Iran’s fractious hard-liners hold edge as parliamentary election approaches
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Iran’s hard-liners and conservatives appear to have failed to reach a unified platform ahead of the Feb. 21…
Iran Election
High turnout in elections can boost Iran’s global standing: Analyst
Press TV – An Iranian political analyst says a high turnout in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections would render enemy plots futile…
MP delineates Reformists’ priorities in upcoming elections
MNA – Mostafa Kavakebian, the secretary-general of Mardomsalari party (Democracy Party), underlined the necessity of massive participation of people in the upcoming…
Iran MP: High election turnout will improve national security
Press TV – An Iranian lawmaker has stressed the importance of people’s participation in the upcoming elections, saying it will strengthen the country’s…
Trump offensive leaves Iran’s hardliners ascendant as poll nears
Bourse and Bazaar | Golnar Motevalli and Arsalan Shahla: After a dozen years as speaker of Iran’s parliament, half of them allied…
Iran’s Reformists face major challenges in coming election
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: As Iran’s Reformists map their strategy for the February 2020 election, their camp is struggling to improve its…
Iran parliamentary polls draw major figures in last day of registration
Press TV – Prominent political figures have signed up for a planned parliamentary vote in Iran as an official deadline for submitting…
Is Iran’s long-serving speaker retiring from politics?
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: For weeks, speculation had been rife that Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani was deliberating whether to run for…
Larijani not to run for parliament, president
Financial Tribune – Incumbent Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said he has decided not to stand in the upcoming parliamentary polls. In a…
Iran official points to more open elections
Bourse and Bazaar | Marc Jourdier: A senior Iranian official has suggested in an interview with AFP that authorities may be more…
Leader calls for qualified candidates in next parliamentary elections
MNA – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stressed that only qualified individuals should enrol for the next…
Iran starts registering candidates for parliamentary elections
Press TV – Candidates have begun filing their nomination for the 11th Iranian parliamentary elections scheduled for February 21, 2020. Iran’s Interior…
Iran begins preparations for high-stakes Parliament vote
Press TV – Iran’s Interior Ministry has officially opened the elections headquarters to carry out preparations for the upcoming Parliament elections. Interior…
Iran to hold parliamentary, Assembly of Experts elections next year
Tasnim – The spokesman for Iran’s Interior Ministry said the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections will be held simultaneously across the…
‘Iranians’ vigilant presence in elections guaranteed country’s natl. security’
MNA – President Hassan Rouhani appreciated the trust put in him by the Iranian nation saying the wakeful Iranian nation, with their…
Over 100 delegations to attend Rouhani oath-taking ceremony
IRNA — Member of Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in a message said that over 100 foreign delegations are scheduled…
Rouhani to take the oath of office on August 5
IRNA – The swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s re-elected President Hassan Rouhani is to be held on August 5 in the Parliament (Majlis),…
President Rouhani to take oath of office on August 5
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to swear in as 12th president of Islamic Republic on August 5, 2017, Majlis(parliament) public…
Date of Iranian president’s Swearing-In ceremony changed, MP says
Tasnim – The date of the swearing-in ceremony for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was re-elected for a second term by a…
Major cleric: Participants in 2009 conspiracy should be kept out of government
IRNA – Tehran’s substitute Friday prayers leader said those who triggered political unrest after the 2009 presidential elections should be deterred from…
Nation’s feat in elections must not be spoiled by dividing people
IRNA – Leader of the Islamic Republic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described the trust of all the voters in the ballot…
Islamic democracy and the will of the people: A stable Iran
American Herald Tribune | Heba Morad: Since the early morning hours, Tehran streets become crowded. The Iranian capital gets busy as soon…
Interior Min.: No single spoiled ballot in May 19 election
MNA – Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli briefed the Parliament on the details of the May 19 presidential election process which saw Pres.…
Recent elections echoes nation’s trust in Islamic Republic
MNA – Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is addressing the official ceremony to commemorate 28th anniversary of demise of founder of the Islamic Republic…
Iranian MPs thank police for providing elections’ security
IFP – A number of Iranian lawmakers have expressed their gratitude towards Iran’s police forces for their efforts to ensure the security…
Analyst warns about post-election division in Iran society
IFP – A political analyst says advocates of different political camps in Iran should set their differences aside to pave the way…
Minister to brief MPs on Iran’s recent elections
Tasnim – Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli will go to the Parliament next week to give a report on the process…
President Rouhani: People true winners of elections
RNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the true winners of the May 19 elections were the Iranian people and…
Judiciary rejects voter fraud claims in presidential election
IRNA — Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on Wednesday rejected voter fraud claims in the May 19 presidential election. He made the…
Questions about Zarif as Rouhani’s second term agenda emerges
Al Monitor | Ali Hashem: It will not be an easy second term for recently re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. With the Middle…
Guardian Council confirms result of Iran’s 12th presidential election
Press TV- Iran’s Interior Ministry says the Guardian Council has confirmed the result of the country’s 12th presidential election, which saw President…
Interior minister: Elections held in legal, healthy way
IRNA – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said on Monday that the May 19 elections were in a totally legal way and in…
Vetting bodies verify results of city council election in Tehran
IRNA — Electoral District Executive and Supervisory Committees which oversee elections have officially validated the results of May 19 city council election…
Will Iran’s reformists become the victim of their own success?
Iranian Diplomacy- May 19th elections couldn’t have ended better for the Reformists and their moderate allies. Not only Hassan Rouhani, centrist president…
British premier congratulates Iranian president-elect
IRNA – British Prime Minister Theresa May in a message on Thursday congratulated President-elect Hassan Rouhani on his landslide victory in May…
Mohseni Ejei: Elections showcase true image of democracy in Iran
IRNA – Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Thursday that great Iranian nation demonstrated true image of democracy through their massive…
Women win highest ever seats in Tehran council election
Tehran Times- Six women have been elected to Tehran’s 5th city council election, registering a record high out of the total 21…
50 tonnes of election campaign posters removed from Tehran streets
IFP – A Tehran Municipality official says more than 50 tonnes of waste paper remaining from Iranian candidates’ campaigns for the recent…
Castro congratulates Rouhani on re-election
IRNA — Cuban President Raul Castro in a message to President-elect Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday congratulated him on his re-election to the…
Rouhani: May 24 marks victory of Iranian nation against int’l plot
IRNA — President-elect Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that victory anniversary for liberation of Khorramshahr is regarded as a significant historical development…