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Ahmadi Nezhad's New Task: Presenting Mehdi To The WorldBy Safa Haeri.Friday, November 14, 2008Content to have executed the wishes of his boss in sending a message of congratulation to the new American President-elect, Mr. Barack Obama, the fanatic Iranian President has set himself a new “mission”: presenting imam Mehdi, or the Shi’s Muslims messiah, to the world.
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Iran Is Going MadBy Safa Haeri.Monday, November 10, 2008If you have been strong enough as not go mad from stories we have been subjected in the last months of the presidency of George W. Bush about the maddening international financial and economic crisis, it is not late, just look at what happened in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the past few days:
Tehran Intends To Outlaw Cooperation With The BBC Persian Service TVBy Yasamin Manteqi.Tuesday, November 4, 2008As the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) started running experimental programmes of its latest child, a television channel in Persian language covering Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance last week issued a statement outlawing “any form of cooperation between Iranian public or journalists with the BBC Persian television network”.
A Challenge That Is Not Economic By Azadeh Kian.Wednesday, October 29, 2008 As the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad finally decided to give up introducing Value Added Tax (VAT), a decision that triggered the unprecedented strike of the Bazaar in several major cities, including Tehran, pundits and economists continue to analyse the reasons behind such a defeat.
If Khatami Runs In Next Presidential Elections, He Would Dig His Political GraveBy Safa Haeri.Saturday, October 25, 2008With the date of presidential elections in Iran approaching, the big question of the day is to know if former moderate president Hojjat-ol-eslam Mohammad Khatami will enter the arena or not.
Israel Gets Real on IranBy Trita Parsi.Wednesday, October 22, 2008On the eve of his departure from political life, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delivered a stinging parting shot – putting under question not only the wisdom of holding on to Palestinian land, but also the feasibility of an Israeli military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Who Is Behind The Bazaar Strike?By Safa Haeri.Saturday, October 18, 2008 In a recent article, we said since the creation of the Islamic Republic in Iran, Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad is the “strongest president the co0untry never had, much stronger than his predecessor, the moderate Mohammad Khatami or even Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, considered as the most powerful man of the regime after the leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i”.
Deciding The Fate Of The Mojahedin Khalq OrganisationBy Trita Parsi.Friday, October 10, 2008The Bush administration inherited many of Iraq's problems when it invaded that country, including an Iranian terrorist organization funded and armed by Saddam Hussein, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO).
Will There Be A Second Cold War?By Jalal Alavi.Monday, October 6, 2008In his September 4 commentary titled Who Wants Cold War II? [1], Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, proposes a new world order in which the United States and Russia can be strategic partners.
Will Mr. Kordan resign, or be dismissed?By Safa Haeri.Wednesday, October 1, 2008Will Mr. Ali Kordan, the Iranian Interior Minister resign, or be removed and tried, now that he has admitted that his “honorary doctorate” he had claimed was obtained from Oxford University was a fake?
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