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30 min ago | Trend

Bolivian president calls for enhanced ties with Iran

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday stressed the need to promote mutual cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all the fields, especially to stop intervention of US imperialism and arrogant powers in global affairs, IRNA reported.

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4 hrs ago | Payvand News of Iran

Kerry: Choice of Iranian Presidential Candidates Denies Popular Will

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the disqualification of candidates in Iran's presidential election shows the country's religious leaders are interested only in reinforcing their own power rather than giving voters a choice of opposing views.

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9 hrs ago | Trend

Four Iranian presidential candidates begin campaigning

Four out of the eight Iranian presidential candidates approved by the country's Guardian Council have officially started campaigning, Press TV reported.

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13 hrs ago | Tehran Times

Iran inks deals to develop Sardar-e Jangal field in Caspian Sea

TEHRAN Iran's Khazar Oil Company has signed eight contracts with domestic contractors in order to develop Sardar-e Jangal oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea, the company's managing director Ali Osuli said.

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17 hrs ago | Tehran Times

Iran is winning its strategic struggle with U.S.: Jalili

TEHRAN Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and presidential candidate, Saeed Jalili, has said that efforts by the United States to hinder the country's progress have failed and Iran is winning its strategic battle against the U.S. Jalili, who is the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks during an interview with the ... (more)

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Fri May 24, 2013

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Two Iranian presidential candidates start media campaigns

Azerbaijan, Baku, May.24/ Trend F.Karimov, S. Isayev/ Mohsen Rezaei and Mohammad Gharazi, two of candidates for Iran presidential election, have started their TV and radio campaign programs for introducing their plans and objectives, ISNA reported.

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BBC News

Iran election: Conservatives dominate narrow field

By the standards of democratic countries, presidential elections in Iran are neither free nor fair; but the range of candidates does offer an element of choice.

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Weekday Magazine

Iran Prepares Itself for June Presidential Vote By Stepping Up Security Measures

Iranian authorities are doing their utmost to ensure that there is no repeat of the daily unrest that followed the 2009 presidential election.

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The Peninsula

Iranian filmmaker makes it to Cannes amid secrecy

Iran ian director Mohammad Rasoulof poses during a photocall for the film "Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoosand" presented in the Un Certain Regard section at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.

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Tehran Times

Iran gets in election mode

TEHRAN Iran began gearing up for its 11th presidential election after the Interior Ministry published the final list of approved candidates for the June 14 election.

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Clover Herald

Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering

TEL AVIV, Israel - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view, standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy.

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News9 Oklahoma City

Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering

TEL AVIV, Israel - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view, standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy.

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Payvand News of Iran

More Executions In Iran As Elections Near: 58 Hanged in One Month

According to figures released by officials or official agencies of the Islamic republic, at least 58 people, including two women, were hanged in Iran in the past month.

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Thu May 23, 2013

The Washington Post

In Iran, Rafsanjani reacts to ejection from presidential race with relief, warnings

Two days after being disqualified from running in Iran's upcoming presidential election , former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani broke his silence Thursday, saying that difficult days loom for the country.

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Global Voices Online

Iran's Regime Bars Two Top Candidates from Election Race

Once again the Islamic regime's desire for absolute control of political life in Iran surprised many when it announced their selection of only eight shortlisted presidential candidates out of more than 600 hopefuls who registered .

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Quake rocks southern Iran

An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Kaki in Bushehr province, Southern Iran, on Thursday, IRNA reported.

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Common Dreams

US Congress Moves Toward Full Trade Embargo on Iran

At the same time, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Republican-led House of Representatives unanimously approved new sanctions legislation that, if passed into law, would blacklist foreign countries or companies that fail to reduce their oil imports from Iran to virtually nil within 180 days.

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The Atlantic

Two of Iran's Presidential Candidates Are Wanted for Murder

Iran has announced the list of eight qualified candidates who have been approved to campaign for president, including two men who are suspects in a notorious 1994 terrorist attack.

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Jerusalem Post

Barred from election, Rafsanjani lambasts Iran authorities

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani sharply criticized the country's leadership, opposition website Kaleme said on Thursday, two days after he was disqualified from running in next month's presidential election.

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