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Iranian Web sites buzzed with denials regarding rumors emerging late Wednesday that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had slipped into a coma or died. U.S. foreign policy analyst Michael Ledeen brought the rumors to the forefront on a blog on the conservative...
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An aide to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that if the Islamic republic is attacked by the US or by Israel, Teheran would "blow up the heart" of the Jewish state, Reuters cited a report by the official Iranian news agency on Friday....
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A defeated candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election alleged Thursday that some opposition protesters have been tortured to death in detention. In a statement on his party's website, former parliamentary Speaker Mehdi Karroubi said demonstrators...
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Iran's supreme leader formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for second term as president on Monday in a ceremony that sought to portray unity among the country's leadership but was snubbed by prominent critics of the disputed election. After Ayatollah...
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Mr Khatami, a key opposition supporter, says the trial is against the constitution, regular laws and the rights of citizens. He has told a group of political activists and politicians that the the court had relied on confessions taken under certain circumstances...
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Ian McEwan , Salman Rushdie , Martin Amis and Julian Barnes - is already the stuff of legend. That was even before we learnt that for two of them the bond even extended to offering safe haven against the threat of state-sponsored assassins. Twenty years...
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Queen Elizabeth II conferred a knighthood on "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie on Wednesday, a year after the announcement of the knighthood provoked protests from the Muslim world. Some Muslims accused Rushdie him of blasphemy in the book and...
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On Monday, Ahmadinejad said the Jewish state would soon disappear from the map and the "satanic power" of the United States faced destruction. (Reuters)
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