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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
January 24, 2024, 8:44 pm
Iran’s Rouhani barred from standing for reelection to key clerical body
Top constitutional council bars former president from running for seat on Assembly of Experts, which appoints and can dismiss supreme leader
By Reuters
Illustrative: People line up to vote in the presidential election at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
August 15, 2023, 12:35 pm
Record number of candidates register for Iranian parliamentary elections
Nearly 49,000 people file paperwork to run for parliament, though all contenders must be approved by 12-member Guardian Council
By AP
A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi holds a picture of him with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an election campaign rally in the capital Tehran, on June 14, 2021. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 18, 2021, 6:40 am
Likely Raisi win in Iran election sees Khamenei setting stage for a successor
Path has been cleared for triumph in Friday’s vote of judiciary chief who oversaw executions of thousands, as Supreme Leader consolidates power and prepares his legacy
By Lazar Berman
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi at the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, September 14, 2020. (Ronald Zak/AP)
January 11, 2021, 6:35 pm
IAEA chief: Iran moving rapidly to enrich uranium, mere ‘weeks’ to save deal
Nuclear watchdog head Grossi says if talks are held when Biden takes office, ‘there will have to be clear understanding on how initial terms of accord will be recomplied with’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani during a television interview. (YouTube)
January 10, 2021, 9:21 pm
Iran to boot out UN nuclear inspectors unless US sanctions lifted – lawmaker
Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani says deadline for implement parliament decision to end IAEA reviews of country’s sites is February 21, as set in 2015 deal
By ToI Staff
In this picture released by official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, President Hassan Rouhani, second right, parliament speaker Ali Larijani, right, judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani, second left, and head of the Assembly of Experts and secretary of Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati listen to the national anthem at the start of the official endorsement ceremony of President Rouhani in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2017. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
December 2, 2020, 8:17 pm
Iranian panel okays bill to end UN nuclear inspections, increase enrichment
Proposal sent to Iran’s president, who says it will harm efforts to restore nuclear accord and receive US sanctions relief; supreme leader has final say on whether it’s implemented
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, March 18, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP)
August 24, 2020, 1:13 pm
Iran sets June 2021 date for presidential election to choose Rouhani successor
President under pressure over economic fallout of US sanctions and pandemic, and cannot run for a third term
By AP
Iranians walk past electoral posters and fliers during the last day of election campaign in Tehran on February 19, 2020 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
February 19, 2020, 9:52 pm
Iran defends barring of candidates as election campaigning nears its end
Guardian Council excluded thousands, most of them relative moderates and reformists; conservatives expected to make an overwhelming resurgence in Friday’s vote
By David Vujanovic
Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian member of the City Council of Yazd, Iran. (screen capture: YouTube)
July 22, 2018, 1:10 am
Iran overturns ban on minority politicians, confirms Jews can hold office
Guardian Council restores suspended Zoroastrian city council member to his position, rules all recognized minorities eligible to run in municipal elections
By Agencies
Iranian defeated presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi arrives to cast his ballot for the presidential elections at a polling station in southern Tehran on May 19, 2017. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
May 22, 2017, 7:42 am
Defeated Iran presidential candidate cries foul
Ebrahim Raisi calls for investigation of ‘certain violations‘ before and during elections won by incumbent Hassan Rouhani
By AFP
Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani hold his portrait during a campaign rally in the capital Tehran on May 4, 2017. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
May 7, 2017, 2:35 am
Iran TV censors Rouhani campaign documentary ahead of elections
Move seen as step by conservatives to hamper incumbent’s May 19 reelection bid
By Nasser Karimi
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech after registering to run for re-election at the interior ministry in the capital Tehran on April 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
April 22, 2017, 1:26 am
Iran election campaign kicks off, without Ahmadinejad
Campaigning for May 19 presidential vote begins, with incumbent Hassan Rouhani facing a tough battle against hardliners
By Eric RANDOLPH and Ali Noorani
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
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran on April, 5, 2017. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
April 21, 2017, 12:36 am
Ahmadinejad barred from Iran elections as council picks candidates
Guardian Council finalizes list of six presidential candidates, including incumbent Hassan Rouhani
By Eric RANDOLPH
Former Iranian oil minister Mohammad Gharazi (center) shows his inked finger and identification while registering his candidacy for the May 19 presidential elections, accompanied by his wife Zohreh (right), at the Interior Ministry in Tehran, Iran, April 13, 2017. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
April 13, 2017, 9:40 pm
Over 600 candidates register for Iran presidential race
Twice as many contenders as 2013 throw hat in ring; most expected to be barred by Guardian Council
By AP
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