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nctions, corruption and mismanagement, oil exports are down by almost a half and production is nearing twenty year lows. Before the late Ayatollah Khomeini announced that "economics is for donkeys" Iran's oil production stood at close to six million barrels per day. Today, after thirty- two years of "th
the year 2015 — an absolutely laughable assertion that defies the laws of gravity, markets, and reality. EFTA00712380 And lastly, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the most powerful man in Iran, told a gathering of Qu'ran reciters this past week, according to the DC-based Iran Times, that "the Islamic Republ
broke out in 1999 was crushed without mercy. Recalling Khatami Khatami was either a man powerless to defend the movement or a faithful son of the Khomeini order who was given leeway by the regime's powers that be. He couldn't defy the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or run afoul of the Islamic
end the movement or a faithful son of the Khomeini order who was given leeway by the regime's powers that be. He couldn't defy the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or run afoul of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. The case is now being made that Rohani is no freelancer, that he is a player of standing in the
onversely, views the world as essentially hostile, and many hardliners argue for a national security policy based on the most atavistic elements of Khomeini's worldview: international institutions and diplomacy are symptoms of an inequitable world, and a farce — self-reliance is the only option. And if
nous anti-Zionism. Perhaps Mr. Ban entertains a hope that he can single-handedly persuade Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to end their quest for nuclear weapons. That assumes that the United Nations leader has more clout than anyone else who has tried. We're told that
the revolution's father, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Like all Shiite clerics aspiring to become a "source of emulation" (marja'’-e taglid), Khomeini spent the first part of his career meticulously examining and dispensing religious guidance on personal behavior and ritual purity that ranged from t
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026553 →lties for fornicating with animals than how to run a modern economy. AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1989, Khomeini was succeeded by the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has remained loyal to Khomeini's vision for Iran, including his prudishness regarding matters of the flesh. For Khamenei -- who has said that ke
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026557 →Entities connected to both Khomeini and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Barack Obama
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United States
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Bashar al-Assad
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Tehran
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Damascus
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Saddam Hussein
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Marc Rich
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Hosni Mubarak
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Yemen
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Cairo
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Middle East
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Tunisia
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Vladimir Putin
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Fatah
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Khamenei
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