by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 22, 2017 | World
London – The Iranian Interior Ministry announced the list of qualified candidates late Thursday night after receiving it from the Guardian Council, effectively allowing them to launch their election campaigns. In the peak of reactions on the final list, former...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 22, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdollah Haj-Sadeghi, a representative of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has reportedly revealed that outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with the supreme leader three times to...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 13, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Unofficial opinion polls show only narrow margins between the front-runners for Iran’s presidential poll on June 14, Iranian media reported on Wednesday, leaving the leading candidates neck and neck with two days to go. According to the news...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 12, 2013 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In recent years, Iran’s presidential elections have become notorious among observers for the surprises they hold, despite the vetting of all candidates by the country’s Guardian Council and the controls the Iranian government has sought to...
by Michael Binyon | Jun 12, 2013 | Opinion
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...
