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...conflicting messages about buyouts. "Most of the people who lived in the flood area were people of limited means, and it opened up a terrible, terrible opportunity," says King. Many sold their houses to speculators for "10 cents on the dollar" because "there was no direction from the city council...
...final word in all political and religious matters. The massive protests roiling Tehran in the aftermath of the June 12 elections have underlined both the vast sweep of Khamenei's powers and, perhaps, its limitations. After hailing Ahmadinejad's "divine victory," Khamenei backpedaled by ordering the country's Guardian Council to investigate the results - a decree that some took as an implicit capitulation to factions sympathetic to Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Ahmadinejad's challenger. In his two decades at the helm of the Islamic Republic, Khamenei's present challenge - to guide Iran through this stretch of turbulence while the world watches...
Khamenei ordered the Guardian Council, an unelected body composed of 12 clerics and experts in Islamic law closely allied to the supreme leader, to investigate the election results after he met with Mousavi on Sunday. Mousavi also sent a letter to the supreme leader outlining his allegations...
...spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted on state TV as saying the recount would be limited to voting sites where candidates claim irregularities took place. He did not rule out the possibility of canceling the results, saying that is within the council's powers, although nullifying an election would be an unprecedented step...
Mousavi said Monday he was not hopeful that the council would address his charges because he believes its members are not neutral and have already indicated support for Ahmadinejad. Read an exclusive interview with Ahmadinejad's opponent, Mir-Hossein Mousavi...