There is far less danger to the Shi'ites with the withdrawal of American forces and a 'friendly' Iraq as a neighbor. There is no way a radical Ahmadinejad can claim his nation has direct threats from any nation. At every turn, there are 'resolving' issues that once concerned the Iranian people of their national security.
I am concerned a new religious divide in Iran could lead to greater turmoil and tensions.
Majid Ghaemi Heidari is welcomed at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport. He and four other Iranians were freed after 30 months in U.S. custody in Iraq.
By Borzou Da
After a long absence, pro-Mousavi cleric Rafsanjani to lead prayers (click title to entry - thank you)
July 13, 2009
Reporting from Beirut -- A powerful cleric who has been a driving force behind the opposition movement challenging the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will lead Friday prayers this week after a two-month absence that was considered a sign of conflict within the Iranian establishment.
Reporting from Beirut -- A powerful cleric who has been a driving force behind the opposition movement challenging the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will lead Friday prayers this week after a two-month absence that was considered a sign of conflict within the Iranian establishment.
The semiofficial Iranian Labor News Agency reported Sunday that Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will deliver the nation's weekly keynote religious sermon. Rafsanjani, who chairs powerful boards that oversee the office of the supreme leader and adjudicate disputes between government bodies, is the highest-profile backer of opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who lost to Ahmadinejad in an election marred by allegations of vote-rigging....
Published: July 12, 2009, 23:03
Tehran: Iran threatened the United States yesterday with possible legal action for detaining five of its officials for up to 30 months in Iraq.
The five Iranians were given a hero's welcome home after their release last week, waving and smiling as they stepped from their plane at Tehran's Mehrabad airport to be met by their families.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who was also there to greet them, denounced their detention as "inhumane".
The capture of the Iran-ians, some of whom US forces accused of arming Shiite Muslim militias at the height of Iraq's sectarian war, stoked tension between Tehran and Washington.
The two powers are also at odds over Iran's nuclear programme....
Tehran: Iran threatened the United States yesterday with possible legal action for detaining five of its officials for up to 30 months in Iraq.
The five Iranians were given a hero's welcome home after their release last week, waving and smiling as they stepped from their plane at Tehran's Mehrabad airport to be met by their families.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who was also there to greet them, denounced their detention as "inhumane".
The capture of the Iran-ians, some of whom US forces accused of arming Shiite Muslim militias at the height of Iraq's sectarian war, stoked tension between Tehran and Washington.
The two powers are also at odds over Iran's nuclear programme....
