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Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves from his car outside his house in northeastern Tehran, Iran, August 3 2016. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
September 27, 2016, 4:42 pm
Ahmadinejad won’t seek re-election as Iran president
Warned off by Khamenei, hardliner declares he won't run, leaving incumbent Rouhani even more likely to seek second term
By AP
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in July 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
September 26, 2016, 4:17 pm
Ahmadinejad urged not to run for president in 2017
Supreme leader warns candidacy of a 'certain person' would harm Iran; Iranian conservatives say he was referring to former president
By AFP
In this photo taken Nov. 9, 2011, former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks in New York. (AP Photo/Eric Reichbaum)
September 17, 2016, 2:19 am
Israel, US mum on Powell’s assessment that Israel has 200 nukes
After leak of email in which he gauges size of Jewish state’s alleged atomic arsenal, former secretary of state stresses it was sent 10 years after he left office
By Judah Ari Gross and AP
In this photo taken Sept. 3, 2014, former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks at the State Department in Washington. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
September 15, 2016, 10:09 pm
In leaked emails, Colin Powell says Israel has 200 nukes
While discussing Iran nuclear deal, former secretary of state apparently reveals extent of Jewish state’s alleged atomic arsenal
By Judah Ari Gross
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in July 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
August 8, 2016, 3:01 pm
In letter to Obama, Iran ex-president demands frozen funds
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rumored to be planning political comeback, slams US Supreme Court ruling and Washington's 'hostile policies'
By AFP
Israeli judoka Sagi Muki (white) competes with Slovenia's Rok Draksic during the men's under-73kg judo contest match of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 8, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
August 8, 2016, 2:07 pm
Israeli judoka misses out on Olympic bronze
Sagi Muki defeated by Georgian champ in fight for 3rd place medal; Defense Ministry backtracks on comparison of Iran deal to Munich agreement
By TOI staff
Iranian Guardian Council head Ahmad Jannati delivering the Friday prayers sermon at Tehran University, October 16, 2009. (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)
May 24, 2016, 11:46 am
Hardline cleric elected head of key Iran oversight body
Ultra-conservative Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati will lead clerical panel tasked with selecting the country's next supreme leader
By AFP
An Iranian woman casts her ballot to vote for both parliamentary elections and Assembly of Experts at a polling station at Massoumeh shrine in the holy city of Qom, 130 kilometers south of Tehran, on February 26, 2016. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)
April 27, 2016, 7:49 am
Iran’s parliament in the balance in election run-off
Reformists seek to consolidate gains in fresh voting for 68 constituencies where no candidate won 25% in February ballot
By Arthur Macmillan
Illustrative photo of a prison in Iran (CC BY-SA Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
April 26, 2016, 3:46 pm
Iran jails 4 journalists ‘linked to hostile Western governments’
Sentences of 5-10 years handed down for criticizing Supreme Leader Khamenei and former president Ahmadinejad
By AFP
Mehdi Karroubi lecturing in Zanjan University in Iran, 2009. (Wikipedia/Mardetanha/CC BY-SA 3.0)
April 10, 2016, 1:25 am
Iran regime critic wants to expose 2009 election fraud
Mehdi Karroubi, defeated by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009 and under house arrest since 2011, demands to be put on trial
By AP
Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani who was sentenced to death in Iran after a corruption conviction, March 2016. (YouTube/NEWS9LIVE)
March 6, 2016, 5:24 pm
Iran tycoon Zanjani sentenced to death for corruption
Billionaire convicted of fraudulently pocketing $2.8 billion in oil ministry cash
By AFP
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registering his candidacy for president in May 2013. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 29, 2016, 9:26 pm
Rafsanjani and Iran’s ‘House of Cards’
Once a key ally of Khamenei, then pushed out by conservatives, the former president returns in force to dominate Tehran politics
By Avi Issacharoff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks with media at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, February 27, 2016. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 29, 2016, 6:57 pm
Official results: Iranian relative moderates win majority in parliament, clerical body
Elections mark rise of those who favor expanded social freedoms and engagement with West, creating a parliament more to Rouhani's liking
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Iranian women show their identification, as they queue in a polling station to vote for the parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections in Qom, 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 27, 2016, 6:03 pm
Early Iran results show gains for relative moderates
60% of 55 million Iranians said to have voted; Rouhani's so-called 'reformist' camp heading for best parliamentary showing in a decade
By AP and AFP
Iranians hold their identification cards as they line up outside a polling station at Massoumeh shrine during the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at a polling station in the holy city of Qom, 130kms south of the capital Tehran, on February 26, 2016. (AFP / BEHROUZ MEHRI)
February 27, 2016, 3:24 pm
First Iran poll results show seats split among rivals
60% of 55 million Iranians voted; as count gets under way, 8 of first 20 constituences go to conservatives, 4 to reformists and 8 to independents
By AFP
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