| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : ME/NAF, Iran, United States | | | | TOPICS : politics, corruption, election, foreign policy, government, human rights, media, opposition, police, reform, religion, security | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : The far-right forces, who back President Ahmadi-Nejad, have not been able to present his re-election as a fait accompli. Instead, they have forced Supreme leader Ali Khamenei to abandon his position as arbiter of the system, and openly take sides in Iran's political struggle. In this way, a dispute over an election has escalated into a confrontation between much of the population and the Leader over their participation in the Islamic Republi |
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