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[World Affairs Board] The populist polices of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first term represented an extreme version of the self-inflicted harm the country suffered under his predecessors. While the focus in Iran is firmly on the post-election political struggle, the economic dimensions and consequences of the crisis are potentially significant.

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[Middle East Progress] Middle East Progress » Blog Archive » A Bumpy Road for Ahmadinejad: “Based on both recent and historical precedent, there’s good reason to believe that not only would Khamanei and Ahmadinejad not be cowed by military threats, but that they would actually welcome U.S. or Israel strikes in order to try and achieve the same outcome as Saddam Hussein’s 1980 invasion of Iran—namely, to unite squabbling political factions against a common threat and keep agitated Iranian minds busy with foreign quarrels.”

[Iran Tehran News] Spending Threatens Iran's Recovery | Iran Tehran News: –Opposition candidates (and much of the public) did not believe the figures put out by Ahmadinejad, and accused him of deception regarding the true state of the economy and state finances. There were marked differences between the economic and social data presented by the opposition candidates and those put out by Ahmadinejad.

[Breaking News] Top Iran opposition leaders join new 'Green Path of Hope' movement ...: Iran expands mass trial of opposition supportersTEHRAN, Iran ”” Iran expanded its mass trial of opposition supporters Sunday, adding 25 more defendants including a Jewish teenager who are accused of involvement in unrest over the disputed presidential election. The turmoil that erupted after the opposition declared the June 12 vote a fraud has weakened President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and called his legitimacy into question.

[Tehran Bureau» - Tehran Bureau] The Great Tehran Expo Privatization Scandal You've Never Heard Of ...: Social Security Organizations have existed in Iran’s main governmental agencies since before the Revolution, to provide health and pension insurance for its ever-growing public sector workforce. Like other public sector pension funds around the world, including those in wealthy countries, they amass pools of capital through individual and government contributions but need to keep the pool growing in order to provide for their retirees.

[Iran Tehran News] Q & A with Iran diplomat on the postelection unrest | Iran Tehran News: Reporting from Beirut - The recent protests against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed reelection look to many observers like a repeat of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a “people power” movement aimed at toppling the existing power structure.

[Enduring America] Iran Debate: Is Hashemi Rafsanjani A Spent Force? | Enduring America: He was lambasted by Ahmadinejad in the debates, has had people extremely close to him such as [Mohammad] Atrianfar, [Mohammad] Qoochani and others thrown into jail and paraded before TV long after his Friday prayer plea for their release, was forced to backtrack when he withdrew from the last Friday prayers [14 August], and today, according to one of the main columnists of Etemade Melli, he “bowed before Ahmadinejad like a servant does in front of his master”. So, all in all, I have to stake my claim that he has not emerged in a very good posiition overall, although he has managed to cling on to some of his old powers and be somewhat “radical”.

[FREE IRAN NOW!] Ahmadinejad entdeckt die Frauen « FREE IRAN NOW!: Moderate defeated presidential candidates Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi say the June election was rigged to secure the re-election of Ahmadinejad. The authorities say the vote was the healthiest Iran has had in the past three decades.

[Iranian.com - Nothing is Sacred] Spoon feeding Iranians | Iranian.com: In its desire to build citizen to citizen contacts as a prelude to promote official dialogues and ultimately establish a normal diplomatic and commercial relation with the U.S., the Iranian government threw its doors open on U.S. individuals and groups who appeared wanting to allay the differences between the two countries. Although the majority of the peace groups and activists who visited Iran were well-intentioned, there were quite a few who were motivated by the idea of supporting certain political trends against the Iranian government.

[Middle East Progress] Middle East Progress » Blog Archive » Revolution Leaders Struggle ...: During the inauguration ceremony to mark his "reelection," disputed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 52, bowed to religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 70, and attempted to grasp his hand to kiss it, but Khamenei turned away at the last minute. …

[National Post - Posted] (More) Today in Despotism: Iran's 'Kennedy' family, and more ...: After the June election protests erupted, Ali Larijani was also one of the few regime officials to publicly warn that many Iranians questioned Ahmadinejad's victory. "The opinion of this majority should be respected and a line should be drawn between them and rioters and miscreants,"

[Iran Tehran News] The West behind Iran unrest, Ahmadinejad says | Iran Tehran News: Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton renewed calls Saturday for Iran to immediately release all US citizens held in the Islamic republic.

[Middle East Progress] Middle East Progress » Blog Archive » Militarization of the ...: “Based on both recent and historical precedent, there’s good reason to believe that not only would Khamanei and Ahmadinejad not be cowed by military threats, but that they would actually welcome U.S. or Israel strikes in order to try and achieve the same outcome as Saddam Hussein’s 1980 invasion of Iran—namely, to unite squabbling political factions against a common threat and keep agitated Iranian minds busy with foreign quarrels.”

[GEMRI.ORG] GEMRI.ORG » Blog Archive » News August 16th: Karroubi released another statement today, stating that he had full evidence and that he will not back down from his claim that rape of detainees had taken place. He said that he will not reply to the criticism of Qom’s Friday prayers’ leader out of respect for his deceased father- even though the leader had criticized Karroubi harshly.

[Iran Tehran News] Iran's president says 3 women to join Cabinet | Iran Tehran News: UBAI, United Arab Emirates ”” The Iranian opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi announced the formation of a new social and political movement on his Web site on Saturday, following through on a promise made last month and defying a renewed government campaign of intimidation aimed at him and his supporters.

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