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Iran’s Presidential Candidates Disappoint TV Viewers

The first TV interviews with the leading 'reformist' and conservative candidates on state television Monday appear to have disappointed both politicians and ordinary voters. Although all the candidates have ...
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The Death of Raisi – and Iranian Influence in the Caucasus

On May 19, a forty-year-old Bell 212 helicopter crashed in the foggy mountains of northwest Iran, killing Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Policymakers and pundits
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Khamenei Welcomes Better Ties with Egypt

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq that Tehran welcomes better diplomatic relations with Egypt, Iranian state media reported on Monday. ...
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Disqualified Presidential Candidates in Iran Lodge Protests

Three presidential candidates in Iran, who were barred from running, have issued statements criticizing the 12-member unelected Guardian Council, which operates under the influence of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
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The Supreme Ideologue Among Iran’s Presidential Candidates

Amidst a crowded field of 80 candidates for the upcoming state-controlled presidential election in Iran, one name continually stands out: Saeed Jalili. At 55, the anti-American ideologue and self-proclaimed ...
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Death sentence of Kurdish-Iranian cleric upheld

The U.S.-based Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is condemning Iran's Supreme Court for upholding the death sentence of Kurdish cleric Mamusta Mohammad Khezrnejad for his involvement in the ...
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