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...that he has left the Qum seminary, he says he will keep wearing his clerical robes as a symbol of defiance. If his message spreads, he could be instrumental in showing people beyond Iran how they can be good Muslims and good democrats too. --By Scott MacLeod and Nahid Siamdoust/Tehran
...could be tempted to back the insurgency. Iraq's Gulf neighbors distrust Iran and would like to see Sunnis retain influence in Baghdad. With Iraq's fate so uncertain, foreign meddling may have only just begun. --By Massimo Calabresi and Adam Zagorin. With reporting by Scott MacLeod/Cairo and Nahid Siamdoust/Tehran
...NAHID SIAMDOUST/TEHRAN Two days after Iran's parliamentary elections, the country's first vice-president Ali Abtahi posted a surprise warning on his personal web site. The electorate, he said, required the victorious "collection of factions that were considered to be opposed to reforms (that) had taken part in the elections under the civil title of Abadgaran (or Developers)," whose "candidates spoke of freedom to own satellite dishes, promised freedom to young people, and even hinted at relations with the United States," to stick to their promises. Failure to do so, Abtahi warned, would "be a serious crime against...
...With reporting by Nahid Siamdoust/Tehran
...prove to be one of the bigger forces for stability." A State Department official, on the other hand, says: "I am skeptical that anyone really understands what Sistani's about." The world may be about to find out. --Reported by Brian Bennett and Hassan Fattah/Baghdad, Massimo Calabresi/Washington, Scott MacLeod/Cairo, Nahid Siamdoust/Qum, Philip Smucker/Karbala, Phil Zabriskie/Najaf