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In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines our guests, political commentators Hassan Shariatmadri and Sadegh Zibakalam will join us in discussions to find out why ayatollah Khomeini opposed the Shah’s White Revolution and the right to vote for women; since when Khomeini had been in secret contact with American officials; why did he oppose the grand ayatollah Shariatmadari; how the religious establishment in Iran has evolved since the Islamic revolution and is the regime that Khomeini left behind 29 years ago reformable at all?
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Jeddah, London – Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, held a telephone call with British Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss the latest regional developments. Read More »

We begin tonight’s edition of A Window to the Fatherland with Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh reading one of his poems from the book of his collected works.
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In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines and on the anniversary of the death of ayatollah Khomeini we look at today’s situation of the country that he has left behind and who were the forces who helped his rise to absolute power. Our guest Mohammad Nourizad will help us find some answers to these questions.
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By Benjamin Weinthal

Iran’s regime has not stopped its drive to secure technology and scientific knowledge to produce weapon of mass destruction, the intelligence agency of the German state of Baden-Württemberg disclosed in a report last week. Read More »

We begin tonight’s edition of A Window to the Fatherland with Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh reading one of his poems from the book of his collected works.
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Jamshid Chalangi:

In tonight’s edition of Behind the Headlines we look at the continued strike by Iran’s truck drivers; Rouhani’s Iftar party, as well as the gathering of Iranian actors at the memorial service for the late Nasser Malak-Motiee.
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We begin tonight’s edition of A Window to the Fatherland with Dr. Alireza Nourizadeh reading one of his poems from the book of his collected works.
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By DANIEL LARISON

The Trump administration wants increased economic pressure on Iran, but one of Iran’s most important trading partners won’t be cooperating:

President Donald Trump may have ordered the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, but one of Asia’s biggest oil importers — and a strategic partner of the U.S. — plans on ignoring them. Read More »

by: Michael Rubin

It started last week as an ordinary session in the Majlis, Iran’s parliament. But then, in the course of a speech, Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, chairman of the parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee, made an astounding statement. Between Jan. 21 and March 20, he said “A sum of $30 billion was taken out of Iran.” The capital flight came against the backdrop of sporadic but widespread protests that began the month before and continue to the present day, with a nationwide truck driver strike. Read More »