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NEWS ABOUT: Mahdi Karroubi

Mahdi Karroubi stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Just days after Iran's supreme leader tried to dial down the nation's tensions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ratcheted them right back up again, reports the Los Angeles Times. In a charged speech today in Tehran, the country's president for the first time called for the prosecution of opposition leaders. He didn't name... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • disputed election • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Mahdi Karroubi • Medhi Karroubi • Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Latest Iran Protests Turn Bloody, Witnesses Say

It's like a war zone: witnesses

Jun 24, 09 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of protesters faced off against several thousand riot cops in a Tehran square today after Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran won’t budge on election results, the Guardian reports. Witnesses called the site a war zone, with helicopters hovering overhead as police savagely beat and arrested demonstrators. The reports could... More »

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Iran • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mahdi Karroubi • Iranian protests

Rival Slams Iranian Prez's Holocaust Denial


Reform candidate accuses Ahmadinejad of needlessly antagonizing West

May 16, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(AP) - A reformist challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the hardliner's denial of the Holocaust is serving Israel's interests and pushing the country deeper into international isolation. Moderate cleric Mahdi Karroubi is one of two reformist candidates hoping to unseat Ahmadinejad in the country's June 12 presidential election. More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Holocaust • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mahdi Karroubi

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