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…
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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…
Elections in Iran not symbolic: Guardian Council spokesman
Press TV – The spokesman for Iran’s election supervisory body, the Guardian Council, says voting in the country is not symbolic, as…
Iran’s Guardian Council approves 2,000 more nominees for parliamentary elections
Press TV – Iran’s Guardian Council, the election supervisory body, says following the preliminary disqualification of some nominees for the upcoming parliamentary…
Iran pares election roster in favor of hard-liners
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Iran’s powerful Guardian Council has purged many Reformists from the ranks of would-be candidates for the fast-approaching parliamentary…
Official urges for suing US, Europe officials for supporting violence in Iran
MNA – The interference and expression of support by European and American leaders for the recent unrest in Iran should be sued…
US can’t show itself as democracy, human rights defender: spox
MNA – Guardian Council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaie said that the US government cannot show itself as a defender of democracy and…
Spokesman: Guardian Council cannot ignore CFT flaws
MNA – Guardian Council Spokesman said the Council cannot ignore the flaws in the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against…
Guardian Council approves CFT amendment bill: spokesman
MNA – Iran’s Guardian Council has approved an amendment bill on combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) as part of standards set…
Thai judicial delegation heads for Iran
IRNA – A judicial delegation from Constitutional Court of Thailand left Bangkok for Tehran on Monday, Guardian Council spokesman said. The delegation…
Guardian Council checking complaints by defeated Raeisi
Financial Tribune- The spokesman of the Guardian Council says it will respond to appeals filed by presidential contenders against irregularities and offences…
Iran’s GC ready to host candidates’ reps on election day: Spokesman
Tasnim – The spokesman for Iran’s Guardian Council (GC) said the GC is prepared to host representatives of the six presidential candidates…
Guardians Council to review presidential candidates’ qualifications
IRNA – The Council of Guardians of the Constitution is examining the qualifications of the Iranian presidential candidates today. The Guardians Council…
Women to become candidate in Iran’s presidential elections
IRAN – Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei said here on Saturday that women could become candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in…
Academic describes Canada’s seizure of Iranian assets as unprecedented
A court in Canada recently issued a verdict giving $13m of Iran’s non-diplomatic assets to the families of Americans who died in…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 24
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 24
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 19
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has…
Hopefuls vetted based on Constitution, election law: Guardian Council
Iran’s Guardian Council says the Constitution and the election law were the criteria for vetting presidential hopefuls. Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali…
Russia urges Iran presence in Syria talks
Iran news headlines on Monday include Syria urging Iran presence in Syria peace talks; possibility of Rafsanjani disqualification from presidential race; country releasing of tow Azeri…
Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection
(Reuters) – Iran’s electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that…
Guardian Council may approve up to 40 Iranian presidential hopefuls: Spokesman
Iran’s Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei says the supervisory body might approve as many as 40 presidential hopefuls for the June…
Iran expresses readiness for further nuclear talks
Iran news headlines on Thursday include Jalili expressing readiness for further nuke talks with world powers; US sanctions on Iran gold imports; an…
Iran’s Guardian Council extends deadline for vetting presidential hopefuls
Iran’s top electoral supervisory body, the Guardian Council (GC), has extended the deadline for announcing the names of approved hopefuls for the…
Guardian Council may ask hopefuls to explain plans: GC spokesman
Spokesman of Iran’s top electoral supervisory body, Guardian Council (GC), says the Council may ask certain hopefuls running for the June 14…
Vetting of Iran’s presidential hopefuls underway: Guardian Council
Iran’s Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei says the supervisory body has begun the vetting process of hopefuls for the upcoming presidential…
Iran mulls over many presidential candidates
Iran’s June 14 presidential election, only about a month and a half away, will get ample attention — and more than a…
Ballot papers designed for presidential vote: GC
Iran’s top election supervisory body, the Guardian Council (GC), says ballot papers have been designed for the upcoming presidential election in June.…
Iranian election reforms become law
Iran’s Guardian Council has passed election reforms despite heavy resistance from the administration and its representatives in Parliament. The Mehr News Agency…