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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/world/middleeast/22iran.html
Iran's Politics Open a Generational Chasm
[New York Times] Nazila Fathi - Numerous children of prominent Iranians have become estranged from their powerful parents since Iran's disputed presidential election in June. Narges Kalhor, 25, whose father, Mehdi, is a senior adviser and spokesman for President Ahmadinejad of Iran, has applied for refugee status in Germany. Mohsen Ruholamini, the son of a senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards, was arrested during the protests in July and tortured to death. Mehdi Khazali, the son of Ayatollah Abolghassem Khazali, a senior cleric close to Ahmadinejad, criticizes the country's top leadership on his blog, drkhazali.net.