
Billy Idol Still Has Some Rebel Yell To Give
By CAROLINE McCAUGHEY
|This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.

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TEHRAN, Iran — President Ahmadinejad may be vulnerable when he stands for re-election next year, after Iranian parliamentary elections showed discontent among fellow conservatives. The president does have a major advantage: support from Iran’s supreme leader. A key question will be whether Ayatollah Khamenei’s backing lasts until presidential elections expected in the summer of 2009.

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|TEHRAN, Iran — President Ahmadinejad may be vulnerable when he stands for re-election next year, after Iranian parliamentary elections showed discontent among fellow conservatives. The president does have a major advantage: support from Iran’s supreme leader. A key question will be whether Ayatollah Khamenei’s backing lasts until presidential elections expected in the summer of 2009.
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