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Will the Economy Be Ahmadinejad's Downfall?
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to believe that only desperate measures on the economy can save his presidency when Iranians go to the polls in...
Iran's Referendum on Ahmadinejad
The Bush Administration's regime-change rhetoric and $75 million a year democracy-promotion plan skirts an unpalatable reality about Iran: Even within the limits...
Iran Nukes Deal: What if Ahmadinejad Is Serious?
Conventional wisdom on Iran's latest response to a deal over shipping out enriched uranium is that Tehran is simply maneuvering to dodge sanctions. After all,...
Iran's Presidential Debate: Will Ahmadinejad's Attacks Backfire?
Iran's voters had been anticipating a heated discussion in their country's first-ever presidential candidates' debate, but even then, Wednesday night's showdown...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wants to be an Astronaut
Iranian president says he wants to be his country's first man in space, according to media reports.
The Ayatullah vs. The President
The invective and the encomiums from the white-bearded speaker echoed almost like ritual as thousands of Iranians gathered at Tehran University on Feb. 3 for a...
Ahmadinejad on Israel's Doorstep: His Lebanon Visit
When word got out last month that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad intended to visit Lebanon this week and possibly throw stones at the country's border...
Ten Days in Tehran.
A few days before the Iranian election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a big rally at the Mosallah Mosque--said to be the world's largest, if it is ever...
Joe Klein: What I Saw at the Revolution
A few days before the Iranian election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a big rally at the Mosallah Mosque — said to be the world's largest, if it is ever...
Al-Qaeda Slaps Ahmadinejad as Things Get Testy in the Dustbin of History
U.S. and other Western diplomats quietly gathered up their papers and walked out of the U.N. General Assembly chamber when Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Shoe Thrown at Iran President in Cairo
Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian President to visit Egypt since Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
Iran's Election: Rallies Reveal a Stark Contrast
Tehran's main squares and streets have been crowded until the wee hours over the past week, as supporters of the upcoming election's two leading contestants...
Unbowed, Ahmadinejad Shows Up in Russia
On Tuesday, amid reports of escalating violence and protest across his country, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slipped into a plane and jetted off to...
Ahead of Iran Election, President's Rivals Gain Hope
Those old enough to remember compare the atmosphere on Tehran's streets ahead of Friday's election to the heady days of Iran's revolution 30 years ago. For a...
The Iranian Currency Crisis: Three Possible Scenarios
During my trip to Iran last month, the owner of a chicken shop in Shohada Square, a lower middle class neighborhood in southern Tehran not far from the bazaar,...
Centrists Could Derail Ahmadinejad
Iran's conservatives have won more than 70% of the seats in the 290-seat parliament, known as the Majlis. That was a foregone conclusion after hard-line bodies...
Can Iran's Minorities Help Oust Ahmadinejad?
The presidential candidate was greeted last Monday at the airport by a jubilant throng, chanting "Azerbaijan is awake, and is supporting its son!" That...
Don't Assume Ahmadinejad Really Lost
There is no denying that the news clips from Tehran are dramatic, unprecedented in violence and size since the mullahs came to power in 1979. They're possibly...
Iran: A Familiar Face to Challenge Ahmadinejad
Will Mohammed Khatami run for a third term as president of Iran, or won't he? That's the question dominating the political conversation in Tehran ahead of the...
In Iran, Rival Regime Factions Play a High-Stakes Game of Chicken
As the sun set on the fourth day of turmoil over Iran's disputed election result, the political conflict looked less like a "Tehran spring" challenge to the...
