by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s deputy interior minister Ali Abdollahi has announced that a comprehensive security plan has been prepared to close down various borders for the presidential election on June 14, according to Iran’s ISNA news agency. “Based on the costly...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Close aides of the disqualified Iranian presidential candidate Hashemi Rafsanjani confirmed yesterday that he will not launch an appeal against his exclusion from the race. The disqualification of the two most controversial candidates, Ali...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 14, 2013 | Middle East
The text of the letter and the full list of the names of its signatories have yet to be published, although one MP, E’vaz Heydar-Pur, has described the letter as being addressed to Ayatollah Amoli Larijani, head of the judiciary, so a criminal indictment against the...
