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Earlier WMR The Economist, “Who Runs [Iran]“

The Middle East in the News
Zoe Weinberg October 2, 2008
Article: Who Runs It? The puzzling relationship between supreme leader and president
The Economist July 24 2008 (Economist print edition)
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11792348
Time
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Place
Iran
Key People
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader of Iran)
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Vocabulary
Supreme Leader
Article Summary/Main Ideas
Under Iranian law, the ultimate religious and political authority in the country is the [...]

2008 11 20 Zoe Weinberg Comments (0)

WMR - Iran-US Diplomacy

The Middle East in the News
•Kaki Elgin, Nov. 12
•Title of Article: Opening a Door in Tehran?
• http://www.newsweek.com/id/167904/page/1
•Article Summary
Time: The near future, possibly
Place: Iran
Key People: The State Department, Condoleeza Rice
Main Ideas: The US is looking into opening up partial diplomatic relations with Iran by placing a “U.S.-interests” office inside the Swiss Embassy in Tehran—placing US diplomatic [...]

2008 11 12 Kaki Elgin Arab World
Economic Issues
Foreign Policy
Middle East
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WMR - Obama quashes Iran’s hopes for change

Alysha Sayall – Nov. 12, 2008
Obama quashes Iran’s hopes for change (Article)
BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7718603.stm
Time – Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008
Place – Tehran, Iran
Key People
- President-elect Obama
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Joseph Biden
- Ayatollah Khamenei
 
Main Ideas
During his running period, Obama suggested having open, unconditional talks with Iran – as a solution to the complete halt in [...]

2008 11 12 Alysha Sayall Foreign Policy
NMH-PA Collaboration
NMH-PA Media Reports
Terrorism Comments (0)

‘Iran minister faces impeachment’

BBC News
Interior Minister Ali Kordan faces impeachment after he admitted to faking a degree from Oxford University. Conservatives and moderate MPs have called on Kordan to resign or be dismissed from cabinet. The president of Iran, however, does not approve of the impeachment, saying that “the impeachment was illegal as Mr. Kordan committed no wrongdoing [...]

2008 11 05 Pam Chen NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (1)

Recent Article on Iran

Thanks to Cam for catching this article from the October 2008 issue of  Smithsonian Magazine by our current text author Stephen Kinzer.  The title of the article is  “Inside Iran’s Fury.”   
Those interested in Iran should not miss Kinzer’s older book, All the Shah’s Men:  An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror  (Hoboken, [...]

2008 11 04 Ted Thornton Comments (0)

Election and economy ‘calm Iran policy’

Military action against Iran seemed very likely, especially if the democrats were gaining ground in the current presidential election.  Republican war hawks believe that Barack Obama would not be tough enough to deal effectively with Iran.  However, recently these sentiments have changed and an attack in the near future seems less and less likely as [...]

2008 10 28 Mohan Fitzgerald Foreign Policy
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WMR - UN Approves New Iran Resolution

Alysha Sayall – Sept. 30, 2008
UN Approves New Iran Resolution (Article)
BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7640133.stm 
Time – Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
Place – United Nations, also regarding Iran
Key People
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Russia’s UN representative, Vitaly Churkin
- Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili

Vocabulary
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency, UN’s nuclear “watchdog”

Main Ideas
The UN approves what they call [...]

2008 10 27 Alysha Sayall Foreign Policy
Middle East
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Malaysia Does an About-Face on Shrin Ebadi

As follow up to our discussion on Thursday of Iranian human rights lawyer Shrin Ebadi, Malaysia has reversed the earlier decision and will allow her to speak.
Story at BBC
More on women in the Muslim world

2008 10 24 Ted Thornton Islam
Women Comments (0)

Middle East caught in the crisis

BBC News October 23, 2008
 Summary: Economists survey the Middle East’s challenges of their global financial system. Robert Mabro, an energy economist and former director of Oxford Institute for energy studies, comments on the challenges that the Middle East will face, if they are not already. It is said that such crises like financial and associated [...]

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2008 10 23 Pam Chen Economic Issues
Egypt
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
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Imminent U.S. or Israeli Attack on Iran Seen as Less Likely

Reasons cited include: American elections, the poor state of the global economy, Israeli government in transition. 
Story at BBC

2008 10 23 Ted Thornton Foreign Policy
Israel
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