I Support Ayatollah Khomeini's Republicanism |
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| Authors: | MEHDI KARROUBI |
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| Institution: | Opposition politician and cleric who has taken a leading role in protests against the results of the recent elections in Iran. At Friday prayers, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the opposition of a "harsh response" if they continued their activities. |
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| Abstract: | As the confrontation between the West and Iran over uranium enrichment comes to a head, the internal confrontation in Iran between the partisans of divine sovereignty, allied with the Revolutionary Guard, and popular sovereignty continues to simmer.
In this section, the first president of the Islamic Republic, a leading cleric of the opposition, the Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and a former British intelligence agent ponder what lies ahead. |
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