Young candidates enter fray for Iran presidency
Bourse and Bazaar – With less than a year until Iran’s presidential election, political camps are making preparations for what is expected…
Iran Election
COVID-19 defers runoff parliamentary vote in Iran
Tasnim – Iran’s Guardian Council agreed on Sunday to postpone the runoff election for the parliamentary seats until September due to the…
How Iran’s next parliament will affect foreign policy
Al-Monitor | Alireza Noori: As expected, conservatives (known as Principlists) won Iran’s parliamentary election Feb. 21 with about 85% of the vote.…
Iran may defer runoff parliamentary election over coronavirus: Spokesman
Tasnim – The spokesperson for Iran’s administration raised the possibility of postponing a runoff vote for the parliamentary seats until summer due…
Repercussions of Iranian radicals running the country
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The hard-liners’ victory in Iran’s parliamentary election Feb. 21 seemed clearly predictable, but this did not stop them…
What expertise elected representatives of Tehraners have in 11th parliament?
MNA – The elected representatives of Tehraners have considerable experience and expertise in executive, legislative, academic, seminal, and research fields. The results…
Tehran registers lowest voter turnout
Financial Tribune – Tehran Province registered the lowest turnout in the 11th parliamentary election while Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province saw the largest number of…
Iran’s conservatives win elections after record-low turnout, disqualifications
The Wall Street Journal | Aresu Eqbali and Sune Engel Rasmussen: Iran’s conservatives won a landslide in the country’s parliamentary elections, strengthening…
Iran’s conservatives win election by large margin, Mehr says
Bloomberg | Arsalan Shahla and Golnar Motevalli: Iranian conservatives won a majority in parliamentary elections, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency, sweeping…
Iran says turnout in parliamentary election was 42%: TV
Reuters – Iran’s interior minister said on Sunday that turnout in the country’s parliamentary election on Feb. 21 was around 42%, state…
Conservatives ahead as Iran election results trickle in
AFP | Amir Havasi: Conservatives took a lead Saturday as the first results of Iran’s parliamentary election came in, boosted by a…
Iran elections: conservatives on brink of landslide victory
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Iran’s conservatives are on the brink of a landslide victory in the country’s parliamentary elections as forecasts…
Final result of parliamentary polls in Iranian capital announced
Tasnim – The final result of the parliamentary elections in the capital Tehran and its suburbs showed on Sunday that Principlists, the…
Leader thanks nation for massive participation in parl. elections
MNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei thanked the aware and determined Iranian nation, who responded positively to…
Initial results shows ex-Tehran mayor Ghalibaf has major lead in Tehran
MNA – Vote counting in the electoral district of Tehran city to this point reveals that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has the major…
Principalists leading Iran’s parliamentary elections: Partial results
Press TV – Principalists are leading across different constituencies in Iran’s 11th parliamentary elections, partial results show. The initial results were published by Iranian media…
Iranian people real winners of elections: Shamkhani
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani praised the massive presence in the ongoing elections across the…
Iran Elections: 90 candidates drop out of race in Tehran, 30 wrongdoers arrested
Tasnim – As the parliamentary elections in Iran is nearing the final hours, more than 90 candidates in the Tehran electoral district…
Pres. Rouhani: Iranian nation to disappoint enemies
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that massive turnout of Iranian people in the election will disappoint the enemies…
People of Qom cast ballots despite Coronavirus fears
Tasnim – Iranian clerics and ordinary people residing in the holy city of Qom have taken part in the parliamentary elections, despite…
Majlis speaker highlights significant role of parliament in decision making
IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani attended parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections in Iran on Friday, saying that parliament is one…
Pres. Rouhani casts vote in parliamentary, Assembly of Experts elections
IRNA – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Friday visited the Elections Headquarter in Interior Ministry in Tehran to cast his vote for…
Police chief: Long queues formed at polling stations in Iran, security prevails
Tasnim – Commander of Tehran’s Police said many polling stations across Iran have been packed with an early-morning crowd of voters after…
FM says election is best way to strengthen country
IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that despite all the differences, the election is still the best…
Every vote a slap in enemy’s face: IRGC commander
Tasnim – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami predicted massive participation of people in Friday’s elections…
What is at stake in the Iran elections?
Press TV | Hossein Jelveh: Elections in Iran are big news. Not just because they receive too much attention in the foreign…
Iran defends barring of candidates as campaign ends
AFP | David Vujanovic: Iran’s electoral watchdog on Wednesday defended its decision to disqualify thousands of candidates for a crucial parliamentary election…
With election rivals barred, Iran’s hard-liners resort to infighting
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: The race for the Islamic Republic’s 11th parliament is likely to turn into one of the most peculiar…
Iranian ‘action man’ sets sights on parliament
Reuters – Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf’s record as a Revolutionary Guards air force commander, a war veteran and a national police chief has…
Iran’s Larijani: High turnout in polls will force US to change course
Tasnim – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said a high turnout in Friday’s parliamentary elections would help the country resolve domestic problems…
Feb 21 a ‘significant day’ of all Iranians: Spox
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote in his tweeter on Thursday that tomorrow (parliamentary election day) will be regarded as…
Iran’s enemies more scared of ‘the nation’ than arms
MNA – Commander of Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said the enemies are more afraid of the Iranian nation…
IRGC urges high turnout in Friday polls
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) called on the Iranian nation to take part in Friday’s parliamentary elections in massive…
Iran ends week-long campaigning for parliamentary elections
Press TV – Campaigning has officially ended for Iran’s 11th parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections as the country prepares to hold…
Iran’s most powerful hardline clerics to reunite in Assembly of Experts election
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Another race will be held concurrently with Iran’s parliamentary vote: The Assembly of Experts’ midterm election. The Assembly…
Ayatollah Khamenei tells Iranians voter turnout a religious duty
Al-Monitor – Three days before Iran’s parliamentary elections, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renewed his call on the nation for…
Iranians’ informed choice to lead to efficient parliament: Top General
Tasnim – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri called for the massive participation of people…
Vaezi says massive turnout to parl. elections to preserve Iran’s security, interests
MNA – Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi called for maximum participation of the people in the upcoming parliamentary elections, underlining…
Strong Iran not possible without strong parliament: Shamkhani
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani called for high turnout in the elections due to be…
Guardian Council: Vetting process based on Iran law, not politics
Press TV – Iran’s Guardian Council, the election supervisory body, says the vetting process for the candidates in the upcoming legislative elections…