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The future of American-Iranian relations isn't up to Ahmadinejad alone, of course. Power in Iran is exercised by the elected presidency and parliament but overseen by less transparent clerical authorities headed by Khamenei. And with oil prices tumbling and the economy in poor shape, Ahmadinejad may face stiff...
Then there is U.S. support for Israel. Anti-Zionism is an ideological pillar of the Islamic revolution. One of the first things Khomeini did after the revolution, according to Salah Zawawi, the Palestinian ambassador to Iran for the past 27 years, was to raise the slogan "Today Iran, tomorrow Palestine...
The key question is whether a religious state with divinely guided leaders can change its core beliefs without alienating the ranks of the faithful--those who fought for the revolution, and the generation raised on its ideology--who keep the Islamic state in power. To be sure, Iran hardly feels...
That, Iranians may be. But such gentleness should not lead Western visitors to think support for the values of the Islamic revolution has run its course. Every day the Mahestan shopping mall just off Revolution Street fills with students from the nearby universities. The mall is popular with Basijis--the...
But Tricky's "clubhouse" is in fact a recording studio. Opened in Oct. 2008 at the cost of $130 million, the 104 arts complex is part of Paris's bid to revitalize the city's arts scene. Seeing an opportunity for what 104 Community Outreach Coordinator Matthias Tronqual calls "a...