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NEWS ABOUT: Hashemi Rafsanjani

Hashemi Rafsanjani stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former Iranian president and most powerful supporter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, addressed thousands of young reformists in green today in a highly anticipated sermon that may trigger further protests. The visibly upset cleric demanded that all political prisoners be freed and lamented that "we had... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • cleric • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Shiite cleric • sermon • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(AP) - Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed not to let the blood of protesters killed in postelection crackdown go in vain as he met with the family of a young man shot to death during the turmoil, a reformist Web site reported today. He also announced that he will attend... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • prayer • Tehran University • Hashemi Rafsanjani • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Friday

ANALYSIS





 Mousavi's Options Dwindle 
 as Time Ticks Away 

Beaten on the streets, reformer takes uphill battle to the elite

Jul 3, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iranian protest movement is running out of time and options as the regime continues its brutal crackdown, Time reports. Government forces have full control of the streets of Tehran, hundreds of political opponents are in jail, and Western journalists have been packed off. Mir Hossein Mousavi now has no... More »

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Iran • cleric • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests • Basij militia

ANALYSIS

 Mousavi's Options Shrink 
 as Crackdown Hardens 

Battle for Iran moves from the streets to corridors of power

Jun 26, 09 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks after Iran's allegedly rigged presidential election, the regime's clampdown has hardened and left opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with few avenues for protest. The New York Times reports that shouts of "God is great" and "Death to the dictator" continue to echo at... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • police crackdown • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(Newser) - Iran is calm but tense today as police freed four family members of a former president and important Iranian cleric, the Los Angeles Times reports. But the oldest daughter of Hashemi Rafsanjani, a key backer of challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi, was not released by authorities in Tehran. Five members of Rafsanjani's... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • cleric • Ali Khamenei • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

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 Ayatollah Calls for 
 Calm, Denies 
 Ballot Fraud 

'Zionists' and BBC are exploiting protests, Khamenei says

Jun 19, 09 4:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The supreme leader of Iran called for "peace and tranquility" in his first public speech since the contested presidential election, Al Jazeera reports. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei defended the legitimacy of the vote and told protesters to stop, notes the New York Times. "Street challenge is not acceptable,"... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • supreme leader

ANALYSIS

As Iran Unrest Goes On, Watch the Clerics

Mullahs far from Tehran may step in to end election dispute

Jun 18, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - As protesters continue to express anger and defy arrest, the endgame of Iran's disputed election may take place not in Tehran, but in the holy city of Qom—where the country's powerful clerics have so far kept silent. Except for a few prominent reformists, Iran's mullahs have refused to take... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • cleric • Hashemi Rafsanjani • mullahs • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Qom

ANALYSIS

Reformists May Try to Oust, Kill Ahmadinejad, Khamenei

Election 'coup' will turn bloody: source

Jun 14, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fallout from Friday’s Iranian presidential elections could turn bloody, with attempts to oust or even assassinate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and even the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a well-connected Iranian source tells Steve Clemons of the Washington Note. The election “coup by the right wing” has sparked a civil... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Ex-President Leads Charge Against Ahmadinejad

Rafsanjani behind scenes in Iran election

Jun 11, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s chief adversary in his reelection bid isn’t the candidate he’s trying to beat, it’s the candidate he beat 4 years ago, the New York Times reports. Ex-president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been leading a massive behind-the-scenes effort on behalf of Ahmadinejad’s opponents... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • election • Iranian election • Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Iran's Power Structure Baffles

Clergy, bureaucrats, assorted elites wrestle for control

Dec 31, 07 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Since Iran’s autocratic shah fell in 1979, the question “Who runs Iran?” has stumped Western analysts. “Who doesn’t?” may be easier to grasp, reports the Los Angeles Times. Iran’s government has morphed into a free-for-all that includes the Shiite Muslim clergy, an entrenched bureaucracy,... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Mohammad Khatami • Ali Khamenei • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Hassan Rowhani

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