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Iran’s Dissident Cleric, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri Passed Away


NOTE: This is a live-blog article in which updates are being made in real-time as information comes in. To read this in chronological order, read from the bottom up.

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Breaking News: Rumors of Mousavi’s imminent arrest circulating


Today we have seen a flurry of rumors online that an arrest of Mousavi may be imminent. A news website closely associated with Mousavi called Kalameh has issued this statement(English translation):
WARNING: Beware that an event is unfolding!
Kaleme: Following the planned scenario for disgracing Imam Khomeini and accusing the Green movement and the students of [...]

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Mousavi: Country governed under Islam should not terrorize people


(Mousavi Statement on Facebook)
Mir Hossein Mousavi: A country that is governed under the name of Islam should not continue its path by terrorizing people.
Mir Hossein Mousavi in his second video-internet interview with Kaleme News Agency talked about the events that happened on November 4 as well as about the plans for eliminating subsidies (by the [...]

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Insider Opinion: Back to Square One


The following Q&A is between INN contributor MikVerbrugge (Mehrzad Vafa) and an insider source with which he is in communication. Following this Q&A is a brief analysis by an analyst that has been providing Iran News Now with insightful information ever since the rigged June 12 elections (preferring to remain anonymous).
Insider Opinion: Back to [...]

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Iran’s Power Brokers Part 3 – Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani – The Shark


While the Green Movement can’t count on Rafsanjani to support them unconditionally (far from it in fact), the situation has some light at the end of the tunnel in that Rafsanjani is likely seething with anger at how Khamenei is handling things. His interests will be aligned with those of the Green Movement insofar as sharing the goal of neutering Khamenei, Ahmadinejad and the IRGC, but they will likely diverge when this is accomplished. The people want freedom. Rafsanjani wants a comfortable life for Rafsanjani and family

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For Iran’s Spies, A Putsch


By David Ignatius
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The political situation in Iran remains murky, to put it mildly, in the aftermath of June’s turbulent election. But some clues can be found in the recent purge of the country’s intelligence service.
The turmoil suggests that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pushing to tighten his control of the regime, even [...]

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