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Tag: elections
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Cyberspace, Expanding Space to Protest
Siavosh Ahmadi (Qom) The February 2016 elections revealed once more that the openness of the internet defuses policies of censorship and repression to a…
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Reformists outnumber conservatives in next Parliament
The final vote count in Iran reveals 83 reformists, 78 conservatives, 60 independents and five minority representatives have won their seats in parliament. ISNA…
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Khatami calls vote results an endorsement of reformist policies
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami issued a statement following the widespread success of reformists in the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections, saying the…
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Supreme Leader thanks voters, advises winning candidates
Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a statement two days after the elections, commending the high level of public participation and thanking the people for heeding…
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Election results show at least 15 women in Parliament
Three of the five parliamentary representatives elected in Isfahan are reformists, and two of those are women. In Mashhad, all five elected representatives are…
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Parliamentary speaker celebrates election results
Ali Larijani, the speaker of the current Parliament who was re-elected in Qom, referred to the defeat of the Society of Qom Seminary Teachers…
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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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Late arrival of ballot box denies detained leader right to vote
Fatemeh Karroubi, the wife of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who had called for the opportunity to vote despite being held under house arrest, has…
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Fars province reports most election offences in Iran
The latest reports from Iran on Saturday February 27 indicate that 83 election offences have so far been filed across the country. The Mehr…
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Reformists lead in parliamentary elections in Tehran
The Elections Office released a list of fifty people after counting close to 1.3 million votes in Tehran and the results reveal that the…
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Early results: at least five women win their ridings
While the final results of the vote count remain unannounced in Tehran reports indicate that at least five women from other cities have managed…
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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…