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...Tehran Clerics Slam Election Results A group of influential clerics denounced last month's disputed election as "illegitimate," in perhaps the clearest sign of deepening fault lines in the Iranian theocracy. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory, which triggered massive protests, has been backed by Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...Israelis are equally skeptical about Palestinian intentions. In an interview last week, Netanyahu's national security adviser, Uzi Arad, poured scorn on the Obama Administration's efforts to expedite a two-state solution, saying the conflict would not end soon because the Palestinians, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, lack the will to end it. "Even the moderates among them do not really want a settlement," Arad said. "At most, they are striving toward a settlement in order to renew the confrontation from a better position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Next Step in His Mideast Peace Plan | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

Iranians have been waiting for weeks to hear from former President Ayatullah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. At the height of the demonstrations on Tehran's streets, when hundreds of thousands of people called for a do-over of the June 12 presidential election officially won by incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, many Iranians have wondered if Rafsanjani, one of the Islamic Republic's most powerful men and a leading supporter of defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, would mount a challenge to Ahmadinejad's main patron, the Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iran, the Opposition Delivers a Sermon | 7/17/2009 | See Source »

...from how the Israelis left it when they withdrew in January. Its recovery is hampered by an ongoing Israeli blockade that prevents most reconstruction materials from entering the territory amid ongoing political deadlock between Israel and Hamas over captive soldier Gilad Shalit and between Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas over political authority in the area. And the publication of the soldiers' testimonies - whatever Israelis make of them - is more evidence that closure on the 22-day war may still elude Israelis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dissident Israeli Soldiers Turn a Harsh Light on the Gaza War | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...political crisis. But because Iran sees Jundallah as having U.S. backing, the timing of the execution reinforces Tehran's narrative that foreigners are to blame for the postelection unrest. The executions are also a message to Iran's restive minority groups to stay out of the confrontation between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his opponents. (See pictures of violence to intimidate Iranians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Campaign Against Foreign Plots | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

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