BBC has the background on the worst political crisis in Tunisia since the 2011 revolt, sparked by the shocking assassination of a leading left-wing opposition leader. Also read about the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Egypt, and the closing diplomatic window on the issue of Iran's nuclear program.
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"The murder of leftist secular politician Chokri Belaid may have come as a shock to most Tunisians, but there have been underlying tensions here for months. Belaid, in many ways an old-fashioned socialist, was also a vocal opponent of Ennahda's governing coalition."
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