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ffice is a conservative of one type or the other, since they have to be vetted by the regime. Is there really a difference between forces loyal to Ahmadinejad's group and those close to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's leadership? It is not really true that reformist candidates or candidates who identi

ch returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office, there is a significant power struggle among the various conservative forces, says Iran expert Farideh Farhi. The outcome of the elections, she says, will also provide some indication of the course of the presidential election to be held next year. She ad

ous conservative forces which collectively identify themselves as "Principlists." The elections are also significant because as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reaches the end of his constitutionally permitted two terms in 2013, these elections will likely provide some indication about the course of the pr

egime change. And of course, the policies that are being pursued by outside powers give them at least some reasons for being paranoid. Interviewee: Farideh Farhi, Graduate Faculty and Lecturer, University of Hawaii, Manoa. TIME Why China Will Have an Economic Crisis Michael Schuman February 27, 2012 -- Th

moud Ahmadinejad, who got into such a sulk recently that he took 11 days off work, infuriating everybody. The Majlis, or parliament, is investigating Ahmadinejad for various alleged frauds including, of all things, vote- buying in 2009! Ahmadinejad was booed during his June 3 speech commemorating Ayatollah Kho

things, vote- buying in 2009! Ahmadinejad was booed during his June 3 speech commemorating Ayatollah Khomeini's death. Iran is characterized by what Farideh Farhi of the University of Hawaii recently termed "administrative chaos." That's not how you make a nuke. When remembering Iran — and it must be remembered