Ali Akbar Hashemi stories:
Iran opposition defies ban on protesting again
Sep 19th, 2009 - Boston
TEHRAN - Hard-line supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed yesterday with protesters who defied a ban on opposition demonstrations to stage the first major street protests in two months...
Protests, boycott mark ceremony for Iran leader
Aug 4th, 2009 - Philly
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, endorsed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term seven weeks after the disputed reelection that continues to roil the nation. Dozens of officials...
Rafsanjani defies Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Jul 17th, 2009 - Times Online
Iran’s most influential powerbroker defied the Supreme Leader and used Friday prayers to declare the Islamic Republic “in crisis” yesterday as tens of thousands of protesters staged the largest show of dissent in weeks.
Ex-Iranian President Criticizes Ayatollah
Jun 9th, 2009 - Washington Post
TEHRAN, June 9 -- Three days before Iranians go to the polls to elect a president, one of the country's most powerful clerics, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, issued an...
Ahmadinejad: Corruption revelations will continue
Jun 5th, 2009 - Press TV
Iran's incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will reveal more names to the public if "the racketeers" do not stop meddling in public properties. In an address in Isfahan on Friday...
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8:33Saudi failed coup d'état part II and the role of Russia in the persian gulf
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2:20Iran remains 'in crisis' after disputed election - 17 July 09
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's former president, has made his first public appearance since the country's disputed election, in which he backed opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. During a sermon at Tehran University ...
3:11Ayatollah Rafsanjani delivers sermon, Mousavi supporters chant; "Death to Russia, Death to China."
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- One of Iran's most powerful clerics, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has called on the Iranian government to release those people arrested following last month's disputed presidential election. Rafsanjani remains ...
4:53Tehran, Iran: Protest on fridays prayer Rafsanjani - 07-17-09
in friday prayer Rafsanjani in Tehran - July 17, 2009 - This week's Friday Prayers in Tehran have the potential to be the first nonscripted event of its kind in years, and even to become a platform for the opposition. Former President ...
