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Moderate Wins Iran's Presidency In Rebuke To Hard-Line Clerics
June 15, 2013 The interior minister announced Saturday that reformist-backed candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former nuclear negotiator, had won the election.
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Iranians Go To Polls In Vote To Replace Ahmadinejad
June 14, 2013 Six candidates vie to replace the combative president, all but one of whom are hard-liners favored by the country's ruling Islamic clerics.
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Iran's 'Zahra' Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign
May 20, 2013 What do you do when you can't openly wage a campaign for the presidency? Some Iranians inside and outside the country have turned to the heroine of an online graphic novel who has embarked on a virtual campaign.
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Iran Arrests Opposition Leaders, According To Reports
February 28, 2011 Iran has arrested two former presidential challengers who helped to spark demonstrations against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after losing a disputed election in 2009, according to reports.
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Bahraini Police Attack Protesters, ABC Reporter
February 17, 2011 Bahrain protests; Libya protests; no Iranian warships in Suez Canal; controversial anti-union law passes Wisconsin state house
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What are United Nations Sanctions Anyway?
June 11, 2010 The United Nations has leveled new sanctions on Iran, hoping to stem the country's production of nuclear fuel. But how exactly do sanctions work and could they work? Human rights lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar offers an explanation.
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Blame The Media?
June 22, 2009 We are still watching the situation in Tehran, as you might imagine. The degree of difficulty has now ratcheted up as the ruling authorities now blame foreign media for fomenting the discord.
