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Judiciary head calls for strict oversight of election candidates
Judiciary head calls for strict oversight of election candidates The head of Iran’s judiciary has urged the Guardian Council to prevent ineligible candidates from…
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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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Anti-reformist campaign continues with arrest of political organizer
An opposition website reports that Faraj Kamijani, a member of the Coordination Council of the Reformist Front, has been arrested with the use of…
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Ten women run for Assembly of Experts, hundreds run for Parliament
Hossein Ali Amiri, the secretary and spokesman for the Interior Ministry’s election headquarters, says 10 women have registered their names to run for a…
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Silencing of reformist at Yazd University part of growing pattern
Yazd University became the scene of the latest attack on reformists reaching out to the public in the lead up to the parliamentary and…
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Election official commends female participation in assembly race
Mohammad Hossein Moghimi, the head of Iran’s election office, has lauded the participation of both men and women in the coming elections. Yesterday, Esmat…
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Former head of Assembly of Experts says he’s likely to run again
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, a moderate Iranian cleric, has announced that he will probably run in the coming Assembly of Experts election in March. IRAN…
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Assad open to Syrian elections after IS defeat
Syrian President Beshar Al-Assad says he is willing to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in Syria and run in those elections, said a Russian…
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Leader ends debate over council’s role in elections
Following efforts by President Hassan Rohani to limit the role of the Guardian Council in the elections, Iran’s Supreme Leader sided with the conservatives,…
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Assembly chief claims authority over elections for Guardian Council
In response to President Hassan Rohani’s statements about the limited role of the Guardian Council in the elections, the head of the Assembly of…
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Reformists call for fairness in vetting Assembly candidates
A number of Iranian reformist figures have met with Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi and Ayatollah Mohammad Momen, members of the Guardian Council, to discuss concerns…
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Rohani stresses need for fair, competitive elections
The Iranian president says the elections to be held next March for both Parliament and the Assembly of Experts must be legal and transparent.…