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January 27, 2020, 7:53 pm
Rouhani says Iran’s ‘democracy’ threatened after thousands of candidates barred
After Guardian Council nixes almost two-thirds of hopefuls from election, president warns against elections becoming a formality, says public must be reassured
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AFP
January 14, 2020, 4:39 pm
Iran disqualifies thousands, including 90 lawmakers, from running for parliament
Regime says most are accused of corruption, but opposition paper says moderates and reformists make up lion’s share of black list, meaning hardliners will dominate February vote
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Nasser Karimi
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
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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
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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
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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
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July 27, 2016, 2:35 pm
Iran announces May 19 presidential election
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May 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
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
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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
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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
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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
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February 26, 2016, 7:59 am
Polls open in Iran’s vital post-nuke deal elections
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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
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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
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