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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.

Things seem to be quieting down in Iran, but that doesn't mean the crisis is fading....

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