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Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection
Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the race.
7 hrs ago | New Hampshire Public Radio -
Iran's 'Zahra' Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign
Iranian men register their candidacy for the June presidential election at the Interior Ministry in Tehran earlier this month.
7 hrs ago | Fox News
Gold Crush: Us in Bid to Shut Down Sale of Gold to Iran
The U.S. is trying to stop the gold rush to Iran in a bid to undermine the Islamic Republic's plummeting currency, but critics say the move is more likely to hurt ordinary citizens than the rogue regime's leadership.
10 hrs ago | International Business Times
Two Iran Men Accused of Being Agent Spies for CIA, Mossad Hanged
At the crack of dawn on Sunday morning, Iran hanged two Iranian men for allegedly being agent spies of the U.S. CIA and the .
14 hrs ago | Times of Oman
Internet in 'coma' as Iran election looms
Iranians use computers at a cybercafe in the center of the Iranian capital Tehran on May 14, 2013.
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Iran election overseers may bar former president
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16 hrs ago | The Guardian
Iranian elections: 'Opposition? There is no such word here'
"I will vote," says Arash, a university student who has just turned 18. "I don't know any of the real candidates yet but I will vote, because I can.
16 hrs ago | CBC News
Nahlah Ayed: Vote-wary Iranians mull Ahmadinejad's successor
Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his close ally and would-be successor Esfiandiar Mashaei greet supporters after registering Mashaei's candidacy for the presidential election on June 14.
17 hrs ago | China Daily
Iran's Guard warns against polls unrest
A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month's presidential election, calling the outcome "unpredictable" and sending the strongest message yet against any attempts to revive street protests, media reported on Sunday.
21 hrs ago | Trend
Detained ANAS worker and her assistant released in Iran
Research Fellow of the Institute of Literature named after Nizami of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, orientalist Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamkhal Huseynov detained in Iran have been released, member of Milli Majlis , a member of the delegation being in Iran with an official visit Eldar Ibragimov told Trend.
Iran hangs accused CIA, Mossad spies
The news agency did not provide additional information about the men or identify the location where the executions were carried out.
In Iran, opponents use age to attack Rafsanjani campaign
In a political order where elderly men have long been considered the most fit leaders, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's age - 78 - is the latest reason his detractors say he should not be allowed to run for president of Iran.
C'tee finds IDF didn't kill Palestinian boy al-Dura in 2000
Netanyahu presented with gov't report finding that France 2 footage shows 12-year-old icon of second intifada was not hit with IDF bullets; claims French TV station edited footage to give misleading impression.
Lawmaker Fires Back In 'Car Wars' Ahead Of Iranian Presidential Vote
Smarter to walk? The head of the powerful Guardians Council, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati , launched a broadside on ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's candidacy by suggesting a Mercedes is unpresidential.
US Think Tank: Iran Will Balance Middle East If Ever Moves towards Military N. Capability
Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations.
Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil
President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr.
Iran supports Turkey's actions to maintain its unity'
TEHRAN Iran supports any action that Turkey takes to protect its unity and solidarity, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said at a press conference in the Iranian consulate in Istanbul on Friday.
Iraqi merchants buying Iranian wheat at a higher price
TEHRAN On Saturday, a number of Iranian MPs criticized the government for buying wheat from farmers at a low price, saying it has encouraged Iraqi merchants to buy wheat from Iranian farmers at a higher price.
Red line over Iran's nuclear program is set by NPT not Israel: nuclear negotiator
TEHRAN In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and presidential candidate has said that Iran does not give any credibility to Israel, noting the red line over Tehran's nuclear program is set not by Israel but by the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty regulations.
Erdan appeals gov't approval of gas plant
The approval of a Be'er Tuviya natural gas plant was not on the meeting's schedule, the residents complained.