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Polite but probing: Biden's interviewer George Stephanopoulos

For his first televised interview since his disastrous debate showing, Joe Biden has chosen ABC News veteran George Stephanapoulos to conduct a conversation that could decide the president's future. The pick is no surprise given Stephanopoulos' resume as a longtime Democratic-leaning political journalist who was once a key White House advisor to Bill Clinton. Known for his polite but probing …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former negotiator known as a ‘true believer,’ seeks Iran’s presidency

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits from Western diplomats sitting across the table as he repeatedly lectured them on everything while offering nothing. With Iran’s nuclear program enriching uranium at levels near-weapons grade, a win by Jalili may again see already-stalled …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history. With Jalili now alone in facing the cardiac surgeon, Pezeshkian’s campaign would need to draw voters to the July 5 runoff in an election …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner’s death and as Mideast tensions rise

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race’s sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. That attack was part of a spiral of escalating tensions between America and …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Iranians vote to replace president killed in a helicopter crash, but apathy remains high

New Indian Express

DUBAI: Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. Then there’s the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has aligned himself with figures such …

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7 months ago

Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad

The Hindu

Iran's Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country's hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country's June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. The council's decision represents the starting gun for a shortened, two-week campaign to replace Raisi, a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei once …

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7 months ago

Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. The selection of candidates approved by the Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists ultimately overseen by Khamenei, suggests …

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7 months ago

Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race but again blocks Ahmadinejad

LA Times

Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf sits while registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran. Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the June 28 presidential election after a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Iranian ex-president Ahmadinejad registers new bid for post

Raw Story

Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday registered his candidacy for a presidential election this month, state media reported. Ahmadinejad, 67, held the post for two straight terms from 2005 to 2013, a period marked by a standoff with the West especially over Iran’s nuclear programme and his incendiary remarks on Israel. In 2005, Ahmadinejad gained worldwide notoriety when he …

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7 months, 1 week ago

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

The Hindu

Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation's president. After speaking to journalists in front of a bank of 50-odd microphones, Mr. Ahmadinejad said, his finger in the air: “Long live the spring, long live Iran!” Before …

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7 months, 1 week ago

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

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s president. After speaking to journalists in front of a bank of 50-odd microphones, Ahmadinejad said, his finger in the air: “Long live the spring, …

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7 months, 1 week ago

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

LA Times

Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he leaves 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 in Tehran on Sunday. Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible …

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7 months, 1 week ago

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

New Indian Express

DUBAI: Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation's president. The populist former leader's registration puts pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Meanwhile, Iran's support of militia proxy forces throughout the wider Mideast have been in …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Former Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani registers as a possible presidential candidate

The Hindu

A former speaker of Iran's parliament registered on May 31 as a possible candidate in the Islamic Republic's June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others. All candidates must be approved by Iran’s 12-member Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists ultimately overseen by …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others. All candidates ultimately must be approved by Iran’s 12-member Guardian Council, a panel of clerics and jurists ultimately …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Analysis: Iran’s nuclear policy of pressure and talks likely to go on even after president’s death

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — While Iran’s nuclear program stands at the precipice of tipping over into enriching uranium at weapons-grade levels, Tehran has held quiet, indirect talks with the United States and invited the head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog into the country for negotiations. While seemingly contradictory, the move follows Iran’s strategy since the collapse of its …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Does Raisi's death pave way for Khamenei's son to be Iran's next Ayatollah?

Firstpost

Mojtaba has long been rumoured to be a potential successor to his father as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the untimely death of President Ebrahim Raisi only makes his path easier Even as the world joins Iran in mourning the sudden death of President Ebrahim Raisi, the most pertinent question is not who will be the next president but …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran disqualifies former moderate president from running for reelection to influential assembly

Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s former moderate President Hassan Rouhani says he has been disqualified from running for reelection to the country’s influential Assembly of Experts, calling it a move to limit the people’s participation in elections, official state media reported. The official IRNA news agency reported late Wednesday that Rouhani said in a statement that the country’s election watchdog, the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Iranian women 20 years apart trace tensions with the West

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to an Iranian women’s rights activist signaled international support for democracy efforts in the Islamic Republic, and hope that the country might change from the inside. It’s a sharp contrast from 20 years ago, when there still seemed a chance of something resembling a détente with the U.S. A MOMENT …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Americans released by Iran arrive home, tearfully embrace their loved ones and declare: ‘Freedom!’

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Americans detained for years in Iran arrived home Tuesday, tearfully hugged their loved ones and declared “Freedom!” after being let go as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets. “It’s unbelievable.” One of the other freed Americans, Emad Sharghi, received from his …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Five Americans detained in Iran walk free, released in deal for frozen Iranian assets

Associated Press

DOHA, Qatar — Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, most arm-in-arm, as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets owed by a third country, South Korea. “Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran …

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1 year, 3 months ago

US-Iran prisoner swap ‘important first step’ but tensions remain: Analysts

Al Jazeera

A major diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington remains unlikely before 2024 US election, experts say. Alex Vatanka, director of the Iran programme at the Middle East Institute think tank in Washington, DC, called the prisoner exchange a “transactional deal”. Sina Toossi, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy think tank in Washington, DC, said while it remains …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Iranian president arrives in Zimbabwe to anti-West songs for the last stop on a rare Africa trip

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

Syria and Iran leaders sign long-term oil, trade agreements

Al Jazeera

The agreements were signed in Damascus to bolster economic ties between war-torn Syria and longtime ally Iran. Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi, leading a large economic and political delegation, met his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, after landing in the war-torn country for a two-day visit – an Iranian president’s first visit to Damascus since 2010. “Syria’s government and people have gone through …

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Polite but probing: Biden's interviewer George Stephanopoulos

Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former negotiator known as a ‘true believer,’ seeks Iran’s presidency

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner’s death and as Mideast tensions rise

Iranians vote to replace president killed in a helicopter crash, but apathy remains high

Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad

Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad

Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race but again blocks Ahmadinejad

Iranian ex-president Ahmadinejad registers new bid for post

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

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

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

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

Former Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani registers as a possible presidential candidate

Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash

Analysis: Iran’s nuclear policy of pressure and talks likely to go on even after president’s death

Does Raisi's death pave way for Khamenei's son to be Iran's next Ayatollah?

Iran disqualifies former moderate president from running for reelection to influential assembly

Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Iranian women 20 years apart trace tensions with the West

Americans released by Iran arrive home, tearfully embrace their loved ones and declare: ‘Freedom!’

Five Americans detained in Iran walk free, released in deal for frozen Iranian assets

US-Iran prisoner swap ‘important first step’ but tensions remain: Analysts

Iranian president arrives in Zimbabwe to anti-West songs for the last stop on a rare Africa trip

Syria and Iran leaders sign long-term oil, trade agreements