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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iran unfazed by U.S. rhetoric, cleric says

A senior Iranian cleric said during Friday prayers the people of Iran were brushing off any potential military threat from the United States.

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Iran suggests U.N. tied to assassination

The killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist was the work of Western intelligence agents who may have got wind of him from the United Nations, Tehran said.

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Iranian, IAEA officials to meet

Iran's foreign minister will meet with the U.N. nuclear watchdog group in Vienna as an Iranian leader said the republic is a pioneer in nuclear disarmament.

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Atonement open to opposition, Iran says

Supporters of the opposition movement in Iran should wake up to the fact that the path to atonement is still open, a leading cleric said during Friday prayers.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Hard-line cleric calls for Mousavi arrest

Iranian reformist leaders such as one-time presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi should be arrested, a senior hard-line cleric says.

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Iran threatens British embassy trial

Iranian authorities indicated Friday they planned to put some members of the British Embassy staff in Tehran on trial, officials said.

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Iranian cleric says U.S. should leave Iraq

An Iranian cleric in Tehran said Friday that if the United States wants security in Iraq, it should withdraw its forces.

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Voting ends in Iran

Voting ended Friday evening in Iran's controversial general election, with the outcome generally expected to be a victory for conservatives.

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Polls close in Iran elections

Voting ended Friday evening in Iran's controversial general election, with the outcome generally expected to be a victory for conservatives.

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That's an undeniable reality because no one, except the United States, has in history of nuclear arms production dared to use the weapons, while it now stands in the claimant position
Iranian, IAEA officials to meet Apr 23, 2010

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah (Persian: احمد جنتی, date of birth: 1927) is a hardline Iranian politician, fundamentalist Shi'i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ties with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mesbah Yazdi. He is the conservative chairman of the Guardian Council, the body in charge of checking legislation approved by Majlis with the Constitution and sharia, and approving the candidates in various elections. He is also a temporary Friday prayer imam of Tehran. His son Hussein Jannati was a member of People's Mujahedin of Iran and was killed in a street battle by the Islamic Republic security forces in 1981.

He has been a member of the Guardian Council since 1980 and has been its chair since 1988. Ahmad Jannati wields considerable influence because he simultaneously holds seats in the Guardian Council, Expediency Discernment Council, and Assembly of Experts.

Jannati was one of the founders of Haghani School, one of the most influential religious schools in Iran, and has had an influence on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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