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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)

A Complex Problem

by Arash Aramesh | Jun 3, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Just a couple weeks before Iran’s presidential election, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his allies in Iran’s military/security complex managed to suppress even some of the most loyal regime actors in order to tighten their hold on power in Iran. The Guardian...

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File photo of new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Rouhani comes out fighting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 30, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian presidential hopeful Hassan Rouhani, widely seen as the leading moderate candidate, launched a strongly worded attack on incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his foreign policy in a televised interview yesterday. In the same...

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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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Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi arrives at the official opening ceremony for the new headquarters of the Iranian embassy in Amman, May 7, 2013 (REUTERS/Majed Jaber)

Iran dismisses criticism of presidential poll

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 27, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tehran responded angrily to criticism from American and French officials of its electoral system over the weekend, accusing the US and France of “meddling” in Iranian affairs. The response following remarks by US secretary of state John Kerry...

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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...