Word: khomeini
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...Montreal. There, during my final layover en route to the United States, I was finally patted down. I watched the agent spread books and magazines pulled from my backpack out before me, a judicious collection of Islamic Revolutionary materials packed in consideration of the authorities at Imam Khomeini Airport. I could only feel shame. After all of that worry, nothing had happened...
Mousavi, Khatami and, most significantly, Rafsanjani, possess extensive revolutionary credentials, having served under the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. They cannot be easily arrested. In the eyes of the ruling hard-liners, then, the road to the triumvirate must go through the Tehran courtroom. (See behind-the-scenes pictures of Mir-Hossein Mousavi...
...almost jubilant. A 2-year-old flashed the peace sign from a car on the jammed Haqqani Expressway. Groups of women waved green banners above their heads near Vanak Square. Protesters near Motahari Street, once they realized that nearby riot forces had been recalled to the massive Imam Khomeini Mosalla (mosque) prayer complex, burned tires and chanted all sorts of seditious phrases, including "Die Mojtaba" (a reference to the second son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, thought by many to be groomed as his successor), "Death to the dictators" and "Down with Russia." "It's out of control," said...
...group, the Islamic Society of Engineers, alluded to a possible coup by comparing Ahmadinejad to both Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, who was booted in a CIA-orchestrated coup in 1953, and Abol-Hassan Banisadr, the Islamic Republic's first President, who went into exile after he challenged Ayatullah Khomeini's authority. (See pictures of the long shadow of Ayatullah Khamenei...
...original plans for the memorial ceremony had been abruptly changed by opposition organizers on Wednesday night, switching from the massive Imam Khomeini Mossala (mosque) grounds to the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery some 20 kilometers south of the city center, close to the international airport and Ayatullah Khomeini's tomb complex. Agha-Soltan's mother, who was originally slated to attend the ceremony, did not go. "For reasons I can't say, I cannot attend the ceremony of my own daughter," she told ABC News. (See "The Turbulent Aftermath of Iran's Elections...