Articles tagged with: reformist
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Thursday, 2 May, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s supreme leader recommended against spreading ideological dogma and divisive comments in a meeting with groups of religious orators, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. This may be an attempt to reduce tensions in the run up to the country’s presidential poll scheduled for June 14.
Religious oratory, or maddahi, is a traditional Shi'a ritual in which a devout layperson recounts a historical narrative about the suffering of the Ahl-...
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Thursday, 18 Apr, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Pro-reformist website Baztab has reported that an internal poll has been conducted by an unknown state organization in Iran to gauge the opinions of the electorate in the run up to the presidential election. The leaked document reveals a strong indecisiveness and deep division among the electorate.
According to the poll, former reformist president Seyyed Mohammad Khatami is the most popular, but only 20 percent of respondents reported intending to vote for him. R...
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Andam Omar, like many young men in their twenties, enjoys the ever-developing face of Erbil, the de facto capital of Kurdish Iraq. At the new—and expansive—Tablo Mall he bo...
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