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Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran’s next president
WATE 6 Knoxville· 14 hours agoSix candidates have been approved by Iran’s theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to...
Parliament Speaker. the Tehran Mayor. A Heart Surgeon. the Race Is on for Iran's Next President
US News & World Report· 14 hours agoA little-known politician and heart surgeon is also on the ballot. Meanwhile, authorities are not urging the public to vote as vocally as they have in the past, particularly after a parliamentary ...
Biden still paralyzed as the Middle East counts down to Armageddon
The Hill· 8 hours agoHezbollah is dangerously nearing a point of no return in its ongoing cross-border war with Israel....
Iran's presidential candidates talk economic policies in 2nd live debate ahead of June 28 vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt was the second of five debates planned in the days before the vote in a shortened campaign to...
For Iran's youth, legacy of massive 2022 protests shapes presidential race
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoUnder Iran's clerical system, the elected president runs the government day-to-day but his powers are circumscribed by those of the hardline supreme leader Ayatollah Ali & ...
Is an Iran Upset in the Making?
The Nation· 6 days agoIt’s often said, not without reason, that elections in Iran don’t matter, that all power rests with Iran’s unelected Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and...
Iran’s 2024 Presidential Election: What to Know
New York Times· 4 days agoIran’s election for its next president will take place a year early, on June 28, after President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month....
Elections Could Reshape U.S.-Iran Dynamic
Foreign Policy Magazine· 7 hours agoOnce allies, Iran and the United States have navigated a fraught relationship for decades. The 1979 Iranian revolution marked a significant U-turn;...
Iran calls for new nuclear talks amid worsening Middle East crisis
Newsweek· 19 hours agoIran has issued an appeal for new negotiations toward reviving a multilateral nuclear agreement...
Long, fraught time line of tensions over Iran's nuclear program ahead of its presidential election
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoTrump announces that he approved retaliatory military strikes on Iran but pulled back at the last...