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...conservatives certainly see Moussavi as a more formidable enemy than Khatami. The political editor of the conservative daily Resalat, Amir Mohebbian, said in an interview with the Ghalam website, "If Moussavi enters as the solitary candidate of the reformists, he has high chances of winning in the elections, and if people like Khatami support him as well, he will have the support of young voters too." In the same interview, Mohebbian added, "What is clear is that the fundamentalists prefer him over other reformist candidates," and that Moussavi had more opponents among what Mohebbian called "extremists" in the reform movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Khatami's Exit Could Be Good for Ahmadinejad | 3/17/2009 | See Source »

...presented itself." But when Britain sought to aggravate the situation by involving the United States, Tehran was forced to take sterner measures, such as airing footage of the detainees. "Iran had no desire to repeat any sort of hostage crisis, says Amir Mohebbian, an editor at the conservative daily Resalat. "The matter could have easily been resolved with a simple British apology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tehran Sees the Standoff as Over | 4/3/2007 | See Source »

...private, hard-liners are high-fiving one another because of what they consider declining odds that the second-term Bush Administration will pursue regime change in Tehran. "Don't show your teeth if you can't bite," says Amir Mohebbian, political editor of the conservative Resalat newspaper. Observing U.S. difficulties in taming the Iraqis, Iranian leaders are far less worried than they were two years ago that U.S. forces might motor on toward Tehran. Some commentators are mocking Washington's tough anti-Iran rhetoric, confident that no U.S. allies have the stomach for a new military venture. The mullahs seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: Still Defiant | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...between pragmatists (represented by the Abadgaran) and hard-liners within the ranks of the conservatives. "This group of pragmatists works less with ideology and more with reality. They are professional experts and want to deliver on people's needs," says Dr. Amir Mohebbian, political editor of the conservative daily "Resalat." Others aren't as optimistic. "The Abadgaran are just the old wolves in new sheep's clothes," says a student leader at Tehran's Amir Kabir University. "They are the new hardline tactic to regain control over the political structures of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Neo-Cons Take Tehran | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

...office facing a hostile parliament and the possibility that conservatives will win the presidency in 2005. It's a prospect that fills Khamenei's allies with glee. "A quarter of a century after the triumph of the Islamic revolution," boasts Mohammed Kazem Anbarlui, editor of the conservative daily Resalat, "we are at the height of power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Of One | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

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