Ali Khamenei
Iranian supporters of President-elect Hassan Rowhani gather at the mausoleum of the founder of Iran's Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran on June 16, 2013, during a visit for Rowhani to the mausoleum. Rowhani hailed his presidential election win as a victory over 'extremism' as jubilant supporters took to the streets, pinning their hopes on an easing of Western sanctions.
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The national football team's victory made the people and especially sports fans happy. I thank those who created this happiness
The current regime's theocratic structure — with a supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, and numerous unaccountable bodies lording over popularly elected officials — will soon remind voters that this latest hero has little room to maneuver
The President elect in Iran had been shortlisted by the Ayatollah Khamenei, who has disqualified and removed candidates who did not conform to his extremist views.More quotes »
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May: Iran's new president won't have any power
the Supreme Leader wields supreme power. In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was the Supreme Leader; today it is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He does not answer to the people. He answers to a higher authority - indeed, the very highest authority. To insure that Read more »
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Nader: Five myths about a nuclear Iran
Arab monarchies. But that doesn't mean it is irrational: On the contrary, its top leadership, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , is deliberative and calculating.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 's antics and often wild rhetoric shouldn't obscure Read more »
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Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
pledge to appeal, it is unlikely that the Guardian Council made its decision without the blessing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . It allowed only eight candidates, mostly ones backed by clerical hard-liners.The ruling dealt a serious blow to Ahmadinejad's Read more »
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Possible presidential front-runners in Iran
later this month after vetting by Iran's ruling clerics:___ ALI AKBAR VELAYATI : Top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on international affairs. Velayati, 67, Served as foreign minister during the 1980-88 war with Iraq and into the 1990s. He Read more »
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May: Kim Jong Un sets a dangerous example for Iran
and other nations listen up.There are lessons here, and we should assume that among those learning them is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Iran's supreme leader. In talks last week in Almaty, Kazakhstan , Khamenei 's negotiators offered no serious compromises to Read more »
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James Dorsey: Iran's New President: Averting a Popular Revolt
a clear majority, of cleric Hassan Rouhani as Iran's new president on 15 June 2013 has secured for Supreme Leader Sayed Ali Khamenei the most moderate of candidates. Rouhani's landslide victory, his endorsement by reformist leaders barred from running, and 10:45 AM from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Iran: A new moment of truth?
him was an easy ride. Just imagine: enigmatic Rowhani got 50,6% of votes -- three times more than Tehran mayor Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, who basked in publicity, but came distant second with 16,3%! To start with, this was the election, breaking the decades-old 10:02 AM from Russia Today Read more »
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In Iran, Hints of Hope and Change
dominated by conservatives, Rouhani ran as a moderate. He... more ›› Say what you will about Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He may lead a totalitarian theocracy that squelches freedom and threatens the region with its nuclear program and spews 5:27 AM from Real Clear World Read more »
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Iran's June surprise
president not only because he was picked by a majority of Iranian voters but also because the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, chose to accept his victory. That decision surprised us and some Western experts on Iran, but in retrospect there 1:33 AM from Times Record News Read more »
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Outside View: Condemnation of attack on Iranian refugees
is to return them to Ashraf. Reports indicate that the Iranian regime's Quds force, instructed by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei , in coordination with security forces of the Iraqi government, took part in this vicious attack during lunch time Saturday, 12:17 AM from United Press International Read more »
