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By Anonymous - Politics DailyI pick up the phone and dial my friend. I call her every day and I am embarrassed that she will think I am overreacting. She answers. I ask her if she has any updates on Iran's protests or has heard from her family. She is older than I am, and she saw the 1979 revolution, so she tells me about the similarities and differences she sees. We conclude that the current protests are not a revolution or a public coup. These people stunning the world with their presence in the streets of Tehran and other cities are not looking to overthrow their government. The recent unrest in Iran is a simple cry of ...
Iran Rebuffs Obama's Outreach
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a recorded address to the nation on the Iranian new year holiday of Nowruz, leaving out any reference to the video message delivered by President Barack Obama. But it wasn't an oversight. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also ignored Obama's address in his speech. The Iranian government rejected Obama's offer of dialog based on "mutual respect" out of hand. The official response from Tehran to the President of the United States was left to a spokesman for Ahmadinejad."Minor changes will not end the differences [between the two ...
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