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Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton spoke with Geneive Abdo, Iran analyst at The Century Foundation, about the religious dimensions of the crisis and the challenges it poses for the Islamic Republic\u2019s cleric-run establishment, which is headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Iranian officials said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won last week\u2019s presidential election by a landslide, hundreds of thousands who supported opposition candidate Mir Hussein Moussavi took to the streets in protest. 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