Author: Thomas Kohlmann

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Ayatollah Ali Khamanei with representatives of the Revolutionary Guard (″Sepah Pasdaran″) in Tehran (photo: ISNA)

Iran and the Revolutionary Guard

Pulling the economy's strings

They may dress in clerical garb or call themselves the "Seal of the Prophet", but their focus is on a different kind of profit. Religious foundations and the Revolutionary Guard are running Iran's business. Thomas Kohlmann reportsMore

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Alaa Al Aswany (photo: dpa)

Interview with Alaa Al Aswany

''We're Still at the Beginning''

Alaa Al Aswany qualified as a dentist, but is better known to the world as the best-selling author of The Yacoubian Building and one of the spokespersons of the "Kifaya" protest movement. In this interview, he tells Thomas Kohlmann that the revolution on Tahrir Square, of which he was a part, will continue and that it is really only at the beginningMore

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