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22 Nov 2011

Security Forces Raid Iran Newspaper, Beat, Pepper Spray, and Arrest Journalists

Security forces attacked Iran Newspaper, one of IRNA s major publications, to arrest Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the President s press adviser and Managing Director of IRNA News Agency. Javanfekr was sentenced to one year in prison for publishing articles and photographs considered against public morality in Khatoon, a special insert in Iran Newspaper. He held a press conference about his sentence this morning. At the end of his press conference, he was approached by representatives from the Tehran Prosecutor s Office who had come to arrest him, leading to the confrontation with the entire editorial staff. In a November 19 interview with Etemad Newspaper, Javanfekr sharply criticized Iran s Prosecutor General, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi, and former Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki.
Security forces attacked Iran Newspaper, one of IRNA s major publications, to arrest Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the President...
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22 Nov 2011

The Security Forces Cross Ahmadinejad’s Red Line

As I watched the 23-minute video of Monday's raid by Iranian security forces on the offices of the newspaper Iran, using tear gas and electric batons to seize President Ahmadinejad's senior advisor Ali Akbar Javanfekr --- while Javanfekr's staff tried to block their way and set fire to papers --- I was reminded of our response last week to the declaration, "Ahmadinejad has risen like a phoenix from the ashes": "The pendulum does not swing that far. Rocky does not throw a climactic punch. The Phoenix does not rise."
As I watched the 23-minute video of Monday's raid by Iranian security forces on the offices of the newspaper Iran, using...
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20 Nov 2011

Iran daily closed over Ahmadinejad aide interview

Iranian authorities shut down a reformist newspaper on Sunday after it published a scathing attack by an aide to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the president's rival conservatives, the latest sign of a split in the highest echelons of the Islamic Republic.
Iranian authorities shut down a reformist newspaper on Sunday after it published a scathing attack by an aide to Mahmoud...
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11 Nov 2011

Iranian reformists see free elections, not constitutional changes as way out of crisis

Even though the suggestion that Iran s supreme leader ayatollah Khamenei made two weeks ago about changing the constitution of the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system received a cold response in domestic political circles including key regime personalities such as ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Majlis members who is close to the conservatives yesterday announced that ayatollah Khamenei had named a special group to examine the possibility of amending the constitution.
Even though the suggestion that Iran s supreme leader ayatollah Khamenei made two weeks ago about changing the...
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7 Nov 2011

Decoding Ahmadinejad: Did He Just Declare the Final Confrontation within the Establishment

Over the last 48 hours, reports have emerged of an extraordinary speech by President Ahmadinejad to a group of his backers, the Supporters of Islamic Revolution Dialogue, in Tehran. Our initial reaction was "Did he really say that?" And that as the reports built in their detail, we began to consider, "If he did say that, what does it mean for the conflict inside the Iranian system?"
Over the last 48 hours, reports have emerged of an extraordinary speech by President Ahmadinejad to a group of his...
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16 Oct 2011

Iran could scrap directly elected president leader

Iran could do away with the post of a directly elected president, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, in what might be a warning to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and possible successors not to overstep the executive's limited powers
Iran could do away with the post of a directly elected president, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday,...
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18 Sep 2011

The end of an era in Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives at the United Nations this week for what promises, once again, to be a belligerent address. Media speculation is sure to focus on his diminishing political fortunes - underscored by tensions with the judiciary over the fate of the two American hikers held since July 2009 - the shifting balances of power within the theocratic state and, as always, Iranian nuclear ambitions. Missing from this narrative is a key point: The Islamic Republic has entered its post-authoritarian stage.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives at the United Nations this week for what promises, once again, to be a...
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4 Jul 2011

Ahmadinejad v. The Revolutionary Guards

Ahmadinejad had warned last month, amidst the increasing pressure on his camp with arrests of his advisors, that he could reveal information that would embarrass key officials within the Iranian establishment. Last weekend he told journalists that there was a "red line" against moves on his Cabinet and inner circle --- when State broadcaster IRIB censored the passsage, his staff posted the uncut video on the President's official website.
Ahmadinejad had warned last month, amidst the increasing pressure on his camp with arrests of his advisors, that he...
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4 Jul 2011

Voting For Ahmadinejad Was A Political Mistake

Conservative blogger and journalist Mohammad Mohajeri, who used to write for the ultra-hard-line "Kayhan" daily, seems to believe it was wrong to vote for Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. He says those who made that "mistake" should now admit it:
Conservative blogger and journalist Mohammad Mohajeri, who used to write for the ultra-hard-line "Kayhan" daily, seems...
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15 Jun 2011

The world can only watch as Iran implodes from within

Two years after the disputed reelection of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Tehran streets that seethed with protest for months are quiet. But the silence belies the increasingly chaotic and rowdy struggle for control within the corridors of power - a contest in which those Iranians who risked their lives to protest two years ago have no clear favourite.
Two years after the disputed reelection of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Tehran streets that seethed...
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8 May 2011

Arrests show Ahmadinejad under increasing pressure

Several associates of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s closest adviser have been arrested in the past few days, Iranian Web sites reported Friday. Among them is the cleric who leads the prayers at the presidential mosque, Abbas Amirifar, as well as a person accused of sorcery, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Several associates of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s closest adviser have been arrested in the past few days, Iranian...
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7 May 2011

Deep echoes of Iran political tremors

Iran's political tremors are leaving debris in all directions. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the nation's intelligence chief remain in a cold war. A wave of reported detentions has included a prayer leader who angered clerics with a film about Judgment Day.
Iran's political tremors are leaving debris in all directions. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the nation's...
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7 May 2011

Power Struggle in Iran Enters the Mosque

The unprecedented power struggle between the two most powerful leaders in Iran deepened Friday, spilling out into Tehran s public prayers where the mullah leading the service indirectly criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while the crowd chanted 'Death to opponents of the supreme leader!'
The unprecedented power struggle between the two most powerful leaders in Iran deepened Friday, spilling out into Tehran...
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6 May 2011

Ahmadinejad row with Khamenei intensifies

A political dispute between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader is reported to have intensified. Ahmadinejad is said to be contemplating resigning after Heidar Moslehi, the intelligence minister he had sacked, was reinstated by Khamenei.
A political dispute between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's...
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6 May 2011

Scenario to Eliminate Ahmadinejad’s Right Hand Begins

The website Alef published a report yesterday according to which Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei and Hamid Baghaei are shareholders of a company named SAMGA, allegedly been established with an initial capital of 20 billion tomans (about 20 million U.S. dollars) and is run by Mehdi Jahangiri, Rahim-Mashaei s former deputy at the Cultural Heritage Organization.
The website Alef published a report yesterday according to which Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei and Hamid Baghaei are...
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4 May 2011

Ahmadinejad ends boycott

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ended an apparent boycott of his official duties by chairing his second cabinet meeting this week. While a rift with the intelligence minister seems to have ended, another confrontation appears to be developing.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ended an apparent boycott of his official duties by chairing his second...
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28 Apr 2011

Ahmadinejad Watch

The new website Hafte Sobh, reportedly linked to Presidential aide Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai, claims that Ahmadinejad will participate in an already-scheduled TV interview next week only if the program is broadcast live.
The new website Hafte Sobh, reportedly linked to Presidential aide Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai, claims that Ahmadinejad will...
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27 Apr 2011

Iran’s president and supreme leader in rift over minister’s reinstatement

A rift is emerging between Iran's president and its supreme leader, prompting several members of the parliament to call for the impeachment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has not been seen in public for days. Ahmadinejad has refused to appear at the presidential palace since Friday in what is being seen as a reaction to Ayatollah Khamenei's reinstating of a minister he initially "asked to resign".
A rift is emerging between Iran's president and its supreme leader, prompting several members of the parliament to call...
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20 Apr 2011

Thugs vs. thug

People across Tehran are asking: Where is "Allah's Spook"? Half jest, the question refers to Ayatollah Heidar Moslehi -- Iran's Minister of Intelligence and Security and thus head of VAVAK, the most vicious secret police in the Middle East.
People across Tehran are asking: Where is "Allah's Spook"? Half jest, the question refers to Ayatollah Heidar Moslehi --...
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6 Mar 2011

Ahmadinejad, Rafsanjani, and the Battle in the Assembly of Experts (Khalaji)

This power struggle within Iran's political elite will be on full display during the March 8-9 semiannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts, the body charged with selecting the country's Supreme Leader and, in the case of the imminent meeting, electing a head of the assembly for the coming year.
This power struggle within Iran's political elite will be on full display during the March 8-9 semiannual meeting of the...
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