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Frank Gallagher

Who's Who Amongst Iran's Divided Clerics - 0 views

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    Very detailed, if slightly all over the place.
Frank Gallagher

Asia Times Column on Neo-Cons and Haqani - 0 views

  • Amid talk that the recent election was a silent coup carried out by elements of the hardline Revolutionary Guard after eight years of reformist rule, Western embassies have been scrambling to understand what the Hojjatieh stands for and to what extent the influence of its teachings will be felt in the new government's domestic and foreign policies.
    • Frank Gallagher
       
      Ascribing something they dont understand to a liekely looking organisation from the past? Ahmadinejad and Mezbah-Yazdi's chiliastic ideology is hardly consistent with Hojjatieh's traditionalism. Not convinced.
  • The Islamic society he belonged to at Alm-u Sanat University where he attended was an extreme traditional and fundamentalist group that contained a large number of students from the provinces and maintained grass-roots links with the Hojjatieh. The society's anti-leftism also chimes with reports that Ahmadinejad was pushing for a takeover of the Soviet Embassy alongside or instead of the US compound in Tehran during the 1979 revolution.
  • Haqqani theological school
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  • Grand Ayatollah Saanei
    • Frank Gallagher
       
      To be fair, no-one listens to Sana'i.
  • Baztab
    • Frank Gallagher
       
      Run by anti-Ahmadinejad conservatives.
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    Slightly alarmist. probably trying to explain something they cant see properly with reference to something more obvious. Good background on Haqani though.
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