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Relatives and friends that I never expected to vote decided to participate. From Tabriz to Tehran to Mashhad, from Bonn to London to Virginia, they waited in long lines at polling stations, determined not to let the country slide further into penury and isolation, not to let 2005 repeat itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Even in a Tainted Election, Voting Still Matters | 6/16/2009 | See Source »

The counterfeiters you write about seem to have a certain reverence for the crime's long history. Art's mentor, a man nicknamed "Da Vinci," insisted on listening to Italian opera while making fake bills because the music itself was old. Is that romantic aura part of what drew Art...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Counterfeiting Money | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

Some analysts believe Khamenei is motivated by a desire to prevent Iran from normalizing its relationship with the West, fearing that removing the external "threat" against which it was constructed will fatally undermine the Iranian political system. Ahmadinejad's critics charged during the campaign that his provocative antics had undermined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khamenei: The Power Behind the President | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

Of all the many comments I've read on the Iranian election this weekend, the most poignant - and at the same time, the most misleading - is the idea that the desire for democratic change expressed by those who were opposed to the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a genie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: The Ayatullahs Shut Off a Safety Valve | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

In the hours after the speech, the right called Netanyahu's acceptance of a two-state solution a sign of Bibi's Obama-ization. "It was a brilliant speech, but Netanyahu surrendered to American pressure. We will act with all our power against a Palestinian state," said Dany Danon, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Netanyahu, in Turnabout, Backs Palestinian State | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

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