Media ID: 55316152
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Tehran’s mayor, Muhammad-Baqer Qalibaf, waves to media with an ink-stained finger after registering his candidacy for the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday May 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2013 | Middle East
Tehran, AP—Iran’s state TV says that the Tehran municipal council has re-elected the capital’s popular mayor, who unsuccessfully ran for president in June. The Sunday report says Muhammad-Baqer Qalibaf won the votes of 16 of the 31 members of the Tehran...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he arrives for a meeting in Tehran on June 23, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 8, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, defended his record as Iran’s leader in a major speech on Sunday, only weeks before the transfer of power to his successor. With little following in the Iranian parliament, and with his chosen...
