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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (Reuters)
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In this September 22, 2010 file photo, members of Iran’s Basij militia march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran–Iraq War, in the Iranian capital, Tehran. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl/Files)
Iran: Legislators allege corruption at charitable foundations
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—While the eyes of the rest of the world are focused on the international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, within Iran allegations of high-level corruption at one of the country’s leading institutions are threatening to provoke a major...Caption:
Iranians attend a street celebration, in Tehran, after their national soccer team qualified for the Brazil 2014 World Cup, after defeating South Korea, as they hold a poster of reformist former President Mohammad Khatami, left, and the Green Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who is currently under house arrest, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Opinion: Real Prisons and Imagined Crimes
In a public appeal earlier this month, former President Muhammad Khatami called on “the authorities” to end the house arrest of former presidential candidates Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karorubi before President-elect Hassan Rouhani takes office in August. Even...Caption:
A supporter of newly elected President Hassan Rowhani as holds a poster depicting him during street festivities after the official announcement of his victory, in Tehran, Iran, 15 June 2013 (EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH)