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Iranians shop in Tehran’s ancient Grand Bazaar on January 16, 2016. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
by Adel al-Salmi | May 18, 2017 | World
London- With less than a day left for the Iranian presidential elections, anger bubbling up among Iran’s non-Persian minorities on deteriorating living conditions threatens to undermine the legitimacy of holding elections in the first place. Small ethnic pockets in...
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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani speaks as he visits Azadshahr mine explosion site in Azadshahr, Golestan Province, Iran May 7, 2017. Picture taken May 7, 2017. President.ir/Handout via REUTERS
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 8, 2017 | Middle East
Campaigning for another term in office, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that his conservative election rivals’ era of “violence and extremism” was over. “We’ve entered this election to tell those practicing violence and...
