Jamsheed Choksy

Professor of Iranian Studies, Indiana University

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Professor of Iranian Studies at Indiana University and author of a forthcoming book on the history of Iranian religions 

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The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a huge crowd that President Ahmadinejad was re-elected by a landslide. He denied that last Fridays voting was rigged.

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