In Shiite Islam, grief is not only personal but collective − expressed through rituals, pilgrimage and devotion to saints.
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Although the supreme leader assumes the majority of power, Iran’s regime consists of a network of governing bodies.
Since late December, Iran has been rocked by unprecedented unrest, which is fuelled by the economic crisis and exacerbated by violent repression by the regime.
The Iranian president will finally get a parliament that backs his reforms. But much still stands in his way.
Lord Palmerston, Britain’s 19th-century prime minister, was reputedly the first person to have coined the phrase that Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests. Many…
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