The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Tehran - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani called on the government to be more tolerant of its critics, the ILNA news agency reported Monday. Those responsible should have more tolerance and listen to critical voices as well, Rafsan...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A short midlevel cleric, with a neat white beard and a clergyman’s calm bearing, Mehdi Karroubi has watched from his home in Tehran in recent months as his aides have been arrested, his offices raided, his newspaper shut down. He himself has been threatened with arrest and, indirectly, the death penalty. The New York Times By MICHAEL SLACKMAN RIYADH, Saudi Arabia...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
NY Times: A short midlevel cleric, with a neat white beard and a clergyman’s calm bearing, Mehdi Karroubi has watched from his home in Tehran in recent months as his aides have been arrested, his offices raided, his newspaper shut down. He himself has been threatened with arrest and, indirectly, the death penalty. His response: bring it on. Once a second-tier opposition figure operating in the...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
From the New York Time s : RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A short midlevel cleric, with a neat white beard and a clergyman’s calm bearing, Mehdi Karroubi has watched from his home in Tehran in recent months as his aides have been arrested, his offices raided, his newspaper shut down. He himself has been threatened with arrest and, indirectly, the death penalty. His response: bring it on. Once...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
These events have been reported to World Threats . Alireza Beheshti, the highest advisor to Mosavi, attacked the commander of the RGC for ordering the sources of canon law to “be quiet”. Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani, the brother of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has admitted that the people defy and disgust the clerical regime. He said, people’s defiance of state is one of...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
[JURIST] An Argentine federal judge on Thursday indicted former president and current senator Carlos Menem for allegedly covering up evidence related to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Menem, born in Argentina to Syrian immigrants, is accused of covering up the alleged involvement of Syrian-Argentine businessman Alberto Kanoore Edul. Judge Ariel Lijo also indicted Menem's...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Iran's influential former president, called yesterday for national unity as part of his drive to build bridges between the regime and the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Tehran - Iranian former president and opposition leader Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said Tuesday that a plan was in progress to end the political crisis in Iran, the labour news agency ILNA reported. People with experience and goodwill are working on a...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is being replaced in his traditional Quds Day prayer service by a hard-line cleric, Ahmad Khatami.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Tehran - Moderate Iranian former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani will for the first time in more than two decades not lead the prayer ceremony on the annual anti-Israel day, state media reported Wednesday. The late supreme leader of the 1979 Islam...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
The chief commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard escalated the regime's accusations against leading opposition figures, claiming that Mohammad Khatami, the reformist leader, and a son of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president, had been working to weaken or remove the country's supreme leader
JURIST (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
[JURIST] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Friday for the prosecution of opposition leaders who allegedly conspired to orchestrate widespread protests after the country's disputed June 12 presidential election. Ahmadinejad spoke in front of thousands before Friday prayers in Tehran, calling for pro-reformists to be dealt with decisively. The president's comments, directed toward opposition...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Tehran - Former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani accused the head of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's office of conspiring against Iran's leadership, the labour news agency ILNA reported Thursday. It seems that there is a very complicated conspirac...
France24 (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
In an apparent reversal, powerful cleric and opposition supporter Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (photo) is urging Iranians to obey supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after previously distancing himself from Khamenei following a disputed June 12 vote.
Middle East Analysis (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
Iran reformer says he wants to present rape evidence Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:53am EDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian reformist cleric Mehdi Karoubi on Wednesday asked to meet top officials including the president to be able to present evidence of the rape of some detained post-election protesters, his party said. The Etemad-e Melli website said Karoubi made the call in a letter to parliament speaker Ali Larijani,...
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