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After crushing protests, Iran’s supreme leader is now trying to avoid a US attack

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After crushing protests, Iran’s supreme leader is now trying to avoid a US attack

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has crushed protests that swept the country last month, but only by unleashing the bloodiest crackdown of his nearly four decades in power. Now, with a US flotilla nearby, the 86-year-old Khamenei is trying to head off a potential US attack. He warned that if US … Read more

Iranian merchants, frustrated by economic losses, turn against the clerics

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Iranian merchants, frustrated by economic losses, turn against the clerics

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Iran’s bazaar merchants, the merchant class that was the financial backbone of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, have turned against the clerics they helped bring to power, fueling unrest over an economy that has turned into anti-government protests. Frustration among bazaar traders, from small traders to large wholesalers, … Read more