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Officials prepare ballot boxes for Friday’s presidential and city council elections in the northern Iranian city of Amol June 13, 2013. (Reuters/Fars News/Behrouz Khosravi)
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In this photo released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, presidential candidates from right, Mohammad Gharazi, Mohammad Reza Aref, Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Velayati, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Hasan Rowhani, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, and Mohsen Rezaei, attend a TV debate in a state-run TV studio, in Tehran. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Mehdi Dehghan)
Opinion: It does matter who Iran’s next president is
To most Western nations, the presidential election in Iran on Friday looks neither free nor fair. The choice of candidates has been predetermined, no opposition figures have been allowed to run, and no media coverage will be given to any rally or statements by anyone...Caption:
In this May 5, 2013 file photo former Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref and his wife, Hamideh Moravej Farshi, wave to the audience after a press conference where he announced his candidacy in the upcoming June 14, 2013 presidential election in Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
Iran: Khatami returns to front-line politics
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The only reformist candidate in Iran’s upcoming presidential poll, Mohammad-Reza Aref, withdrew from the race on Monday, following calls for unity amongst the country’s moderates and reformists. In a statement, Aref said that he had decided to...Caption:
In this photo released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, presidential candidates from right, Mohammad Gharazi, Mohammad Reza Aref, Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Velayati, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Hasan Rowhani, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, and Mohsen Rezaei, attend a TV debate in a state-run TV studio, in Tehran. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Mehdi Dehghan)
Iran: Rouhani aide says coalition imminent
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A senior figure in the campaign of Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani told Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday that the announcement of an electoral coalition with another candidate is imminent. Akbar Torkan, Rouhani’s deputy campaign manager,...Caption:
Mayor of Tehran, Iranian Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf speaks during a press conference after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri