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Arash Karami

Arash Karami is a contributor to Al-Monitor.

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Iranian protesters remove a satellite dish from a building near the gate of the British Embassy in Tehran November 29, 2011. Dozens of young Iranian men entered buildings inside the British embassy compound in Tehran on Tuesday, throwing rocks, petrol bombs and burning documents looted from offices, Iranian news agencies reported. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN

Iran’s Basij concedes confiscating satellite dishes not working

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani gives a news conference on the sidelines of the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York September 26, 2014. Rouhani said on Friday "courageous decisions" must be made to clinch a long-term nuclear agreement and that any deal without the lifting of all sanctions against Tehran was "unacceptable". REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR47VNA

Reformist editor: No one pledged ‘allegiance’ to Rouhani

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Former Iranian president and election front-runner Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani casts his ballot in the Iranian presidential election in Tehran June 17, 2005. Iran holds presidential election on Friday under international scrutiny for its nuclear programme, its rocky relationship with the United States and by observers keen to see which direction the Islamic Republic will move in now that the presidency of reformist Mohammad Khatami has ended. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj CJF/DY - RTREON2

Iran court upholds sentence of Rafsanjani's son

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Iran MP emerges as Instagram rabble-rouser

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) smiles as he attends the 66th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2ROEW

Former Ahmadinejad vice president arrested

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives to attend the closing statement for the Asian-African Conference in Jakarta April 23, 2015.
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Rouhani: Saving environment starts with sanctions removal

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A man holds a picture of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic as government supporters protest against opposition demonstrations during the holy day of Ashura, in Tehran December, 30 2009. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR28FLB

Khomeini was no liberal, says Khamenei

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IRGC university warns Rouhani administration about foreign policy

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Iranian secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani (L) speaks to reporters at the Damascus airport on September 30, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

P5+1 asked to interview Iran’s security council secretary

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Leading Iranian reformist Saeed Hajjarian is helped to a seat in his home after he was released from prison in Tehran September 30, 2009. Iran freed the senior reformer, accused of fomenting opposition protests after a disputed presidential election in June, on bail on Wednesday after more than three months in detention. REUTERS/Yalda Moaiery/ISNA (IRAN POLITICS) FOR EDI

Reformist media welcomes rare appearance of Hajjarian

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano (R) welcomes Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi in his offfice at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - RTR4QWK7

Has Iran already accepted inspections at military sites?

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Pallbearers carry the remains of Iranian soldiers during a ceremony at the Iraq-Iran Shalamcha Border Crossing, in southern Iraq November 30, 2008. Iraq returned to neighbouring Iran the remains of 41 Iranian soldiers killed during the 1980's Iraq-Iran war in exchange for the remains of Iraqi soldiers on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ) - RTR2245W

Return of 175 Iranian bodies from Iraq stirs painful memories

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