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                    [Title] => Son of Iran's former president begins 10-year prison term
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A son of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani began a 10-year prison sentence yesterday after his conviction on corruption and security charges, the official IRNA news agency reported.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-09 17:10:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1120534 [AuthorName] => Ali Akbar Dareini [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 952341 [Title] => In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few options [Summary] =>

Despite four years of non-stop pressure, arrests and intimidation, Iran's dissidents still find ways to show their resilience.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-10 03:36:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1182823 [AuthorName] => Brian Murphy [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7974/42902207.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950028 [Title] => Iranian voter views suggest wide open race [Summary] =>

On the hardscrabble streets in south Tehran, a group of paramilitary volunteers looks to hard-line presidential candidate Saeed Jalili — Iran's top nuclear negotiator — as the best defender of the Islamic system.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-04 03:20:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1535906 [AuthorName] => Nasser Karimi and Brian Murphy [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 529930 [Title] => Iran chokes off Internet on eve of student rallies [Summary] =>

On the eve of student demonstrations planned for Monday, Iran choked off Internet access and warned journalists working for foreign media to stick to their offices for the next three days.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-07 03:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 479709 [Title] => Mousavi defiantly calls for continued protests [Summary] => TEHRAN (AP) -- Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and a popular reformist former president are boldly defying the country's supreme leader by supporting continued protests of a disputed presidential election, but it was unclear Monday whether protesters would dare to continue massive demonstrations after a bloody crackdown. [DatePublished] => 2009-06-22 16:06:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 479701 [Title] => Iran opposition leader vows to stand by protesters [Summary] => TEHRAN (AP) -- Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has vowed he will stand by the protesters whose week of defiance has deeply shaken the country, but says he won't allow their lives to be put in peril and says the security forces that bloodied them are their comrades. [DatePublished] => 2009-06-22 13:32:10 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 479678 [Title] => Struggle among Iran's clerics bursts into the open [Summary] =>

TEHRAN (AP) – A backstage struggle among Iran's ruling clerics burst into the open Sunday when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other relatives of an ayatollah who is one of the country's most powerful men.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-22 07:18:48 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 479670 [Title] => Arrests of Rafsanjani kin show Iran clerics split [Summary] =>

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran's government said yesterday it arrested the daughter and four other relatives of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the country's most powerful men, in a move that exposed a rift among the ruling Islamic clerics over the disputed presidential election.


[DatePublished] => 2009-06-22 01:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 478759 [Title] => Hundreds of thousands protest in Iran, mourn dead [Summary] =>

Hundreds of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again yesterday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran's disputed election.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-19 02:11:25 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 477746 [Title] => Turmoil [Summary] =>

Iran seems to be on the verge of yet another revolution. Angry protestors are in the streets, refusing to accept the official outcome of presidential elections held this weekend.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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