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Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shows his identification during registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections. Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi, AP

Ahmadinejad Barred from Iran’s Presidential Race

by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 21, 2017 | World

London- An Iranian election committee approved Thursday for six candidates, including current President Hassan Rouhani, to run for the country’s presidential elections next month, but rejected a request by former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his close ally Hamid...

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Iranian women take part in a reformist campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Tehran, Feb. 20, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

Iran Blocks Telegram

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 20, 2017 | Opinion

It is not strange that Iran is the only country in the Middle East that blocks services which are considered essential now like Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp as part of its continuous blackout policy. Tehran even disturbs the signal of several broadcast channels...

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Iranian cleric Ebrahim Raisi gestures after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections at the ministry of the interior in Tehran on April 14, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Iran: Raisi Registers for Election with Entourage of ‘Mothers Who Lost Their Children to War’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 15, 2017 | World

London- On the eve of closing candidate registration for Iran’s upcoming May presidential elections, current President Hassan Rouhani and his chief conservative rival, Ebrahim Raisi, submitted their bids. Raisi, 56, is a hardline cleric known for his...

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Women walk past electoral posters for the parliamentary elections in central Tehran February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

Rouhani Political Aide: Election Brawl Threatens Iran’s National Security

by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 3, 2017 | World

London- With presidential elections just around the corner, the political spat in Tehran is ever more escalating. In their recent confrontation, the ‘reformist’ administration led by President Hassan Rouhani-who seeks another term in office- and former president...

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A file photo show’s Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AFP)

Iranians Quarrel Over Bankruptcy

by Adel al-Salmi | Mar 7, 2017 | World

London – Iran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei addressed Monday the ongoing quarrel over the “state bankruptcy” currently taking part between President Hassan Rouhani and his opponents who criticize his economic policy. Khamenei advised high-ranking officials to...