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Tag: disqualifications
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Isfahan candidate disqualified despite voter support
Nasim Online reported on Tuesday March 22 that Minoo Khaleghi, a leading candidate in Isfahan, was disqualified by the Guardian Council. Her name had…
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Rejected female candidates risk backlash in small towns
The Iranian president’s advisor on women’s affairs, Fahimeh Farahmanpour, has expressed grave concern over the Guardian Council’s widespread disqualification of women running in the…
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Scholars implore president to cancel “non-competitive” election
A number of Iranian professors and scholars have issued an open letter to Iranian President Hassan Rohani to say that in view of the…
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Defending late leader’s grandson earns backlash for cleric
After moderate cleric Hashemi Rafsanjani spoke out against the Guardian Council for disqualifying Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the late leader of the Islamic Republic,…
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MP slams mass elimination of candidates
Iranian MP Ali Motahari spoke out against the sweeping disqualifications issued by the Guardian Council, saying the elimination of candidates will not be a…
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Khuzestan governor lashes out at candidate disqualifications
The Khuzestan governor says the “unnecessary and illogical disqualification” of candidates is no different from cheating through tampering with ballot boxes. IRNA reports that…