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Old War Haunts New Election
Verfasst von (LB)LutzBucklitsch
by Garrett Nada and Helia Ighani
A quarter century later, the Iran-Iraq War looms over Iran’s presidential election as if it happened yesterday. All six candidates participated in the grizzliest modern Middle East conflict as fighters, commanders or officials. Over the past month, the campaign has evolved into a feisty competition over who sacrificed and served the most in the eight-year war.
A leading candidate lost a leg. Another candidate commanded the Revolutionary Guards. A third liberated an oil-rich frontline city. A fourth brokered the dramatic ceasefire.
Veröffentlicht in Dokumentation, Gesetze, Iran Election 2013, Medien, Meinungen, Politik
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Schlagwörter: Ali Akbar Velayati, Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, Election, Iran, Iran Politics, Iran-Iraq War, IRGC, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Presidency, Revolutionary Guards, Saeed Jalili, Supreme National Security Council