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Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, shown at a 2009 clerical gathering, oversees an organization called Setad that has assets estimated at about $95 billion. REUTERS/Khamenei.ir/Handout
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Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei (Reuters/file photo)
Khamenei Defends Execution of Thousands of Prisoners in Summer of 1988
London- Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei defended on Sunday the executions conducted in Iran in the 1980s and indirectly criticized the statements of newly elected President Hassan Rouhani. Speaking at a gathering of senior officials in Tehran to mark the...Caption:
FILE PHOTO: Iranian Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi (L) and Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf gesture during a campaign meeting at the Mosalla mosque in Tehran, Iran, May 16, 2017. TIMA via REUTERS
Raisi Offends Iranian Government
London- Ten days after the presidential elections, repercussions of the electoral campaigns still threaten of wider divisions in Tehran. On Monday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was offended by his rivals: defeated presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi and head of...Caption:
Iran President Hassan Rouhani casts his vote during the presidential election | Reuters
Rouhani and the ‘As-If’ System
In traditional clerical schools in Iran and Iraq, one of the skills that aspirant mullahs learn is known as “shabih-khani ”. This is difficult to translate but, broadly speaking, it means “narrating as-if”. In other words, this is a primitive form of theater imitating...Caption:
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani / Getty Images