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Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (C) registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)

Iran: Elections heat up as Rafsanjani, Mashaei sign on

by Ali M. Pedram | May 12, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The list of presidential hopefuls was completed by 6 pm in Tehran. After months of speculation about which heavyweight candidates would be competing in the elections, Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei officially submitted their...

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An Iranian cleric arrives at the election headquarters of interior ministry to register his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, under portraits of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

High-profile Iranian candidates register

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 11, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Saturday, the fourth day of registration for Iran’s presidential elections, a number of high-profile figures officially submitted their candidacies. Well-known figures such as former Majlis speaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, former vice...