A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 13
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday, September 13, 2018, and…
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Ex-presidential aide sentenced to 5 years in jail
IRNA – Director General of Tehran Province Justice Department announced that Former Chief of Iranian Presidential office Esfandiyar Rahim Mashaei was sentenced…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on September 3
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, September 3, 2018, and…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on March 18
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday, March 18, and picked headlines…
Iranian VP tainted by brother’s corruption charges
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Following his candidacy in the May presidential elections, First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has appeared as a capable and likely…
Protege of Iran’s Ahmadinejad vows comeback
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A protege of Iran’s outgoing president said Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies will make a comeback as a…
Iran news round up June 21, 2013
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Will Fulton and…
Iran’s poll charade
Ban on candidates highlights the frailty of the Islamic regime By throwing his hat into the ring for Iran’s presidential race, Akbar Hashemi…
Iran’s Ahmadinejad says will challenge ally’s ban from election
(Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran’s supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from…
Mashaei’s campaign office to ask Guardian Council to revise decision
The election campaign office of Esfandiyar Rahim-Mashaei, who was not approved by Iran’s Guardian Council to run in the upcoming presidential election,…
Top figures barred from Iran’s June ballot
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says overseers of next month’s presidential election have rejected a top aide of outgoing President…
Iran Election Watch: Iran Guardian Council qualifies 8 candidates, Rafsanjani & Mashaei rejected
23 days to the presidential vote, election stories are as follows:Mehr claims on Mashaei & Rafsanjani disqualification; presidential hopeful Rafsanjani’s third election statement; Mashaei’s…
People close to president Ahmadinejad reportedly getting arrested
People close to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been getting arrested in the last several days on baseless charges and claims, Iranian government…
Gaming Iran’s presidential election
On May 11, in the last moments before the registration deadline for candidacy, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani registered to run in the elections. The news…
Iran today: How to use nuclear talks in an election campaign
The Guardian Council, the body vetting the almost 700 people who had registered as candidates for the Presidential election, is scheduled to…
Iran’s conservatives divided over presidential candidates
TEHRAN — Conservatives aligned with Iran’s supreme leader may enjoy his support, but their inability to rally behind a single candidate could…
Iran nuclear talks over access resume in Vienna, Istanbul
Iran news headlines on Wednesday include resumption of Iran nuclear talks in Vienna and Istanbul;Iran hard-liners urging election ban on Hashemi Rafsanjani & Rahim…
Iran hard-liners urge election ban on 2 candidates
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two contenders – a moderate former president and a protege…
Wait, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s brother is running for president of Iran?
On Saturday, the five-day registration period for Iran’s June 14 presidential election came to a dramatic close when several last-minute candidates entered the running. And buried…
The favorites in Iran’s election
Iran stands on the eve of a heated presidential election slated for June 14. It is the 11th presidential election in Iran’s history. The…
Iranian officials threaten two candidates for the presidency
TEHRAN — Iranian officials on Monday issued blunt threats of violence against two last-minute registrants for the June 14 presidential election whose unwanted presence…
Principlist hopefuls need unity more than ever: Haddad-Adel
Iranian presidential hopeful Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel says the registration of certain political figures for the election necessitates unity among principlists more than…
Will Iran’s real reformists please stand up?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is hardly a poster boy for reform in Iran. He has depicted himself as an original revolutionary and ideological purist.…
Iran’s presidential office dismisses Ahmadinejad’s law violation
Iran’s presidential office has dismissed allegations that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad violated the election law by accompanying his former chief of staff, Esfandiyar Rahim…
What just happened in Iran?
Farideh Farhi has done her usual excellent job of unwrapping the Iranian internal political scene. I very much share her surprise about this…
Analysis: Iran election race opens up as surprise candidate enter
(Reuters) – After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls…
Iranian MPs complain against present and former presidents
Some 150 Iranian members of parliament have appealed to the Judiciary System against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They addressed Iran’s Judiciary System with…
Iran surprises again!
Okay, it is time to admit that the only thing predictable about Iranian politics these days is its unpredictability! There are people…
Factbox: Contenders in Iranian presidential election
(Reuters) – Following are brief details of leading candidates for Iran’s June 14 presidential election, for which registration closed on Saturday. AKBAR…
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to stand for Iran presidency
Iran news headlines on Saturday include Hashemi Rafsanjani & Rahim Mashaei announcement for running in presidential election; IAEA chief support for experts to check Iran’s Bushehr…
Iran ends registration for presidential election
The registration for the 11th presidential election of Iran has come to an end with 686 individuals having signed up for the…
Ahmadinejad ally Mashaie enters Iranian presidential race
May 11 (Reuters) – An ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the centre of a split in Iran’s leadership registered on Saturday…
Iran today: Presidential election — last day of candidate declarations
It is the last day for hopefuls to register as candidates in Iran’s Presidential election, scheduled for 14 June. Among the big…
Change in Iran depends on new reformers linked to conservatives
This Iranian presidential election cycle differs from those of the past in that the scene is characterized by ambiguity. There is a…
Iran president still a force even as his era ends
BIRJAND, Iran (AP) — When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s legacy, it’s…
Ahmadinejad looks to make confidant his successor as Iran race starts
Outgoing president’s aide likely to stand in election but opposition Green Movement’s leaders still under house arrest Iran started its six-week search for a…
Iran’s electoral elegance: the style evolution of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President went from humble white jacket to tailored suits in journey from man of the people to man of the world When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ran…
Possible presidential front-runners in Iran
The following are potential front-runners in Iran’s June 14 presidential elections. The list of candidates will be announced later this month after…