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Arash Karami

Arash Karami is a contributor to Al-Monitor.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks to worshippers at
the Tehran Friday prayers April 5, 2002. Khamenei called on Arab states
to launch a "symbolic" one month oil embargo against Western countries
to pressure them to stop supporting Israel. REUTERS/Raheb

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Khamenei draws line on military sites, nuclear scientists

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Afghan children wait to enter school for the second shift of classes at a small private school for Afghans south of Tehran. Afghan children wait to enter school for the second shift of classes at a small private school for Afghans south of Tehran January 17, 2004. Iran's Bureau for Immigrants on Monday denied U.N accusations of sending Afghan refugees home against their will. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi - RTRKRI8

Khamenei orders schooling for all Afghan children in Iran

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Ali Akbar Velayati, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's top adviser on international affairs, smiles as he listens to questions from the media during a news conference after meeting with Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the government palace in Beirut May 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RTX1DGIE

Khamenei adviser slams US over Fordow

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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.

Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, waves as he speaks at a ceremony to mark the death anniversary of the Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Khomeini at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran June 4, 2010. REUTERS/IIPA/Sajjad Safari (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTR2ER21

Will Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson enter politics?

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano speaks at an annual conference of the Japan Atomic Industry Forum (JAIF), an organisation made up of all major nuclear reactor makers and utilities, in Tokyo April 13, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RTR4X1ZC

IAEA comments on military sites strike nerve in Iran

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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.
Member of Parliament Mostafa Kavakebian (R) is seen on a screen as he speaks at the parliament in Tehran December 11, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2V4B5

Iran MPs deny signing bill to suspend nuclear talks

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Musician Fariz Hosseinov from Azerbaijan plays a traditional musical instrument (Kamancheh) while performing at the 23rd Fadjr International Music Festival in a Cultural, Sport Commercial Complex in Tehran December 27, 2007. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) - RTX51D1

Classical singer claims performance ban in Iran

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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon during Friday prayers at Tehran University June 19, 2009. Khamenei on Friday demanded an end to street protests that have shaken the country since a disputed presidential election a week ago and said any bloodshed would be their leaders' fault. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGI

Khamenei: We will not negotiate under 'specter of threats'

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the New York University (NYU) Center on International Cooperation in New York April 29, 2015. Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday offered assurances that Tehran is committed to maintaining freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf in the aftermath of the seizure of a commercial ship by Iranian forces a day earlier. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX1AULC

Zarif's denial on political prisoners sparks backlash

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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.
Lawmakers attend a parliament session in Tehran January 29, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2X0YQ

Iranian MPs fail to bypass the Guardian Council

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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.
Lawmakers mingle after a parliament session in Tehran January 29, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2X0Z7

Iran minister apologizes for comment on 'dirty money' in politics

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Young Iranian women carry jugs of water, filled at water distribution point, to their village outside Zabol in south eastern Iran, July 17, 2001. Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province is suffering from a third consecutive year of drought which the United Nations says has cost the country $2.6 billion in dammages this year, up from $1.7 billion last year. Local officials say without rain remaining water sources will dry up by December. - RTXKN5I

Iran official warns water crisis could lead to mass migration

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