Iranian media have been speculating about the imminent appointment of the Iranian state television’s new chief since May 2021 when the five-year term of the organization’s current chief Abdol ...
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Mojtaba Khamenei – Involved In
Was Mojtaba Khamenei behind Raeesi’s win?
Plenty of observers have hailed the incoming presidency of Ebrahim Raeesi as an early prelude to his leadership of the Islamic Republic. Others, though, read it the opposite way: ...
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Iran has rigged its election to favour Ebrahim Raisi
It is probably a bad sign when one of the few memorable moments in a presidential debate is an admission that the ballot is rigged. The candidates in Iran’s ...
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Possible succession scenarios in Iran
A presidential election will take place in Iran on June 18, and it is rumored that Ali Khamenei prefers one candidate above the others: Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi.
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Ebrahim Raeesi – The hanging judge set to become Iran’s next president
With the announcement of the final list of seven presidential candidates, most observers now believe that Ebrahim Raeesi, the current head of the Islamic Republic’s judiciary, is the regime’s ...
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Transition in Iran will threaten security at home and abroad
When is a republic not a republic? When an incumbent leader lays the groundwork for his son to succeed him, which is exactly what Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali ...
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