Word: nasseri
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...CYRUS NASSERI, Iranian envoy, characterizing U.S. suspicions that his country planned to make nuclear weapons as "déjà vu," at a two-day meeting in which the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran, without success, to halt its nuclear program...
...boasts no glittering dome, no grand courtyard, no elaborate stucco work on the ceiling. The loudspeakers on its single minaret are set at a modest volume, and the muezzin's call to prayer barely travels a few blocks. "We like to keep things low-key," says Abdul Karim al-Nasseri, the mosque's soft-voiced imam. "People come here for quiet contemplation...
...peaceful exterior hides a deepening disquiet. The Omar al-Mukhtar is a Sunni mosque, and these days, many of al-Nasseri's flock stop by his office after their daily prayers to unburden their anxieties--about the lack of jobs, the growing violence and, mostly, Iraq's political future. "Most of the conversations are about the elections," he says. "People want to know what they should do. Should they vote? Will it make any difference if they do? And who should they vote...
...Omar al-Mukhtar, worshippers who ask that question of al-Nasseri get a carefully weighed answer. A senior cleric in the A.M.S., he shares not only the Sunni clergy's intense dislike of the U.S. but also its distrust of a political process sponsored by "the occupying power." But unlike many of his fellow clerics, he believes Sunnis should hold their noses and dive in. He is advising his flock to vote. "The important thing is for us to have a say in the future of Iraq," he says. "If we stay out of the elections, then we lose...
...said tearfully in a video released Friday, referring to British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was decapitated by his captors earlier this month. Her heartrending plea may not help her abductors' cause with many Iraqis. "To humiliate a woman like this, especially an Arab woman, is unacceptable," says Saad al-Nasseri, a Baghdad businessman. "Whoever has her will get no sympathy from Iraqi people...