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A New Era for Iran?

by David Patrikarakos | Dec 28, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Strange things are happening in Iran these days. Its president says he seeks not confrontation but conciliation. Women feel able to push the boundaries of “acceptable” clothing with a little less fear that the country’s vicious fashion police will punish them for it....

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Iranians participate in demonstrations commemorating the November 4, 1979, seizure of the US embassy in Tehran outside the site of the former embassy on November 4, 2013 in Tehran, Iran. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iran marks US Embassy takeover anniversary

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s conservative hardliners used the anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 to rally against any opening to the West on Monday. In what has become a yearly ritual, thousands of demonstrators packed into the site of...

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A handout picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows outgoing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking during a meeting with Iranian officials at Khamenei’s office in Tehran on July 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO/HO/KHAMENEI.IR)

Ahmadinejad to establish university after leaving office

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 28, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The outgoing Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has received a license from the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCRC) to establish a private technical university in the capital, Tehran. According to the conservative Tasnim news...

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Female supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili hold posters depicting Jalili and wave Iranian flags during an election campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, 12 June 2013 (EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH)

Neck and neck competition as Iranian election reaches climax

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

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Unofficial opinion polls show only narrow margins between the front-runners for Iran’s presidential poll on June 14, Iranian media reported on Wednesday, leaving the leading candidates neck and neck with two days to go. According to the news...

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In this photo released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, presidential candidates from right, Mohammad Gharazi, Mohammad Reza Aref, Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Velayati, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Hasan Rowhani, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, and Mohsen Rezaei, attend a TV debate in a state-run TV studio, in Tehran. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Mehdi Dehghan)

Iranian candidates trade accusations in final TV debate

by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 8, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The final live debate focusing on the political agendas of the eight approved Iranian presidential candidates took place yesterday in a tense atmosphere. This heated debate represents the climax of the electoral campaign season and saw...