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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talks during a news conference at the end of his visit to Cairo, February 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)
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Advisor to the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hopeful conservative presidential candidate, Ali Akbar Velayati (C) waves as he leaves after a campaign rally in Tehran on June 2, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
Iranian candidates deny coalition speculation
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As election day in Iran approaches, different candidates from across the political spectrum are pushing back against speculation that they intend to drop out of the race and back other candidates. The spokesman for a coalition of reformists...Caption:
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (C) registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
Iran: Elections heat up as Rafsanjani, Mashaei sign on
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The list of presidential hopefuls was completed by 6 pm in Tehran. After months of speculation about which heavyweight candidates would be competing in the elections, Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei officially submitted their...Caption:
An Iranian cleric arrives at the election headquarters of interior ministry to register his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, under portraits of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)