Iran's political earthquake: Ahmadinejad's surprise re-election as president amid allegations of foul play and dirty tricks could torpedo Barack Obama's Grand Design for a new Middle East.
The Middle East › Nbr. 2009, January 2009
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IRAN ELECTIONS
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Iran's political earthquake: Ahmadinejad's surprise re-election as president amid allegations of foul play and dirty tricks could torpedo Barack Obama's Grand Design for a new Middle East.
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The June re-election of the firebrand Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's president for another four years caused tremors of dismay in western capitals and triggered angry protests in the streets of Tehran and other Iranian cities by supporters of his main rival, former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, who alleged vote-fixing on a breathtaking scale. Mousavi's loyalists called the affair a "silent coup d'etat". Whatever it was, it caused a political eart...See the full content of this document
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