Summary
The Iranian parliament's decision to encourage the production of nuclear fuel for electricity generation is a direct challenge to the negotiations with Britain, France, and Germany, over Tehran's nuclear programme. Here, Ansari expounds how the complex international crisis is a force in the month's presidential election, which sees the return of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who is a major political figure.
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Prodigal President
AT LAST. THE WAITING IS OVER; THE promise fulfilled. The prodigal president has returned to the political fray. With the reluctance characteristic of a man of political acumen and ambition, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani announced his decision to run for a third term as President. In a letter faxed to the Iranian media, Rafsanjani, who wisely kept people - and more importantly, his opponents - guessing until the very last minute, dec...
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