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  • Iran Bars Candidacies of Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad Aide

    IA conservative body in Iran has barred two prominent figures from competing in next month's presidential election: moderate former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading conservative allied to current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian interior ministry said Tuesday the Guardian Council of clerics and jurists excluded the two politicians from a final list of eight candidates ...

  • Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran

    STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East this week for talks to promote an international peace conference on Syria. Russia wants Iran to be part of the process. In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. "Iran has ...

  • Iran allows eight contenders for presidential election

    Iranian legislative body has approved eligibility of eight presidential candidates for the June 14 poll in the country, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The candidates, including the country's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and former foreign minister Ali-Akbar Velayati -- for the presidential election have been approved by Iran's Guardian Council of Constitution, semi-official Mehr news agency ...

  • Two Key Candidates Barred From Seeking Irans Presidency

    Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's candidacy for the country's presidency was rejected Tuesday by the powerful Guardian Council. He's seen here on May 11 registering his candidacy for the June 14 ...

  • Saudis Arrest Ten More Members Of Iranian ‘Spy Ring’

    Saudi Arabian officials have arrested 10 more members of an alleged Iranian-linked spy ring, according to the interior ministry, following the detention of 18 other such "spies" in ...

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Good Will Hunting

Genius is a strange thing, a true rarity, that comes along maybe once in a generation. And, because genius doesn't recognize arbitrary aspects of life such as race, gender, or class, it can find itself embodied anywhere. In Gus Van Sant's "Good Will Hunting," this rare genius is embodied in a confused, embattled 20-year-old janitor at MIT named Will Hunting (Matt Damon). Will is a certified genius ... ...

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  • Two Portraits Of Post-Revolutionary Life In Iran

    Credit: rlygur Hnefill/ flickr ByMaryam Elika Ansari In recent years, there has been a surge in Iranian women's diaspora writing about life in post-revolutionary Iran. I will draw your attention to two such accounts, which portray two very different activities with distinct results, both taking place in Tehran. One entails a private book club with predominantly female students who get ...

  • Iran bars candidates for presidential election

    DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 election, along with a protg of the current president, leaving mainly hardliners left to contest the ...

  • Iran Bars Two Contenders From Presidential Race

    Two well-known candidates who had submitted their registration papers for Iran’s June presidential election won’t be on the ballot. That includes former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s former Chief of Staff, Rahim Mashai. Iranian journalist Shirin Jafaari says the decision might mean that some Iranians stay away from the ...

  • Disqualification Of Rafsanjani Paves Way For Khamenei To Install Loyalist

    The decision by Iran’s powerful Guardians Council to bar former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from running in next month's presidential election paves the way for the country’s establishment to bring a loyalist to power. It also deals another blow to the credibility of the June 14 poll, analysts say. With his potential appeal to both reformists and conservatives, ...

  • Former President Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad ally barred from Iran election

    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 election, along with a protege of the current president, leaving mainly hardliners left to contest the vote. Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close aide to current ...

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