Word: siamdoust
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...With reporting by Nahid Siamdoust / Beirut and Tony Karon / New York...
...provinces. "My heart is powered by nuclear fuel," Ahmadinejad replied. The place was hot, and packed, and people were fainting. After several hours, the host announced that the President would not be speaking: he had gotten caught up in the crowds outside the mosque. And so Nahid Siamdoust, TIME's Tehran reporter, and I began a three-hour journey to get back to my hotel, which was only a few miles away. (See pictures of Iran's presidential election and its turbulent aftermath...
...Coalition, which split from the main conservative coalition before last week's elections. (Candidates loosely allied with the coalition have captured 70 seats in the new parliament.) They also believe he has the support of some of the country's most influential clerics. He spoke with TIME's Nahid Siamdoust in Tehran as the election results were coming in. Pressed to predict whether his "taste" or Ahmadinejad's would triumph in future Iranian elections, Qalibaf simply says, "That the people will decide." Excerpts from the interview...
...conservatives supporting Ahmadinejad. Even though George W. Bush has dismissed Iran's elections as undemocratic, the country's liberalizing and conservative forces know that victory depends on a strategy the U.S. President can appreciate: turning out their base in a country split down the middle by ideology. --By Nahid Siamdoust...
...needs to support sanctions? "This, potentially, could be the first time that China's oil interests run head on into our strategic interests," says a U.S. diplomat. In the global oil patch of the 21st century, it probably won't be the last. -With reporting by Nahid Siamdoust/ Tehran and Yuri Zarakhovich/Moscow