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The story, which appeared on an opposition website, alleged that Rafsanjani and the Supreme Leader have had a climactic parting of ways, a final end to the pretense of keeping their deathbed promise to Imam Khomeini. The incident reportedly involves the wife of Alireza Beheshti, a close aide of Mir...
"It has come to a point where the grandchildren of the first Head of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic, the innocent martyr Ayatullah Beheshti, must be without their parents during the 10 Days of Dawn [a reference to the celebration of the revolution's anniversary] and must live underground...
The rumored incident aside, Beheshti and his family do play a part in more confirmable developments in Iran's drama. Last week, the pro-government press ignored a visit to Beheshti's home by Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic. Khomeini visited Beheshti's family...
Meanwhile, in his latest statements, the opposition leader Mousavi drew a parallel between his enemies and the powers that opposed the Ayatullah Khomeini, saying that 30 years after the Islamic revolution overthrew the autocratic Shah, the "roots of despotism" remained. "In the first years of the revolution, people were convinced...
Agreeing on a successor to Mehsud, who has led the organization for less than a year, won't be easy, but a Taliban commander quoted in the news said it would probably be Waliur Rehman, a high-ranking fellow Mehsud tribesman from South Waziristan. But he may not be acceptable...