The eight candidates approved Tuesday for Iran’s June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term limits. — ALI AKBAR VELAYATI: Top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on international affairs. Velayati, 67, [...]
Iran’s Guardian Council says the Constitution and the election law were the criteria for vetting presidential hopefuls. Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei made the remarks in a televised interview with IRIB late on Tuesday, shortly after the Interior Ministry [...]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says overseers of next month’s presidential election have rejected a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers. The announcement Tuesday listed eight candidates for [...]
Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari reiterates that the Islamic Republic is ready to counter any threats against the country. Sayyari said on Monday that the Iranian naval forces were well capable of maintaining security in the region. The [...]
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – Paralympic gold medalist Zahra Nemati of Iran has been shortlisted for the annual SportAccord Spirit of Sport Awards 2013 with the Awards Commission. The Spirit of Sport Awards 2013 will be presented to the Laureates [...]
Iran’s Elections Headquarters says the final list of candidates for the 11th presidential election of the Islamic Republic will be announced on May 22. Secretary of Iran’s Elections Headquarters and Deputy Interior Minister Seyyed Solat Mortazavi said on Monday that [...]
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and disbanded two terrorist groups that smuggled weapons into the country. In a statement released on Monday, the Ministry said, “The enemies of the nation have intensified their destructive activities and [are] [...]
A senior Iranian lawmaker says all signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) have the right to peaceful nuclear know-how, expressing Iran’s strong opposition to nuclear weapons. “Iran seriously opposes nuclear bombs and believes that all nuclear weapons in the world [...]
Iran says it has started mass producing a new sophisticated air defense missile system capable of engaging low-altitude aircraft. The Monday report by state TV quotes Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi as saying the new system, dubbed Herz-9 or Talisman-9 [...]
(Reuters) - Iran’s electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the race. Rafsanjani, if he is allowed to [...]
