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...talk shows, and the ruling clerics have earned more popular support than they have had in years. Even Iranians who dislike the mullahs are showing pride in the idea of Iran becoming an atomic power. "If the West has nuclear weapons, we need them as well," says accountant Amir Taheri, 25, as he and two female friends sip milk shakes at a U.S.-style shopping-center food court in affluent north Tehran...
...discovering religious Jews on reconnaissance missions across the valley at the Mount of Olives, they have been concerned about the possibility of radical settlers launching a missile attack against the mosques on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Officials are also worried about the threat of lone assassins like Yigal Amir, who slew Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin nine years ago this week. "These extremists believe Yigal Amir changed the course of reality," says an intelligence official. "They still celebrate the murder of Rabin...
Marriage Meltdown "Asia's divorce boom brings to light one of the worst effects of the cultural invasion of American concepts on the rest of the world." Agha Amir Ahsan Chaklala, Pakistan...
...between reformists and conservatives to a political struggle between pragmatists (represented by the Abadgaran) and hard-liners within the ranks of the conservatives. "This group of pragmatists works less with ideology and more with reality. They are professional experts and want to deliver on people's needs," says Dr. Amir Mohebbian, political editor of the conservative daily "Resalat." Others aren't as optimistic. "The Abadgaran are just the old wolves in new sheep's clothes," says a student leader at Tehran's Amir Kabir University. "They are the new hardline tactic to regain control over the political structures...
...Saturday night, Amir C. Daharpuni ‘04 made quick work of the few square inches of Quincy House not already crusted in bodily emissions. In a move that will henceforth be known as the “Daharpuni puke n’ twirl,” a very drunk Darharpuni covered much of the walls, floors and ceilings of senior Larry P. Hotchkiss’ suite in a stew of vodka, eggplant parmesan, garlic bread, mozzarella sticks and bile as he went in careening search for the toilet. To the chagrin of Hotchkiss’ roommate, Vito Giuliani...