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  • Given the stakes, this would be a good time for the US and Europe to decline the ayatollah's kind invitation to be his faction's re-election agent in Iran.

    Iran: time for cool heads | Editorial 2012

  • I remember the episode well because the ayatollah's aides, then still in Paris, denied that the book was genuine.

    Not Everyone Ignored Khomeini's Radical Philosophy 2011

  • I think there's something to what Mr. Felten says, but I also think that those of us who pride ourselves on living under democracy ought not to be too quick to make fun of the ayatollah's retrograde attitudes.

    Please Omit Music (or Else) 2010

  • The procession will pass by the place where in 1985 Fadlallah survived a car bomb assassination attempt that killed 80 people and was linked to the CIA and Saudi intelligence, in revenge for what the US saw as the ayatollah's role in inspiring suicide bombings against US troops during the Lebanese civil war in the early 1980s.

    Thousands gather in Beirut for funeral of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah 2010

  • Poor Lyse Doucet, in attempting to conform with the ayatollah's rules, she wears a headscarf, leaving her looking like Peggy Mount's working class chum in a 1950s British film.

    THOSE IRANIAN ELECTIONS... 2009

  • ROBERTS: It's fascinating, Ivan, to see the part that women are playing in these demonstrations, particularly when you look at ayatollah's address at prayers on Friday, it was a sea of men.

    CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2009 2009

  • Ahmad Khomeini [the ayatollah's son] came to see me and told me, "Imam [Khomeini] absolutely promises '" to reopen talks with Carter if Bani-Sadr would relent and not go public.

    How Two Elections Changed America 2009

  • And have you gotten any more response from the ayatollah's speech?

    CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2009 2009

  • Ahmad Khomeini [the ayatollah's son] came to see me and told me, "˜Imam [Khomeini] absolutely promises '"  to reopen talks with Carter if Bani-Sadr would relent and not go public.

    Who to Trust on a Truth Commission? 2009

  • Ahmad Khomeini [the ayatollah's son] came to see me and told me, "˜Imam [Khomeini] absolutely promises '"  to reopen talks with Carter if Bani-Sadr would relent and not go public.

    Printing: Who to Trust on a Truth Commission? 2009

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