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...Iranian officials agonized over whether to sign a memorial book at the Swiss Embassy's U.S. Interests Section in Tehran. M.P. Ahmed Bourghani phoned Mohammed Ali Abtahi, Khatami's former chief of staff, and asked him to come along and sign. Abtahi said no, but minutes before the book was shipped off to Washington, Bourghani showed up with a bouquet of white gladioli to sign on behalf of the Speaker of Parliament, Mehdi Karroubi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sympathy for the Devil | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...humiliation at the polls: in last week's results, he ran 30th in the race for 30 Tehran seats, jeopardizing his bid to become the next speaker in Iran's parliament. "In the history of Iranian journalism, there is hardly a precedent for Ganji's bravery," says Ahmed Bourghani, a former Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance official. "He has pulled back the curtain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing with Death | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

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