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Iran eyes big turnout in parliament polls
13 Mar '08 | Politics & Economics / News
Conservatives are Friday expected to tighten their grip on Iran's parliament in an election dismissed by the US but seen by its leaders as the chance to send a defiant message to the West.Campaigning was banned on Thursday for the final day before the elections, where reformists are expected to make ...
Reformist candidates barred from Iran polls
24 Jan '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... 21 groups, including the largest reformist party, Islamic Iran's Participation Front (IIPF), and the Organisation of Islamic Revolution ... Iranian officials to work towards holding a truly free, healthy and fair election", their statement said.Another prominent reformist party - National Confidence, ...
Mousavi rejects partial Iran vote recount
28 Jun '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... recount of votes from this month's election and repeated his demand the entire ballot be annulled.Iran's top legislative body, ... to make the West regret meddling in Tehran's affairs."With no doubt, Iran's new government will have a more decisive and firmer approach towards the West," the official ...
Iran's Mousavi urges more protests
22 Jun '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... comments came the day pro-reform clerics stepped up criticism of Iran's authorities after more than a week of unprecedented popular defiance against the leadership ... .She was detained on Saturday for "alleged involvement in post-election incidents", Iran's English-language Press TV said. Four relatives ...
Angry Mousavi says Iran vote result a fix
13 Jun '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... candidate Mirhossein Mousavi said he "strongly protested" against what he described as many violations in Iran's presidential election, in a statement made available to Reuters on Saturday.Mousavi lost ... people's rights."Mousavi urged senior clerics in Iran's Shi'ite religious centre of Qom to speak ...
Tehran mayor not standing for Iranian presidential election
4 Apr '09 | Politics & Economics / News
Conservative Mayor of Tehran Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said he has no plan "for the time being" to run in the country's June 12 presidential election, Mehr news agency reported on Saturday."Given the existing circumstances, for the time being I am not a nominee in the tenth (2009) presidential ...
Mousavi calls day of mourning, more Tehran protests
18 Jun '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... , has called for calm, allowing some ballot boxes to be recounted. Iran's top legislative body, the Guardian Council, ruled out ... the Swiss ambassador, who represents US interests, on Wednesday to protest against "interventionist" US statements on Iran's election.Washington denied it was interfering ...
Supporters of Iran election rivals clash
7 Jun '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... was the second night of sporadic unrest in the capital, after thousands of supporters of Ahmadinejad and another of his moderate challengers in the presidential election scuffled elsewhere in the capital on Friday evening.Mainly young supporters of the election hopefuls have poured into the streets ...
Over 4,500 permitted to contest Iran elections
23 Feb '08 | Politics & Economics / News
Iran's hardline vetting body the Guardians Council said on Saturday it will allow more than 4,500 candidates to run for parliament next month but that 2,200 candidates have been disqualified, the official news agency IRNA reported."Out of 7,597 candidates who registered... more than 4,500 have ...
Iran clerics oppose Ahmadinejad on women ministers
22 Aug '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... -up.The outcome will be a test of Ahmadinejad's hold on power after his disputed re-election in June led to the worst unrest since the 1979 Islamic ... 's backers have abandoned him since the election, even though he enjoys the backing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's highest authority. ...
Iran puts another 28 vote protesters on trial
16 Aug '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... its worst crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution.Ahmadinejad's re-election triggered massive street protests in Tehran and other cities ... said he would launch a political front to follow up on his protest against the election which has bitterly divided Iran's political and ruling elite.Ahmadinejad ...
Iran Cannes stars seek asylum in Britain - report
8 Aug '09 | Culture & Society / News
... are seeking asylum in Britain after a member of their band was arrested in Iran, a report said Saturday.Ashkan Kooshanejad, 24, and his girlfriend ... Mir Hossein Mousavi would win the election, believing it would have made it easier for them to return to Iran in July and renew their visas to return ...
Sultan of Oman begins first visit to Iran in 30 years
4 Aug '09 | Culture & Society / News
... term.Sultan Qaboos, who will be the first foreign ruler to travel to Iran since Ahmadinejad's disputed June 12 re-election, had been due to visit Tehran on June ... , the state-run ONA news agency reported on Monday.Iran and Oman are co-guardians of the Strait of Hormuz, gateway into the oil-rich Gulf ...
Iran reformists back down in court
2 Aug '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... States," he was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.The re-election of Ahmadinejad has triggered the worst crisis in the 30-year ... in a statement on his website on Saturday that his campaign against the re-election of Ahmadinejad has foreign links.Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on ...
US tourists held by Iran 'were warned' by police
1 Aug '09 | Culture & Society / News
... Washington insisted on Friday that no US military personnel were involved in the incident.US-Iran tensions have been high for years, with the Islamic republic deriding ... concern over Iranian nuclear ambitions and its disputed June election, despite recent moves by Obama to offer Tehran an olive branch ...
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