TEHRAN — A high-ranking former Iranian commander has sparked protests and angry denunciations by hard-liners and Revolutionary Guard leaders for publishing a commentary that critics said compares recent government crackdowns on the opposition to repression during the rule of the shah. Read full article >>

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Hossein Alaei, a former senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), has come under attack by his fellow guards and hard-liners over an article in which he appeared to draw an analogy between the rule of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the last days of the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was ousted from power in the 1979 revolution.

We know the GOP will attack the president if he extends an olive branch to Iran; but they will attack him regardless, so he may as well do something of significance for the greater good of our entire civilization.

TEHRAN — The Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, is on Friday to make a visit to Iran, which is celebrating the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian government officials said.

The Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismael Haniya, is on Friday to make a visit to Iran, which is celebrating the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian government officials said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- Coroner Zulkpli Abdullah today visited theAvenue K building in Jalan Ampang here where taxi driver Baharudin Ahmad wasfound dead in a sitting position after allegedly taking part in the illegalrally on July 9, 2011.Zulkpli who is conducting the inquest on Baharudin''s death, arrived at thebuilding at 4.50pm, accompanied by Deputy Public Prosecutor Kalmizah Saleh ...

The return of Ayatoollah Khomeini to Tehran was reenacted in Tehran's Mehrabad airport on Wednesday. On the Air France flight on his way to Iran, Khomeini was asked by ABC News reporter Peter Jennings: "What do you feel in returning to Iran?" Khomeini answered: "Hichi" (Nothing).

At age of 25, Reza Eshalghi is among the most promising sculptors of his generation. His latest series is a depiction of Court of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( 1831-1896 ). A fresh look at ugliness and beauty, a parody to show repetition of history. Raising the question: Is anything new under this ancient Blue sky.

Iran's Ebrat Museum was once a prison of the shah's secret police, SAVAK. The museum displays and exhibits the documented atrocities of SAVAK including prison cells, interrogation rooms and torture chambers. -Armin Karami