The administration has signaled to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a “red line” that would provoke a response, officials said.

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U.S. Warns Top Iran Leader Not to Shut Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday denounced allegations by the United States of an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, suggesting they were a pretext for further building an international consensus against Iran, state media reported . “They attempted to find an excuse by raising a meaningless and useless accusation against some Iranian nationals in America,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, speaking in the western province of Kermanshah, where he is on a 10-day official visit. Read full article > >

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Iran supreme leader: U.S. allegations of plot to kill Saudi envoy ‘meaningless’

The power struggle between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be as much political and economic as ideological.

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A Divine Wind Blows Against Iran’s President

President Ahmadinejad of Iran ends a boycott of his official duties, reports say, amid an apparent rift with supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

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The move to replace Ayatollah Ali Akbar Rafsanjani is seen as strengthening the president’s hand in his effort to crush opposition.

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Rafsanjani Loses Key Post in Iranian Religious Assembly

Salman Rushdie is writing a memoir about his years in hiding after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him for his 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses. “I’m beginning to write this memoir,” Rushdie tells Reuters. “I’ve written about … 100 pages…

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Rushdie Writing Fatwa Memoir