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guardian.co.uk - 26 days ago

Iran's student day protests | World news

— guardian.co.uk — Iran-protest-poster An Iranian opposition protest poster circulated by the reformist website Mowjcamp... (more) Iran's student day protests | World news

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nytimes.com - 24 days ago

Bunkers or Breakthrough?

— nytimes.com — NEW YORK — In his last month as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei... finds himself at the explosive crux of the world’s nuclear politics, ferrying messages between the Obama administration and Tehran. “They are talking ... (more) Bunkers or Breakthrough?

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motherjones.com - 28 days ago

Neocon Smear on "Iran's Man in DC?"

— motherjones.com — Did Michael Goldfarb, a former John McCain staffer and now an editor of the neoconservative Weekly Standard,... defame Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, by suggesting that Parsi is working for the ... (more) Neocon Smear on "Iran's Man in DC?"

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Brave Man
The New Republic blogs — An Iranian student criticizes Supreme Leader Khaminei to his face, in public: It was near the end of a meeting Wednesday between Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a group of university students when the man who is Iran's highest political and spiritual authority asked if there were any other questions. He spotted a young man in the corner with his hand raised and called on him, asking him to go to the podium to speak through the public address system. What followed was an extraordinarily candid 20-minute speech by the student, later identified as national math Olympiad winner ...

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Hit & Run — ... Encouraging story from Iran, where star math student Mahmoud Vahidnia confronted Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on national television last week, challenging Khamenei on free press, free expression, and the crackdown on last summer's protests. ...

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The Agitator — ... Encouraging story from Iran, where star math student Mahmoud Vahidnia confronted Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on national television last week, challenging Khamenei on free press, free expression, and the crackdown on last summer’s protests. ...