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Who Will Be Iran’s Next President?
The Atlantic· 58 minutes agoThe council’s 12 members are directly or indirectly appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an octogenarian who still calls all the most...
What Iran's elections mean for Biden and Khamenei
Newsweek· 2 days agoMost of the six candidates approved out of more than 80 initial hopefuls reflect the nation's consolidation of power in the hands of conservative...
Iran’s elections could give rise to another military coup
The Hill· 2 days agoBetween the losses of Major General Qassem Soleymani, General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, his deputy...
Iran election: Hardliners dominate presidential candidates
BBC News· 3 days agoIran’s Guardian Council has approved six candidates to run in this month's presidential election....
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe council again barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the...
Iran names six approved candidates for presidential election
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRaisi had been expected to secure another term in office and was seen as a possible successor to...
Iran Approves Six Candidates to Run for President. All but One Are Conservatives.
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoNotably, the Guardian Council—a body of clerics aligned with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei —banned...
Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoWithin an hour, the Bell 212 helicopter had crashed into a cloud-covered mountainside. While the...
Who’s in the running to be Iran’s next president?
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoWhile the ultimate head of the Iranian state is the unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the president is the second-most powerful position....
Iran selects six hardliner presidential candidates in ‘predictable’ election campaign
Semafor via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIran is facing a possible succession crisis after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter...