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Iran holds run-off parliamentary vote amid strict COVID-19 measures
Iranian Media Name Potential Candidates For 2021 Presidential Election
Nine months before the next presidential election in Iran, concerns over the coronavirus pandemic has pushed competition over the post of president of the Islamic Republic to backstage.
Unofficial campaigning for presidential election in Iran usually starts as early as the inauguration of the second term of the incumbent President. Iranian media have lined up possible candidates several times before the pandemic overshadowed everything including the presidential race.
Hard-liners’ victory as ex-IRGC general Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf becomes Iran parliament speaker
For the first time since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, a former military general and member of the senior cadre of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been elected as speaker of the Iranian parliament (Majlis). Brig. Gen.
Iran conservatives hope to harness popular anger to win elections
“They’ve been stealing the money. Cut off their hands, make them pay and answer,” shouted an elderly woman in a black chador, suddenly standing up at a conservative election rally in south Tehran.
Iran ends week-long campaigning for parliamentary elections
Campaigning has officially ended for Iran's 11th parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections as the country prepares to hold the momentous vote on Friday.
What is at stake in the Iran elections?
Elections in Iran are big news. Not just because they receive too much attention in the foreign media. But also in the sense that they make a difference in the Iranian people’s lives in a way that — whether it feels small or big at first — is very meaningful in the longer term.
Iran elections to be dominated by hard-liners as young people refuse to vote: ‘It’s a joke’
Iran is holding its parliamentary elections Friday, and one thing seems all but certain: It will be a major victory for the country’s conservative hard-liners.
Religious minorities take part in Iran legislative elections
Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Armenians and Assyrians are getting ready to cast their ballots in Iran’s eleventh parliamentary elections. Under the Constitution, there are five reserved seats in the legislature for Iran’s religious minorities. Speaking to Press TV, voters said, their communities will take part in elections as it’s a national duty.
Iran candidates kick off campaigns for parliamentary elections
Guardian Council, which vets prospective candidates, barred more than 9,000 from out of more than 16,000 aspirants.
Thousands of Iranian candidates approved to run in parliamentary elections kicked off their campaigns on Thursday ahead of next week's vote, even after authorities barred thousands of others from running, mainly reformists and moderates.
The February 21 parliamentary elections come amid high tensions between Tehran and Washington, which is at its peak in 40 years.
Iran Begins Registering Candidates For February 2020 Parliamentary Polls
Registration has begun for candidates running in Iran’s parliamentary elections set for February 2020, Iranian media reported.
The registration kicked off on December 1 and will continue until December 7, the official government news agency IRNA reported.
The elections will be a gauge for the popularity of President Hassan Rohani and his allies.
It comes after protests and deadly unrest over a significant rise in the price of gasoline.
Iran Successfully Tests E-Voting ahead of Parliamentary Polls
Citizens of Tehran went to the polls on Friday, July 26, 2019, to choose Assistants to the Islamic City Council of Tehran in the first fully-electronic voting in the country’s history.
Iran mulls referendum over nuclear deal: Rouhani
Iran’s president has suggested the Islamic Republic could hold a referendum over the country’s nuclear program amid the unravelling deal with world powers and heightened tensions with the United States, Iranian media reported Sunday.
Damascus rejects Arab Summit’s criticism of Iran’s presence in Syria
Arabia Saudita reúne a los líderes árabes para crear un frente común ante Irán
Irak rechazó el comunicado final de la cumbre de la Liga Árabe y recalcó que la seguridad de Irán es de interés para los demás países musulmanes y árabes.
Iran rejects Saudi Arabia's 'baseless' allegations at Arab summit
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson denounces Saudi King Salman's accusations of Tehran meddling in the region.