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Tag: Assembly of Experts
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Assembly election results show strong backing for moderates
The final list of the Assembly of Experts representatives reveals that two hardliners from Tehran, Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi and Mohammad Yazdi, did not…
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Moderate clerics receive most Assembly of Experts votes in Tehran
The preliminary results of the vote count for the Assembly of Experts reveal that in Tehran moderate figures Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani and President Hassan…
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Reformists endorse select candidates for Assembly of Experts
The Reformists Supreme Council of election policy has released a list of 62 candidates it is endorsing in the Assembly of Experts election. On…
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Campaigning begins for Assembly of Experts election
The 161 candidates vying for a seat in Iran’s Assembly of Experts began their two-week campaign on February 11. IRNA reports that the campaigns…
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Dozens of disqualified Assembly of Experts candidates file appeals
More than 80 disqualified candidates who had hoped to run in the Assembly of Experts elections have submitted their formal complaints to the Guardian…
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Only one contender in some races for Assembly of Experts
Of the 800 candidates vying for a spot on Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the Guardian Council has only approved 166 candidates, which leaves some…
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Former Supreme Leader’s grandson rejected as candidate
The Guardian Council has rejected Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the late Islamic Republic leader Ayatollah Khomeini, as a candidate for membership in the…
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Female candidates rejected in run for assembly seats
None of the woman who registered to run in the Assembly of Experts elections was approved by the Guardian Council. The council forwarded the…
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Reformists lobbying Guardian Council for more inclusive elections
Two days after the spokesman for the Guardian Council said failing to sit for the jurisprudence exam would automatically disqualify candidates from running for…
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Female candidates for Assembly of Experts take exam
Five women vying to run in the Assembly of Experts election sat down to take the jurisprudence exam recently announced to be required for…
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The Islamic Republic, Oligarchy and Growing Discrimination
by Morteza Kazemian The closed and dysfunctional cycle of power in the Islamic Republic reveals new symptoms each day and progressively engages in threatening…
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New Assembly of Experts candidates required to write exam
The Guardian Council says candidates for the Assembly of Experts elections will have to pass a written exam. The spokesman for the Guardian Council…