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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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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

by Amir Taheri | Jul 19, 2013 | Opinion

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...