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US says elections in Iran ‘not free and fair’

Iran’s elections are not ‘free and fair,’ the US State Department told Iran International on Sunday, in its first comments on the results of Friday’s votes that led to ...
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Could Rouhani or Larijani be Iran’s next supreme leader?

The accident that led to the death of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation in May increased the mystery surrounding the identity of the potential successor ...
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Iran’s presidential runoff set between moderate and hard-liner

Iran is set for a runoff presidential election on July 5 after no candidate secured the necessary majority in the initial vote. The contest is between Masoud Pezeshkian, a ...
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Mother of Slain Iranian Protester Physically Assaulted in Prison

Mona Bakhtiari, whose brother Pouya Bakhtiari was killed during the 2019 protests, says her mother has been physically assaulted in prison. "Today I came from visiting my mother, and ...
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Who Is Masoud Pezeshkian?

With no candidate securing a majority in the June 28 presidential election, necessitated after Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month, Iran will vote again on July ...
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No matter who becomes Iran’s next president, much hinges on ‘Great Satan’ US

In the waning moments of Iran’s final televised presidential debate, one of the top candidates to replace the late hardline president Ebrahim Raisi invoked the name of the one ...
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