Iran election results to be released gradually: Official
Tasnim – Iran’s Interior Ministry reversed its decision on how to release the results of the forthcoming presidential election, a deputy minister…
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Iran mission in Dubai urges Iranian residents to vote with valid passport
IRNA — Iran’s Consulate General in Dubai in a statement urged Iranians residing in UAE to vote with valid passports. In its…
Huge turnout of people in elections disappoints enemy: Top security official
IRNA – Iran’s top security official said on Wednesday that people’s participation in national events and their huge turnout in the forthcoming…
Reporters from 42 countries to cover Iran’s elections
Tasnim – Around 500 journalists working for the news media of 42 countries will cover the upcoming presidential and city and village…
Iran’s coverage: Iran preparing for peaceful election in insecure region
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Calm, secure Iran preparing for polls: Ayatollah Khamenei Leader of the Islamic…
Rouhani, Raeisi in heated race to win over voters in Mashhad
Press TV – On the last day of campaigning for Iran’s 12th presidential election, the two main rivals gearing up for a…
Top diplomat urges all Iranians to go to polls on Friday
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined the significance of the forthcoming elections in the country, calling on all Iranians…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 17
IFP – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 22 of…
“Alliance with Raisi aimed at countering gov’t of Four-Percenters”
IFP – Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who dropped out of Iran’s presidential race in favour of his fellow right-winger Ebrahim Raisi, says the…
Minister discredits opinion polls on Iran presidential election
Tasnim – Iran’s interior minister on Wednesday dismissed the figures in opinion polls on Friday’s presidential election, saying almost all of the…
Qalibaf’s withdrawal officially announced to Interior Ministry
IRNA – Head of the electoral committee of Iran’s May 19 presidential election candidate Mohammd Baqer Qalibaf said his withdrawal has officially…
Here’s why oil traders are so focused on the Iranian elections
CNBC | Gemma Acton: Millions of Iranians will head to the polls on Friday to choose their new president in an election…
Iran presidential election promoting regional stability: Kuwaiti lawyer
IRNA – A member of Iran-Kuwait Friendship Group said here on Wednesday that the upcoming presidential elections would boost Iran’s status in…
Rouhani could lose Iran Presidency: Seven charts illustrate why
Bloomberg |Marc Champion: Iran’s more historically reliable opinion polls indicate President Hassan Rouhani is likely to win his bid for re-election on…
Iran’s 2017 presidential election
Press TV – Campaigning for the presidential election in Iran has become more heated these days as the hopefuls are doing their best…
Over 60 electoral ‘violations’ in run-up to Iran vote – judiciary
Reuters– More than 60 “violations” linked to Friday’s presidential and regional elections in Iran have occurred and two people have been arrested,…
Judiciary chief urges to elect a president to disappoint enemies
IRNA — Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Monday called on the Iranians to elect a president in the upcoming elections…
Backgrounder: Iran’s presidential elections in a glance
Xinhua— The 1979 revolution in Iran, led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini, transformed the U.S.-backed and monarch-ruled country into a republic system…
Absent from America, French cars drive into Iran election
Reuters | Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Laurence Frost and Edward Taylor: French carmakers PSA (PEUP.PA) and Renault (RENA.PA) are turning their U.S. absence into…
No media report allowed for or against presidential candidates as of Thursday
IRNA – The Election Headquarters announced that domestic media will not be allowed to release any report in favor or against any…
Iran candidates campaign 3 days before election
Press TV – Iranian presidential candidates continue electioneering three days before the vote. First Vice President Is’haq Jahangiri, who has been campaigning…
Iran’s Raisi calls Qalibaf’s move to quit presidential race ‘revolutionary’
Tasnim – Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, who is running for Iran’s president, expressed his gratitude to Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf for ending…
Spokesman: Negotiations with Canada to continue
IRNA – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday that many Iranian citizens residing in Canada wanted to attend presidential election,…
Polling places in 104 countries arranged for Iran presidential election
Tasnim – Iranian expatriates in 104 countries will have the chance to vote in the country’s 12th presidential election at the same…
Former President Khatami calls on Iranian voters to re-elect Rouhani
Press TV – Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has called on his supporters to vote for incumbent President Hassan Rouhani in the…
40 million expected to cast votes in Iran election: Official
IFP- An Iranian official says none of Iran’s political parties have boycotted the country’s upcoming elections, and thus 40 million Iranians are…
Foreigners no cure for country: Presidential candidate
IRNA – One of the candidate of the upcoming presidential election underlined importance of reviving the economy relying on domestic capacities and…
Weekly report: Iran presidential campaign heats up
May 14, The Iran Project – President Rouhani inaugurating Crucial rail link between Tehran and Hamedan, Secretary General of the APA Mohammad…
Rouhani vows to proceed with resistance economy in second term
Tasnim – Incumbent Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is running for the forthcoming presidential elections, highlighted the importance of Resistance Economy plan,…
Iran’s elections symbol of security, stability: Analyst
IRNA – A Lebanese analyst of international issues says, holding the May 19 elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran serves as…
Presidential candidate dismisses rumors on quitting presidential race
IRNA – Presidential candidate Mostafa Hashemi Taba on Saturday dismissed rumors on his quitting the presidential race in favor of another presidential…
Candidates lock horns in last debate before Iran election
Iran Daily- The six candidates contesting Iran’s 12th presidential election squared off in a final live televised debate on Friday. In the…
Polls put Rouhani in lead with one week to go
Al-Monitor | Matt Dabrowski: Incumbent Hassan Rouhani maintains his lead in the run-up to Iran’s May 19 presidential election. Two new election…
Presidential candidate: Iran’s production should be export oriented
IRNA – Presidential candidate Mostafa Hashemi Taba expressed his satisfaction over a jump in Iran’s exports, underlying that the country exports have…
Turnout is key for Iran’s election, a challenge for Rouhani
AP |Nasser Karimi: Iran’s presidential election may turn on turnout. Historically, the more Iranians who cast ballots, the greater the chance a…
Presidential candidate underlines indigenous economic policies
IRNA – Presidential candidate Mostafa Agha-Mirsalim stressed on execution of Resistance Economy policies outlined by the Supreme Leader and adopting indigenous economic…
Goods smuggling hurts domestic production: Presidential candidate
IRNA – Boosting the domestic production is an issue to which the policies of the Economy of Resistance attach importance, a candidate…
Glimpses of 3rd presidential election debate
IRNA – Six candidates who are standing for the 12th presidential election in Iran offered their viewpoints and plans on economic issues…
Iranian candidates to face off in final TV showdown
Press TV- The contestants trying their chances of victory in Iran’s upcoming presidential elections are to hold their third and last debate…
Former athletes under fire in Tehran City Council elections
Al-Monitor l Zahra Alipour: Late last year, Mansour Pourheidari, a former member of Iran’s national soccer team and a veteran coach, succumbed…