11.   Acknowledging that such views had drastic implications for the current Iranian government, Soroush said he had paid a heavy price for his stance.

12.   Across western and northern Afghanistan, the Iranian government exerts its own influence, funneling cash and guns to its local proteges.

13.   Ahmed Khomeini also wielded influence during his career over Iranian government policy through allies in the Revolutionary Guards militia and in other centers of power.

14.   Bush administration officials do not believe that senior Iranian government officials associated with the reformist Khatami government have sanctioned the movement of al-Qaida members into Iran.

15.   Crowds, organized by the Iranian government, demonstrated against Bonn in front of the German embassy in Teheran.

16.   Enter the Iranian government.

17.   For years Japan has differed sharply with the United States on how to deal with the Iranian government.

18.   French prosecutors are expected to argue that the killing had Iranian government approval.

19.   Germany expelled four Iranian diplomats and recalled its ambassador from Tehran after the verdict, provoking denunciations by the Iranian government and threats of terrorist attacks by extremists.

20.   Germany has already recalled its ambassador to Iran and expelled four employees of the Iranian government from Germany.