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Women can't be president in Iran, senior cleric says
TEHRAN — Iran’s next president will not be a woman. No surprise there, but a senior religious figure, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, made it official in comments Wednesday to a group of clerics and theology students, according to the conservative...
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Iran delays presidential election lineup
TEHRAN — Iranians must wait until next week to find out who will be on the ballot in next month's presidential election, a key electoral panel said Thursday, as it continued to mull the fate of two prospective candidates who have shaken up the race....Tags: Iran, Elections, Politics, Tehran (Iran), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Iran says ready for nuclear talks with world powers
ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran is prepared to pursue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after next month's presidential election in the Islamic Republic, its chief negotiator said on Thursday. Saeed Jalili, who is also a candidate in the...Tags: Iran, Elections, Israel, Politics, U.S. Elections
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Hard-line Iranian lawmakers urge election ban on former president and Ahmadinejad ally
Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two prominent presidential contenders — a moderate former president and a protege of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — from running in next month'...Tags: Justice System, Iran, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Track and Field
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U.N. watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute
ReutersVIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure over its nuclear program in two separate meetings on Wednesday, but no breakthrough is expected with the Islamic state focused on next month's presidential election. In Vienna, the U.N....Tags: Iran, Vienna (Austria), Israel, Iran's Nuclear Program, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Iran MPs urge ban on presidential runs by Rafsanjani, Mashaie
Reuters* Hardliners seek to scuttle prominent independents' candidacies * Move could be meant to pre-empt challenge to Supreme Leader * Intelligence minister warns against election-related plots By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, May 15 (Reuters) - Some 100...Tags: Islam, Iran, Elections, News Agency, Politics
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UN watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute
Reuters* IAEA, EU's Ashton seek nuclear progress in separate Iran talks * Little movement expected before Iran's June 14 election By Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi VIENNA/ISTANBUL, May 15 (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure in two separate...Tags: Iran, Elections, Israel, Politics, Nuclear Power
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Iran's Ahmadinejad may face charges over election appearance with aide
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying an ally to register for the June presidential vote, the electoral watchdog said, in a possible move by rival conservative hardliners keen to pre-empt any challenge...Tags: Islam, Iran, Justice System, Elections, Judges
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, May 13
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- ISLAMABAD - Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the...Tags: Iran, National Government, Mohamed Morsi, European Union, Government
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Analysis: Iran election opens up as surprise candidates enter race
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two major...Tags: Iran, Bashar Assad, Political Corruption, Iran's Nuclear Program, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Two last-minute candidates stir up Iran presidential race
TEHRAN — The run-up to Iran's June presidential election took a dramatic turn Saturday with last-minute candidacy announcements by two controversial political figures: former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, top...Tags: Iran, Islam, Elections, Politics, Religion and Belief
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2 divisive figures enter Iran's presidential race, shaking up politics a month before election
Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A pair of powerful and divisive figures registered Saturday to run in Iran's presidential election, jolting the political landscape ahead of next month's vote to pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Akbar Hashemi...Tags: Justice System, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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