Iranian politics

Hardline Guards make early gains in restricted Iran election
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Hardline Guards make early gains in restricted Iran election

DUBAI (Reuters) — Candidates affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority on Saturday, reportedly…
Iran votes in parliament elections that favor conservatives
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Iran votes in parliament elections that favor conservatives

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians were voting for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of…
‘From bad to worse’: Dashed hopes may deter many Iranians from polls
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‘From bad to worse’: Dashed hopes may deter many Iranians from polls

DUBAI (Reuters) – Confrontation with America, economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians’ confidence in their leaders, posing…
Iran candidates start campaigns for parliamentary elections
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Iran candidates start campaigns for parliamentary elections

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranian candidates approved to run in parliamentary elections kicked off their campaigns Thursday ahead…
Iran’s supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad not to run again for president
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Iran’s supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad not to run again for president

Iran's supreme leader has told former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to stand again in next year's elections, state media…
Iran’s Rouhani accuses West of exploiting Sunni-Shi’ite rift, raps Israel
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Iran’s Rouhani accuses West of exploiting Sunni-Shi’ite rift, raps Israel

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani accused Western powers of trying to exploit differences between the world's Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims to…
Iran’s Khamenei says US, ‘evil’ Britain can’t be trusted
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Iran’s Khamenei says US, ‘evil’ Britain can’t be trusted

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Tehran had no intention of cooperating on regional issues with…
Iran’s Khamenei calls for vigilance against West’s ‘soft war’: state TV
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Iran’s Khamenei calls for vigilance against West’s ‘soft war’: state TV

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for vigilance against what he called a "soft war" mounted by the West…
Ahmadinejad’s return to public eye in Iran fuels talk of a comeback
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Ahmadinejad’s return to public eye in Iran fuels talk of a comeback

On a podium decorated as a bunker from the Iran-Iraq war, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad woos a crowd of hundreds with an…
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