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The Times of Israel

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Writer: Sabina Amidi

October 2, 2012
2:12 pm

Iranian technicians work at a facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, outside Isfahan, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, in 2009. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian source: Nuclear program hiring ‘non-stop,’ ramping up enrichment

‘The knowledge is there but getting the right parts has been difficult at times,’ says secretive contact

By Sabina Amidi

September 11, 2012
4:53 pm

Former and likely future Iranian presidential candidate, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf. (photo credit: AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

After Ahmadinejad, it may actually get worse for Iran

Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, the mayor of Tehran and a former police chief, is a likely successor to Iran’s genocide-inciting, homophobic, election-fraud beneficiary. Writing for The Times of Israel after several recent visits to Tehran, Sabina Amidi reports on fears that Ghalibaf’s ascent would signal a turn toward a more militaristic government

By Sabina Amidi