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Iran Approves Six Candidates to Run for President. All but One Are Conservatives.
The Wall Street Journal· 5 hours ago“Khamenei and his inner circle are reluctant to allow prominent moderates and reformists from having...
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoIran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker and five...
Ghalibaf among six approved to run in Iran’s presidential election
Al Jazeera· 9 hours agoSix people, including parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, have been approved to run for the...
Iran's hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy's top figure in the presidential vote
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoIran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerged on Monday as the most prominent candidate from within...
Iran Picks Slate to Replace President Killed in Crash
newser· 9 hours agoThe selections by the Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists ultimately overseen by Khamenei, continued the practice of not accepting a woman or anyone calling for radical change.
Iran: president’s death has set hardliners jostling for position to replace ageing supreme leader -...
EconoTimes· 5 days agoThe death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash in May plunged Iran into political uncertainly. Raisi’s death has set off an intense power struggle within ...
Iran: meet the men – and women – lining up to contest the early presidential election - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 3 days agoThe death in a helicopter crash of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, on May 19 has triggered a presidential election one year earlier than expected.
How much will a presidential election reveal about Iran’s future?
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoThe country is once again on the verge of an historic moment as it prepares for a June 28 snap ...
The Middle East’s Perfect Storm
The National Interest· 3 days agoAs Israel launches its offensive on Rafah at the peril of the hostages and its international standing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again...
Iran parliament speaker Ghalibaf launches presidential bid
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe conservative speaker of Iran's parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, registered Monday his...