http://washingtonindependent.com National News in Context Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:15:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/48189/baby-shah-takes-the-side-of-the-iranian-opposition http://washingtonindependent.com/48189/baby-shah-takes-the-side-of-the-iranian-opposition#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:26:36 +0000 Spencer Ackerman http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=48189 This is deep in the weeds of a political dynamic I can hardly say I fully understand, but how much sense does it make for the exiled son of the shah to give a speech at the National Press Club in support of the Iranian opposition? With Mir More...

]]> This is deep in the weeds of a political dynamic I can hardly say I fully understand, but how much sense does it make for the exiled son of the shah to give a speech at the National Press Club in support of the Iranian opposition? With Mir Hossein Moussavi claiming a source of legitimacy from the Islamic Revolution that deposed the guy’s father, is aid and comfort from the remant of the ancien regime really necessary here?

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