OP-ED COLUMNIST

A Supreme Leader Loses His Aura as Iranians Flock to the Streets

By ROGER COHEN
Published: June 21, 2009
As protesters defied a warning from Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country faces its gravest test since the founding of the Islamic Republic.
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