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Putin congratulates Iran’s new president, hopes for closer ties

July 6, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on July 6. “I hope that your tenure as president will contribute to a reinforcement of constructive bilateral cooperation between our friendly peoples,” Mr. Putin said…

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As Pezeshkian begins new term, odds are stacked against him

July 6, 2024 admin

This undated handout image, released by the office of the Iranian President on July 6, 2024, shows the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian who became the ninth president of Iran with 16,384,403 votes. | Photo Credit: Office of the Iranian President via Getty Images Iranians have picked reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic’s next President in…

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Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker

July 5, 2024 admin

A man votes in the run-off presidential election between Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Iranians began voting on July 5 in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in…

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Polls Open In Iran For Presidential Elections Post Ebrahim Raisi’s Death

June 28, 2024 admin

Early projections of the results are expected by Saturday morning and official results by Sunday. Tehran: Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the polls where reformist Masoud Pezeshkian,…

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Iran To Vote Today For New President Following Ebrahim Raisi’s Death In Helicopter Crash

June 27, 2024 admin

Iran Vote: Polls open at 8:00 am local time (0430 GMT) and close at 6:00 pm (1430 pm GMT). Tehran: Iranians will vote for a new president on Friday following Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash, choosing from a tightly controlled group of four candidates loyal to the supreme leader, at a time of…

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Spotlight on sanctions in Iran presidential campaign

June 25, 2024 admin

Massoud Pezeshkian. | Photo Credit: AFP Iranians broadly deplore Western sanctions that have battered the economy, but the country’s six presidential candidates offer differing solutions — assuming the winner gets a say on foreign policy. With the June 28 snap election fast approaching, debates between the candidates vying for Iran’s second-highest office have featured a…

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After US, Now Canada Puts Iran’s Revolutionary Guards On Terror List

June 20, 2024 admin

“The elite force is a sovereign institution responsible for safeguarding national security.” – Tehran Dubai: Iran condemned Canada’s listing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as “an unwise and unconventional politically-motivated step,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency on Thursday. “Canada’s action…

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Iran condemns Canada’s listing of Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group

June 20, 2024 admin

File picture of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) force attending a rally in Tehran, Iran | Photo Credit: via Reuters Iran condemned Canada’s listing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation as “an unwise and unconventional politically-motivated step,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news…

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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi sentenced to another year in prison

June 19, 2024 admin

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism, her lawyer said Wednesday. Mostafa Nili, Mohammadi’s lawyer, said that his client was convicted on a charge of making propaganda against the system….

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Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

June 2, 2024 admin

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he leaves at the conclusion of a press briefing beside portraits of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, top right, and the late President Ebrahim Raisi after registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in…

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