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In Iran, the Struggle for Power Continues
Demonstrations for and against the government continued today in Iran. We hear about the most serious challenge to the central government since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Also, South Korea's President is in lockstep with President Obama on North Korea, and Western states are challenging federal authority on education, civil rights, land use and gun control.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenDemonstrations for and against the government continued today in Iran. We hear about the most serious challenge to the central government since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Also, South Korea's President is in lockstep with President Obama on North Korea. On Reporter's Notebook, states' rights have been a Southern issue since the Civil War, but the Mountain West is now joining the challenge to Washington's authority.
Banner image: Defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi (C) raises his arms as he appears during a demonstration in the streets on June 15 in Tehran, Iran. Photo: Getty Images
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3 storiesSouth Korean President in Lockstep with President Obama
At the White House today, with South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak at his side, Barack Obama said North Korea's past behavior won't work again. Previously, he said, belligerence has been rewarded after a time with food, fuel and loans.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has flown to Russia for a previously scheduled meeting, but in Iran itself it's anything but business as usual.
Read the story36 minWestern Lawmakers Push for State Sovereignty
The Montana Firearms Freedom Act is scheduled to go into effect in October, just one example of a new states' rights movement that includes the West as well as the South. Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer is a Democrat who supported Barack Obama, but has signed into law the bill designed to challenge the President's authority.
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