Word: islamicism
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This is a lesson that all U.S. leaders learn. A President cannot dictate the terms of political debate in the U.S., but he can at least set them. Yet as Obama prepares for a foreign trip in which he will give a much heralded speech to the Islamic world, he...
"There is a bipolarity in Iranian politics right now," says Mohammad Atrianfar, a political analyst in Tehran. "The change they were seeking in the U.S. is happening here too. People are trying to unseat Ahmadinejad." There are also plenty of people who want the current President to stay, and Ahmadinejad...
There could not be more contrast between an Ahmadinejad campaign event - the stage occupied only by men, supporters dressed in black, the air filled with sentimental music and religious chants - and a recent rally for Mousavi, with supporters covered in shades of green bouncing to uplifting pop music and women...
By cloaking himself in the mantle of anticorruption campaigner, Ahmadinejad appeared to escape the burden of incumbency. "Although he has all the means of the country at his disposal, Ahmadinejad's aim was to present himself as the underdog last night, and he succeeded to some extent," former Vice President...
By breaking with the conventions of Iran's political class, the President has certainly taken a risk. "Ahmadinejad totally broke the rules of the game," said Moussavi supporter Hosseinian. "He may very well have a powerful current building up against him." There are now rumors that Rafsanjani, Expediency Council chief...