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Iran’s apocalyptic policy makers

Saeed Ghasseminejad — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:20:53 +0000

Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, the Iranian nuclear scientist who was killed in a bomb blast, was not only a man of science but also a man of faith. He had a master, Ayatollah Azizollah Khoshvaght, a little-known but highly-ranked cleric. On the anniversary of Roshan’s death, his widow told an interesting story in an interview she gave [...]

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The Supreme Leader who is also supreme BMW dealer

Saeed Ghasseminejad — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:15:10 +0000

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei likes to pretend he leads a very modest life. There are several stories recounted by his various media outlets that are intended to prove his humility. My favorite is the one where Mohammadi Golpayegani, his chief of staff, and former undersecretary of intelligence, claims that the Supreme Leader usually borrows [...]

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Iran and Israel, once and future allies

Saeed Ghasseminejad — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:57:50 +0000

For the last thirty years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not only been constantly calling for the destruction of Israel, but has also been acting to make it happen. There is a little-known story that in 1873 Naser al-din Shah Qajar, king of Iran at the time, met with a few European Jewish figures. [...]

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