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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...
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 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 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 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...
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 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...
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 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...
Ex-Israeli defense minister says Iran planning nuclear Holocaust as regime censored over atomic...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe U.S. and its allies are seeking to rope in Iran’s aggressive efforts to build an atomic weapon,...