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In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, foreground right, attends a graduation ceremony of a group of Revolutionary Guard members, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Iran plans to close borders and beef up security as election approaches

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...

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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as he registers his candidacy during the registration for Iran’s upcoming presidential election on 14 June, in Tehran, Iran, 11 May 2013 (EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH)

Iran’s Supreme Leader under pressure over Rafsanjani disqualification

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...

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, flash victory signs at the start of their press conference, after registering candidacy of Rahim Mashaei for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi

Ahmadinejad’s backing for protégé raises tensions

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...