EXHIBITION
Photo essay: Tehran international flowers and plants show
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Abadani Boy >>>
Boys get discovered as winter melts
Flowers competing for the sun
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ANALYSIS
Islamic Republic will not go down as easily as Ben Ali's Tunisia, or Mubarak's Egypt
by Hamid Dabashi
The most recent salvo in the cantankerous infighting habitual among the upper echelons of the Islamic Republic is now waged between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the beleaguered president, and the Speaker of the House Ali Larijani - concerning the integration of the two ministries of Mines and Metals and Heavy Industries. The verbal punches are public, for the whole world to behold. The Speaker of the House is one of three Larijani brothers: One runs the judiciary, one the legislative branch, and the other might be dreaming to become the next president
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