, a prominent Iranian reformist and infamous political prisoner, has written a letter from inside Evin Prison outlining a change in the reformist movement’s framework following the election of Hassan Rouhani, according to...