blog.foreignpolicy.com - 2/9/2009
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The Iranian elections just got a whole lot more interesting. Mohammed Khatami, the reformist former president, has announced that he'll be challening Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June. Nasser Karimi for the AP: Khatami's decision to run against Ahmadinejad could significantly shake
up Iran's ...
timesonline.co.uk - 2/10/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
s former president was set upon by an
angry stick-wielding mob today amid celebrations of the 30th
anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on the streets of Tehran. The attack on Mohammed Khatami came just two days after the reformist cleric announced ...
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Iranian mob attacks moderate ex-president Mohammed ...
latimes.com - 2/8/2009
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latimes.com —
Reporting from Tehran -- Iran's former president, Mohammad
Khatami, a moderate, announced Sunday that he would run
against incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a critical election in June that is shaping up as a referendum on the performance of the ...
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Mohammad Khatami to run in Iran's presidential election ...
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Mohammed Khatami steps up
TigerHawk —
Iran's last president, Mohammed Khatami, has announced he will run again Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran's presidential election in June. There have been rumblings that this might happen going back ...
The Ayatollah's Vote
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Blake Hounshell asks: How will Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei play it? In ideology and temperament, he's much closer to Ahmadinejad, who he supported in 2005. But Khamenei's expressed some displeasure with the incumbent over the past year and he certainly doesn't want to be associated with the lousy Iranian economy. Maybe he'll decide to sit this one out? On a related note, Hooman Majd's recent – and very readable – book on Iran, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, is must-reading for anyone who wants to understand the culture and ...
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Ring, ring for GOP stimulus senators
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Obama: U.S. looking for dialogue with Iran —
CNN.com - Politics 2/10/2009
The United States is looking for opportunities for "face-to-face" dialogue with Iran after nearly three decades without diplomatic ties, President Barack Obama said Monday, but still has "deep concerns" about Tehran's actions.
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