by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2017 | World
London- Tehran’s municipal council named on Thursday the final candidate for mayor behind closed doors, replacing incumbent Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf with a pronounced reformist. The reformist majority council agreed to elect presidential economic advisor...
by Amir Taheri | Feb 29, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
The final results of Iran’s elections on Friday were released yesterday and it is possible to examine the latest snapshot of opinion within the ruling Khomeinist establishment. Some analysts dismiss elections in the Islamic Republic as no more than a charade if only...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 29, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won big gains in Friday’s twin Iranian elections that could develop Iran’s engagement with the world after his government ended years of sanctions by agreeing to curb its nuclear program. Final results for the Tehran...
by Adil Alsalmi | Jan 2, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
The commemoration of the demonstration organised by supporters of the Iranian regime on the 30th of December 2009 by senior Iranian officials sheds light on the political differences between reformists and hardliners a month before the parliamentary and assembly of...
