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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...

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Iranian youth ride their bicycles past campaign posters of Mohsen Rezaei, conservative presidential candidate and former chief of the Revolutionary Guards, and candidates for the municipality election in downtown Tehran on June 13, 2013 a day ahead of Iran’s presidential election (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)

Iran’s first-timers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2013 | Features

Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—Schools in Iran are closed for the election. Like teenagers everywhere when given time to themselves, Iran’s boisterous young students gather around public spaces in scattered groups. When approached about whether or not they will be voting for...

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A picture taken of the screen of a laptop shows a webpage that appears when an Iranian user tries to visit Facebook website which is blocked by the government, on May 13, 2013 in the Iranian capital Tehran. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)

Iranians face new Internet curbs before presidential election

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 21, 2013 | Media

Dubai, Reuters—Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles...

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Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, secretary of the Guardian Council, Iran’s constitutional watchdog, delivers a sermon at Friday prayers, at Tehran University, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 17, 2013 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran: Guardian Council considers 40 candidates

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 20, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a move that has surprised observers of Iranian politics, a spokesman for the Islamic Republic’s Guardian Council announced on Sunday that it may approve dozens of candidates for the country’s upcoming presidential election. Abbas Ali...

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Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, secretary of the Guardian Council, Iran’s constitutional watchdog, delivers a sermon at Friday prayers, at Tehran University, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran: Jannati belittles presidential candidates over US relations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 18, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ayatollah Jannati, a temporary Friday Prayer imam in Tehran, slammed presidential hopefuls who aspire to mend Iran’s relationship with the US and resolve the economic hardship caused by the Western sanctions, FARS news agency reported...