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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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In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, while his daughter Fatemeh, smiles at second right, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
All eyes on Rafsanjani after registration
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranians remember the 2009 presidential election for the massive protests and unrest that followed after the results were announced. However, this year’s presidential election is proving to be controversial even prior to the election starts and...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)
High-profile Iranian candidates register
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Saturday, the fourth day of registration for Iran’s presidential elections, a number of high-profile figures officially submitted their candidacies. Well-known figures such as former Majlis speaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, former vice...Caption:
Iranian men register their candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 9, 2013. Iran began a five-day registration period for candidates in Iran’s June 14 presidential election, with a string of conservative hopefuls in the running but with key reformists yet to come forward, media reports said. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)