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Iran: Ahmadinejad's Turbulent Second Term
Jun 23, 2009 | 19:57 GMT
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Summary
While street protests in Iran appear to be diminishing, the electoral crisis continues to unfold, with reports of a planned nationwide strike and efforts by the regime's second most powerful cleric, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, to mobilize opposition against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from within the system. In so doing he could stifle the president's ability to effect significant policy changes, which would play into the hands of the United States.
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