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  <title>Main Figures in Iranian Politics</title>
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  <description>&lt;b&gt;Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini&lt;/b&gt;, Leader of the Islamic Revolution of 1979 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4138941017_12b39aa12e_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&lt;/b&gt;, Supreme Leader&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2714/4138941177_2db0bc08b2_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mahmoud Ahmadinejad&lt;/b&gt;, Disputed President of Iran&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/4138940971_0855ddff40_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mir-Hossein Mousavi&lt;/b&gt;, Leading reformist politician, widely believed to be the real winner of the 2009 Iranian Presidential elections &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/4139701540_427a16aa25_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zahra Rahnavard&lt;/b&gt;, Wife of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, former Chancellor of Al-Zahra University in Tehran, former Political Advisor to President Mohammad Khatami, and author of many best-selling books in Iran&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4138940863_56f4f87751_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri&lt;/b&gt;, Most senior cleric in Shi&apos;a Islam who was meant to become Supreme Leader of Iran but was pushed aside because of disagreements with the hardline Iranian political system&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/4138941317_8567d9036f_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ayatollah Ali Akbar Rafsanjani&lt;/b&gt;, Multi-billionaire and Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and Expediency Council&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2659/4139701860_a07ebc644a_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ayatollah Mohammad Mesbah-Yazdi&lt;/b&gt;, Hardline cleric widely believed to be spiritual advisor of Ahmadinejad &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4139729270_b345cda890_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mehdi Karroubi&lt;/b&gt;, Leading reformist politician, Presidential candidate in 2009 elections&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4139702296_5cb2785739_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Abdolkarim Soroush&lt;/b&gt;, Leading reformist politician and philosopher, named by Time Magazine as among the world&apos;s 100 most influential people, and by Propsect Magazine as 7th most influential intellectual in world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/4139797160_086903fc8e_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mohammad Reza Rahimi&lt;/b&gt;, Vice President&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2776/4138941605_da7cbcdf18_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ali Larijani&lt;/b&gt;, Speaker of Iranian parliament&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4138941075_0cf027b054_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mohammad Khatami&lt;/b&gt;, Leading reformist politician and former President&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/4139701446_78b97b6714_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Manouchehr Mottaki&lt;/b&gt;, Minister of Foreign Affairs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/4138941273_50f0e4f3e8_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mohammad Ali Jafari&lt;/b&gt;, Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/4138787777_9494eef06b_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yahya Safavi&lt;/b&gt;, Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4139701290_748f27880b_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi&lt;/b&gt;, Minister of Health and Medical Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/4138941565_13011b80c5_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf&lt;/b&gt;, The popular Mayor of Tehran, he was nominated as 8th best Mayor in the 2008 World Mayor awards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/4139702246_4e48b14bae_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Maryam Rajavi&lt;/b&gt;, Leader of the exiled terrorist cult group PMOI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2664/4138941491_634af92564_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mohsen Sazegara&lt;/b&gt;, Leading reformist politician, currently living in exile because of disagreements with Iranian political system&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4138941419_9d840eae41_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mohammad Ali Abtahi&lt;/b&gt;, Leading reformist politician, former Vice President&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/4138941129_65fd1bdc0f_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Masoumeh Ebtekar&lt;/b&gt;, Leading reformist politician, former Vice President&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2747/4138940561_352b63760c_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shirin Ebadi&lt;/b&gt;, Lawyer, former judge, human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/4139547720_b4084453ed_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mostafa Moeen&lt;/b&gt;, Leading reformist politician, former Minister of Culture and Higher Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4139797236_a9a489f888_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Farah Pahlavi&lt;/b&gt;, Last &lt;i&gt;Shahbanu&lt;/i&gt; (Empress) of Iran, living in exile with family&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4139060007_8b840dcb34_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s05.flagcounter.com/more/68YT&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://s05.flagcounter.com/count/68YT/bg=FFFFFF/txt=000000/border=CCCCCC/columns=4/maxflags=248/viewers=0/labels=0/pageviews=1/&quot; alt=&quot;free counters&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:29:18 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Architecture of IRAN during Islamic times</title>
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  <description>Although much of Iran&apos;s architecture during the Islamic period has been destroyed over the years, even those of the legendary cities of Nishapur, Ghazni and Tabriz, due to earthquakes or barbarian invading armies, there is still a number of very impressive buildings to show. Iranian architecture has traditionally always been admired and influential throughout history, and Iranian architects have always been highly sought after - resulting in even the Taj Mahal in India being designed and constructed by Iranian architects.  &lt;i&gt;(To see the magnificent architecture of Iran from before the Islamic conversion of Iran then click &lt;a href=&quot;http://pesaretabrizi.livejournal.com/1418.html&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2718/4134892634_63f92dfc7c_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2660/4134125715_72f4cc2dc9_o.jpg&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/4134128655_d88774b285_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/4134124857_52da55398a_o.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4134900462_3fe878f843_o.jpg&quot; 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  <title>Ancient Pre-Islamic Architecture of IRAN</title>
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  <description>Iran, sometimes known as &lt;i&gt;Persia&lt;/i&gt;, is a country with a glorious history spanning thousands of years. Iran as a nation was established in 540 BC by Cyrus the Great, possibly making it the oldest nation today in existence, and even older than China which was established some 300 years later by Qin Shi Huang. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are some examples of the great architecture that existed in Iran before the arrival of Islam. Some of these structures, whether they be cities, palaces, temples or monuments, are as old as 7000 years old.  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