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The Pasdaran is Iran
The US warned this week that Iran’s democratic institutions risk falling to a dictatorship under the Revolutionary Guards.
US drops Iran diplomacy
The Islamic regime has been given the clearest sign yet that the Obama administration’s tentative policy of diplomatic engagement.
Life behind closed curtains
The scenes of boisterous revelry would not have been out of place in a crowded nightclub. In time to a throbbing beat, men and women of varying ages danced with a sensuality and…
No gay people in Iran?
When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s combative president, provoked his latest controversy in New York this week by asserting that there were no homosexuals in his country, he may…
‘Donkey economics’ damaging Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suffered an embarrassing blow to his prestige after his own party attacked him for adopting a jocular tone towards inflation at a time…
Ahmadinejad’s ‘gift to his pals’
Iran’s financial system suffered a fresh jolt last month with panic selling on the stock market after the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, abruptly ordered banks to cut interest…
Iran: minister’s alternative to pre-marital sex
Iran’s interior minister has challenged a social taboo by urging the revival of the ancient Shia practice of temporary marriage to give young people easier legitimate access to…
A very public struggle
The bitter rivalry between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the country’s leading elder statesman has erupted into a public struggle for control over economic policy.…