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Iran's supreme leader warns opposition figures

Sep. 11, 2009
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says critics and reformers risk arrest if they don't 'perform within the framework of the system.' He also derides the West for interfering in Iran's affairs. Iran's top spiritual and political authority urged opposition leaders to act within the rules of the Islamic...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch