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Iranian cleric Ebrahim Raisi gestures after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections at the ministry of the interior in Tehran on April 14, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Iran: Raisi Registers for Election with Entourage of ‘Mothers Who Lost Their Children to War’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 15, 2017 | World

London- On the eve of closing candidate registration for Iran’s upcoming May presidential elections, current President Hassan Rouhani and his chief conservative rival, Ebrahim Raisi, submitted their bids. Raisi, 56, is a hardline cleric known for his...

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FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Iran’s Rouhani Registers to Run in May for Second Term

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 14, 2017 | World

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who championed the country’s nuclear deal with world powers, registered on Friday to run for re-election next month, state TV reported. Rouhani, who won election by a landslide in 2013, faces a tougher than expected battle for a...

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Iranian senior cleric Ebrahim Raisi gestures as he meets grand clerics in the holy city of Qom, Iran, in this handout photo believed to be taken in April 2016. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Raisi Campaigns on ‘Saving’ Iran, Asks Rouhani to Set Differences Aside

by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 10, 2017 | World

London- After entering Iran’s presidential race with great momentum, conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi made a statement saying that the country must be ‘salvaged,’ and living conditions made better. Addressing the current President Hassan Rouhani, Raisi advised his...