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The Fundamentalist, the Technocrat, and the Reformist
The Atlantic· 1 day agoThe council’s 12 members are directly or indirectly appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
Iran election: Hardliners dominate presidential candidates
BBC News· 4 days agoIran’s Guardian Council has approved six candidates to run in this month's presidential election....
Iran Approves Six Candidates to Run for President. All but One Are Conservatives.
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoNotably, the Guardian Council—a body of clerics aligned with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei —banned...
Iran’s elections could give rise to another military coup
The Hill· 3 days agoRepublic as pro-establishment figures now compete for the role of president. Between the losses of...
What Iran's elections mean for Biden and Khamenei
Newsweek· 3 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 helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home –...
KION 46 Salinas· 6 days agoBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — While the cause of the May 19...
Iran names six approved candidates for presidential election
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRaisi had been expected to secure another term in office and was seen as a possible successor to...
Iran installing and starting cascades of advanced centrifuges as tensions high over nuclear program
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 45 minutes agoDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — (AP) — Iran has started up new cascades of advanced centrifuges and plans to install others in the coming weeks after facing criticism over its nuclear program, ...
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe council again barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the...
Iran selects six hardliner presidential candidates in ‘predictable’ election campaign
Semafor via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIran is facing a possible succession crisis after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter...