Saturday
Nov122011
The Latest from Iran (12 November): The Rise of the "Cotton Hero"
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 9:09
The Revolutionary Guard base, west of Tehran, struck by an explosion today (see 1515 GMT)
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The Latest from Iran (11 November): Chest-Thumping
2135 GMT: Ahmadinejad Watch. Influential MP Ahmad Tavakoli, a prominent critic of the President, has denied that he asked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stand for election in 2005. He says instead that he stepped aside in favour of a candidacy by Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, now Mayor of Tehran.
Ahmadinejad claimed in a speech last week that a number of important conservative and principlist figures implored him to run for President.