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Tag: Iranian parliamentary elections
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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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Veterans rejected as candidates angered by presumed disloyalty
A number of candidates disqualified from the parliamentary elections staged a protest in front of the Guardian Council, the government body responsible for the…
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Thousands of rejected candidate appeals to be reviewed by Saturday
The Guardian Council reports that 6,000 candidates have appealed their disqualification by the council to run in parliamentary elections. Council spokesman Nejatollah Ebrahimian said…
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Rohani comments on wave of disqualified reformist candidates
The Iranian president has reacted to the widespread disqualification of Parliamentary candidates by the Guardian Council, saying you cannot bar a political group that…
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Third reformist figure in nine days heckled by anonymous mobs during speech
Azar Mansouri, a member of the reformist Islamic Unity Party of Iran, became the latest victim of hecklers as she delivered a speech in…
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National Trust Party sets target for electing female MPs
Samieh Tahmasbi, the head of the National Trust Party’s women’s branch, says it is aiming to capture 30 percent of parliamentary seats in the…
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Justice minister joins call against “dirty money” in campaigns
Iran’s justice minister is now the second minister to sound the alarm about “dirty money” entering the election process. The interior minister had previously…
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Minister criticized for saying drug money used in elections
Iran’s interior minister has been accused of :disturbing public minds” by a member of the parliament’s National Security Commission because the minister said this…