Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55372169
Caption:

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he leaves a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey May 9, 2011.REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

Ahmadinejad Complies with Law, Avoids Sedition after Being Excluded

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...

Media ID: 55305870
Caption:

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds up copies of the Quran and the Bible as he addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York in this September 23, 2010 file picture. Source Reuters/Mike Segar

Ahmadinejad’s future hangs in the balance

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...

Media ID: 55305594
Caption:

Female supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili hold posters depicting Jalili and wave Iranian flags during an election campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, 12 June 2013 (EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH)

Neck and neck competition as Iranian election reaches climax

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...

Media ID: 55305504
Caption:

Iran’s former nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rouhani, a potential front-runner in the presidential race, center right, is greeted by a supporter, in a campaign rally in Tehran, on May 2, 2013 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Rouhani aide: Better relations with Saudi Arabia a top priority

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...

Media ID: 55304906
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)

Opinion: It does matter who Iran’s next president is

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...