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Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, a prominent member of Iran's powerful Guardian Council, speaks in an interview with The Associated Press, in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 9, 2019. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
November 14, 2019, 2:49 pm
Powerful Iranian hard-liner says Tehran should stop honoring nuclear deal
In AP interview, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, a member of the Guardian Council controlling all parliamentary legislation, says pulling out of 2015 pact would ‘punish’ the US
By Nasser Karimi
The contenders for Iran's upcoming presidential elections: (top L-R) Head of the Islamic Coalition Party's Central Council Mostafa Mirsalim; former minister Mostafa Hashemitaba; Iran's first Vice-President, Eshaq Jahangiri; (bottom L-R) cleric, Ebrahim Raisi; Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran, and President Hassan Rouhani. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 21, 2017, 3:30 am
A look at Iran’s presidential candidates
Rouhani and five rivals approved by Guardian Council to run in elections next month
By AP
Spokeswoman for the Popular Front of the Forces of the Islamic Revolution and former Iranian health minister Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi. (CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons)
January 25, 2017, 12:23 pm
Woman floated as hardline candidate for Iranian presidency
Even as former health minister Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi enjoys support, females are currently banned from running
By Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative photo of an execution in Iran. (AFP/Arash Khamooshi/ISNA)
October 5, 2016, 2:29 pm
Iran could cut down on executions
After 1,000 death sentences carried out in 2015, parliamentary bill aims to remove drug smuggling from list of capital offenses
By Stuart Winer
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani (C) attends the 13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit at Istanbul Congress Center (ICC) on April 14, 2016 in Istanbul. (AFP/SEBNEM COSKUN)
July 27, 2016, 2:35 pm
Iran announces May 19 presidential election
Rouhani, under pressure from conservatives unhappy over nuclear deal and rapprochement with the West, set to run again
By Agencies
Iranian lawmaker-elect Minoo Khaleghi. (Wikipedia/Hamed Malekpour/Tasnim News Agency/CC BY 4.0)
From the WebMay 12, 2016, 4:33 am
She won a seat in Iran’s parliament, but hard-liners had other plans
Minoo Khaleghi accused of ‘betraying the nation’ by allegedly not wearing a head scarf while traveling abroad, The New York Times reports
Iranian MPs attend a parliament session in Tehran, March 1, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 16, 2016, 9:48 am
New female Iranian MP ‘barred over handshake with man’
Powerful Guardian Council issues ban on reformist Minoo Khaleghi entering parliament over apparently unconfirmed image taken in China
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of two Iranian women casting their ballots during the presidential and municipal councils elections in a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 14, 2016, 4:19 pm
Second round of Iran elections set for April 29
Fresh round of voting is to fill 69 parliamentary seats left unassigned after February ballot that saw major gains by moderates
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
Iranians display their ink-stained finger after casting their ballot for both parliamentary elections and the Assembly of Experts at a polling station in Tehran on February 26, 2016. (AFP / ATTA KENARE)
February 26, 2016, 3:04 pm
High turnout as Iranians determine country’s direction
Local media reports authorities ‘overwhelmed’ by number of voters as moderates and conservatives battle for ballots
By TOI staff and AP
An Iranian man casts his ballot at a polling station in Tehran on February 26, 2016 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
February 26, 2016, 7:59 am
Polls open in Iran’s vital post-nuke deal elections
As moderates face off against hard-liners for parliament and key leadership panel, Khamenei urges voters to ‘make the enemy disappointed’
By AP and AFP
Iranian women in Teheran attend a meeting of Iran's main conservative parties ahead of parliamentary elections, February 23, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
February 26, 2016, 4:45 am
Iran’s election: Voting figures and methods
Some 60 percent of candidates disqualified by clerics, who must also approve the results of Friday’s vote
By AFP
An Iranian woman walks past electoral posters of parliamentary election candidates on a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 26, 2016, 2:52 am
Glance at Iran elections as Islamic Republic readies to vote
Results in Friday’s elections for 290-member parliament seen as bellwether for future of reformist factions
By Adam Schreck
Iran's former president Mohammad Khatami. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)
February 9, 2016, 10:39 pm
Iran’s Khatami urges supporters to vote despite candidate crackdown
Reformist ex-president says ‘massive participation’ in upcoming parliamentary elections serves ‘national interests’
By Nasser Karimi and ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Illustrative photo of two Iranian women casting their ballots during the presidential and municipal councils elections in a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
January 18, 2016, 11:31 pm
99% of Iran’s reformist parliamentary candidates rejected
Conservative-dominated Guardian Council approves only 30 of over 30,000 reformist candidates to run in February election
By Arthur Macmillan
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