Media ID: 55304300
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Advisor to the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hopeful conservative presidential candidate, Ali Akbar Velayati (C) waves as he leaves after a campaign rally in Tehran on June 2, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As election day in Iran approaches, different candidates from across the political spectrum are pushing back against speculation that they intend to drop out of the race and back other candidates. The spokesman for a coalition of reformists...
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File photo of new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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...
