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Iran elections

Abbas Araghchi speaks, while still a nominee for foreign minister, in an open session of parliament during the second day of debate on the 19 proposed ministers by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, August 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 21, 2024, 8:20 pm
Iran’s parliament approves chief negotiator of 2015 nuclear deal as new FM
Hardline lawmakers back all of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s cabinet picks, indicating they’re acceptable to all power centers in the Islamic Republic
By Agencies
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, left, sits next to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a mourning ceremony commemorating the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, as a portrait of the late President Ebrahim Raisi is placed at center, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 12, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 18, 2024, 10:24 pm
How Iran’s Khamenei, fearing for regime, orchestrated Pezeshkian’s rise to power
With discontent running high, sources tell Reuters, Khamenei set the stage for little-known moderate to win, believing his election would guarantee Islamic Republic’s survival
By Parisa Hafezi
Newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 13, 2024, 12:30 pm
Iranian president-elect calls for improved relations with Europe
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian claims EU reneged on commitments to mitigate sanctions following US withdrawal from nuclear deal, but he is looking to turn a page in relations
By AFP
Newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 7, 2024, 6:12 am
FM: Iran election results a ‘clear message’ to ayatollahs, world must blacklist IRGC
Katz casts win of reformist Pezeshkian as defeat for Islamist leadership; urges international community ramp up pressure on Tehran over nuclear program, support for terror groups
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Combination of photos showing Iranian presidential election candidates Masoud Pezeshkian, left, and Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former senior nuclear negotiator, during their campaigns, in Tehran, Iran. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
July 5, 2024, 8:47 am
Polls open in Iran’s presidential run-off election, amid widespread voter apathy
First round saw lowest voter turnout since revolution in 1979; next president will be closely involved in selecting successor to supreme leader, the ultimate authority in Iran
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Women get their ballot paper during the Iranian presidential election in a polling station at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran, June 28, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 29, 2024, 9:17 am
With voter turnout low, Iran presidential election results too close to call
Low-key moderate Massoud Pezeshkian, former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili are neck-and-neck in vote count in snap vote to replace late president Raisi after helicopter crash
By AP
Iranian presidential candidate and reformist Massoud Pezeshkian reacts to the crowd outside a polling station where he cast his vote in the presidential election in Tehran on June 28, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 28, 2024, 4:34 pm
Iran’s sole reformist candidate wants warm ties ‘with all countries except Israel’
Masoud Pezeshkian decries ‘inhuman or invasive behavior’ against women, in response to question over crackdown during 2022 Mahsa Amini protests
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 28, 2024, 11:35 am
Weary Iranians head to polls to replace president killed in chopper crash
Public faces few choices in election marred by economic troubles, Middle East tensions; some call to boycott vote to avoid legitimizing regime, as supreme leader urges high turnout
By Agencies
Women walk past election posters for Iranian reformist presidential candidate Massoud Pezeshkian along a street in Tehran on June 26, 2024 ahead of the vote. (RAHEB HOMAVANDI / AFP)
June 27, 2024, 2:56 pm
2 hardliners quit Iran presidential race a day before vote, warn of reformist victory
Vice president drops out, followed by ultraconservative mayor of Tehran, in mutual push to form ‘united front’ against reformist Massoud Pezeshkian in Friday’s election
By AFP
Iranian demonstrators burn representations of British and US flags during a protest against the US and British military strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, January 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
June 27, 2024, 2:20 pm
No matter who becomes Iran’s next president, much hinges on ‘Great Satan’ US
Iranian presidential candidates frequently invoke potential return of Donald Trump, as Iranians eye American November elections to calculate strategy going forward
By Jon Gambrell
This combination of photo ahead of the June 28, 2024 Iranian presidential elections shows Iranian presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian, lawmaker and a former Health Minister, top left; Saeed Jalili, former senior nuclear negotiator, top center; Alireza Zakani, Tehran Mayor, top right; Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Parliament Speaker, bottom left; Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, the late President Raisi's Vice-President, bottom center; and Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Minister of Justice. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 25, 2024, 7:55 pm
A heart surgeon, Tehran’s mayor, a Shiite cleric: Who will be Iran’s next president?
A look at the six presidential candidates, five hard-liners and just one reformist, vying to fill the position left open by the death of Ebrahim Raisi
By AP
A woman plays Hamster Combat game on a cell phone in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2024 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 24, 2024, 10:24 am
Iran’s ‘Hamster’ crypto craze highlights economic malaise ahead of presidential vote
Analysts say app’s popularity a sign of desperation in face of rocketing cost of living; Ukrainian authorities also concerned about game, saying data is stored in Russia
By Jon Gambrell and Nasser Karimi
Illustrative: A man walks past electoral posters in Tehran on June 20, 2024, ahead of the June 28 election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
June 24, 2024, 9:21 am
‘A circus. Why should I vote?’: Legacy of 2022 protests shapes Iran’s presidential race
One young woman says voting is farcical when she wants regime to be toppled; hardline Basij militia member says election will reinforce policies of Khamenei and Islamic Republic
By Reuters
Illustrative: A woman walks past electoral posters in Tehran on June 20, 2024, ahead of the June 28 election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
June 21, 2024, 9:11 pm
Iranians divided on presidential vote as hardships mount, want winner to ‘act humanely’
Five hardliners, one relative moderate to vie in June 28 election after earning approval of Guardian Council, as country’s financial woes, women’s rights loom large in voters’ minds
By Payam DOOST MOHAMADI and Jérôme RIVET
This combination created on June 18, 2024 of handout pictures provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) shows Presidential candidates (clockwise) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Alireza Zakani, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Masoud Pezeshkian, Saeed Jalili, and Amirhossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi during a debate at the Iran State television studio in Tehran on June 17, 2024. (MORTEZA FAKHRINEJAD / IRIB / AFP)
June 18, 2024, 8:35 pm
Iran’s six presidential candidates debate economic issues as elections near
With Islamic Republic dealing with financial difficulties, some candidates wish to continue path of late president Raisi, others seek reform
By AFP and ToI Staff
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