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...IRGC has been the hardest of the hard core of Ayatullah Khomeini's Islamic revolution. It thrives in confrontation with the U.S. and Israel, and does even better when Iran is at war. The IRGC looks at the 1982-2000 war in Lebanon as its most glorious moment, when its proxy Hizballah forced the West and Israel out of Lebanon. It left Hizballah with the enviable reputation of being the only force in the Middle East to have beaten both the West and Israel. Not to mention that Hizballah is now the de facto government in Lebanon. No wonder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Sanctions Won't Beat Iran's Revolutionary Guards | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...there's a lack of trust. "What I hope is, by staying here and being open, eventually people will realize we're serious," he says. Raynalds is cautiously optimistic about their chances but notes that even the best-intentioned efforts often stumble on the follow-through. "Starting things is glorious," she says. "The everyday sustaining - that's hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Revitalize a Dying Small Town | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...demonstrations under the charge of waging war against God. At least nine other people accused of being opposition supporters are on death row. "We are closely watching the activities of the sedition movement," Tehran's police chief, Ismail Ahmadi-Moghaddam, said on Wednesday. "If anyone wants to disrupt this glorious ceremony, they will be confronted." (See pictures of the legacy of Ayatullah Khomeini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Anniversary: The Opposition Tries to Thwart a Crackdown | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...Dream of the Red Chamber This literary classic was a major source of inspiration through many of my works. It's about decay - a glorious jubilation that gives way to precarious darkness. It's a book that has everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lin Hwai-min's Short List | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...your standards, we are not "rational." I mean, look, we just had a planeload of missile parts intercepted in Thailand. I think you know where that plane was headed. Why in the world would we be shipping parts for our glorious Taepodong 2 missile to Iran, when the entire world is worried about their nuclear program? Because some of my close comrades here in the Party run the trading company that sells the missiles, and the way I keep them loyal is to let them make some money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear President Obama: What North Korea Might Say | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

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