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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)

Guardian Council extends deadline to approve final candidates

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Guardian Council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei announced yesterday that “the deadline for vetting presidential candidates has been extended for another 5 days, until May 21.” The Guardian Council will inform the interior ministry of the final...

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Participants from the U.S., Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany prepare to start talks with Iranian negotiators in Almaty. (REUTERS/Ilyas Omarov/Pool )

Source: Iran to Accept P5+1 Conditions on Nuclear Program

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 5, 2013 | Middle East

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei will likely agree to conditions proposed in the talks in Kazakhstan between Tehran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany). Well-informed sources have told Asharq...

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Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov (R) shows the way to Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, before the talks with world powers representatives on Iran’s nuclear program in the Kazakh city of Almaty on February 26, 2013. (STANISLAV FILIPPOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Small Steps Forward

by David Patrikarakos | Mar 13, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

As the jewel in a rather unpleasant dictatorship’s crown, Almaty was perhaps a strange choice of venue for the latest round of nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Iran two weeks ago. Nonetheless, reaction coming out of the talks—the first time Iran had met with the...