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Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei

Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close ally of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2013. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
September 12, 2018, 5:49 pm
Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad’s ally gets prison time
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei sentenced to five years for plotting, committing crimes against national security; one year for propaganda offenses; and six months for insulting officials
By AP
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, flash victory signs after registering Mashaei's candidacy for presidential elections, in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, May 11, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 18, 2018, 12:42 am
Iran arrests Ahmadinejad’s close ally and ex-vice president
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei detained after footage emerges of him protesting outside British embassy against jailing of other vice presidents
By AFP
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
July 15, 2013, 10:55 pm
Stepping down, Ahmadinejad’s future remains a mystery
Iranian president’s term ends August 4, but analysts predict he’ll remain a political player
By Brian Murphy and Nasser Karimi
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, flash victory signs after registering Mashaei's candidacy for presidential elections, in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, May 11, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
July 2, 2013, 4:11 pm
Ahmadinejad protege vows comeback
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, who was disqualified from running in presidential elections, says hardliners will someday return to power
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in June, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)
June 5, 2013, 3:07 am
Khamenei tells candidates not to appease West
Iran’s supreme leader warns that the ‘enemies of Iran’ intend to make trouble during the elections
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (photo credit: CC-BY-Daniella Zalcman, Wikimedia Commons)
May 22, 2013, 8:30 pm
Ahmadinejad pans move to bar his aide from presidential race
Only two of eight candidates given the go-ahead to run are considered pro-reform
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registering his candidacy for president in May 2013. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 22, 2013, 4:04 pm
Iran’s presidential shortlist exposes a fearful regime
The removal of two outspoken Khamenei critics indicates the narrowing of legitimate discourse in the Islamic Republic, experts say
By Elhanan Miller
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, flash victory signs after registering Mashaei's candidacy for presidential elections, in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, May 11, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 22, 2013, 11:57 am
Ahmadinejad objects to aide’s removal from elections ballot
Ruling dashes president’s hopes of having a loyalist succeed him
May 21, 2013, 5:39 pm
Iran bars reformist ex-president from June ballot
Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad-confidant Mashaei removed from presidency race; official says nuclear program will continue after elections
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani waves as he registers his candidacy for the presidential election, May 11, 2013, before he was disqualified by the Guardian Council. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 15, 2013, 12:38 pm
Iran hard-liners urge election ban on 2 candidates
Leaders try barring ex-president Rafsanjani for supporting the opposition and a confidant of Ahmadinejad for ‘un-Islamic attitudes’
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
May 13, 2013, 9:07 pm
Iranian lawmakers join complaint against Ahmadinejad
Over half of Tehran’s parliament backs inquiry into president’s alleged election violations
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, flash victory signs after registering Mashaei's candidacy for presidential elections, in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, May 11, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 12, 2013, 8:04 pm
Ahmadinejad may be charged for illegal election appearance
Iran’s constitutional watchdog says president broke the rules by accompanying his chief adviser to registry office; mamimum punishment is 74 lashes
The site of one of several explosions that killed at least 50 people and injured dozens near Turkey's border with Syria, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Protesters on Wednesday accused the Turkish government of putting the country at risk by openly supporting Syria's armed insurgency. (photo credit: AP/IHA)
May 12, 2013, 1:38 pm
Turkey roils following twin bombings
Last minute Iranian presidential candidates make headlines
By Elhanan Miller
Iranian presidential hopeful, Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser to the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, (photo credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 4, 2013, 8:43 pm
Next Iranian president likely to have gentler touch
An anti-Ahmadinejad referendum is shaping up in Tehran as election date approaches
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and Brian Murphy
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to spectators at a wrestling match in Tehran on February 23, 2013. (photo credit: image capture/YouTube video)
From the WebApril 30, 2013, 8:10 am
As election in Iran nears, Ahmadinejad’s critics are piling on
Just six weeks before vote, the tone has turned against the president and his protégé, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, New York Times reports
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