Posts Tagged: Iran elections
After Election, Rouhani Says Iranian Voters Chose ‘Right and Proper Path’
Iranian voters chose "the right and proper path for the country," moderate President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after final election results showed his allies...
Iranians Head to Voting Booths in First Key Election Since Nuclear Deal
Millions of Iranians are voting in two key elections - the first since a deal with world powers over Iran's nuclear program and the lifting...
Ahead of Iranian Election, Khamenei Calls on Citizens to Elect Anti-West Parliamentarians
Iran's leader said that he was confident voters would return a parliament prepared to stand up to the United States at Friday's election and prove...
US Watching Closely as Iran Holds First Election After Nuclear Deal
As Iranians head to the polls this week, President Barack Obama and his aides are keenly paying attention. The results of the elections — for...
There Are No Such Things as ‘Elections’ in Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran is going to hold two “elections” simultaneously on February 26, 2016: Parliamentary elections, and elections for the Assembly of Experts. Since the Revolution of...
Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad Launches Website, Signaling Possible Return to Politics
Yahoo/AFP - Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday launched his official website, in a possible return to the political scene a year before...
Peres, Netanyahu Tout Iran Sanctions, Pressure in Meetings With US Congressmen
Israeli President Shimon Peres touted the success of sanctions implemented against Iran, as a method to stunt the country's nuclear weapons program, in a meeting...
Tighten Iran Sanctions Before Islamic Republic Reaches Nuclear Goal, U.S. Reps. Say
JNS.org - Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and the committee's ranking member U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), in...
Opinion: Rouhani Will Bring No Real Change to Iran
The Weekly Standard - Iranians aren't wrong to celebrate the presidential victory of Hassan Rouhani. It is a (small) thumb in the eye of the...
They Voted for a Moderate: Now What?
This article by Shoshana Bryen was was originally published by the Gatestone Institute. The 686 men who expressed their desire to run in Iran's presidential election were...
Hassan Rouhani and Nuclear Iran
With the election of Hassan Rouhani in Iran, people want to know what this development means for the nuclear program and Iran's relationship...
Khamenei Says “We Don’t Give a Damn” About the U.S., as Iranians Head to Polls
Reuters - Millions of Iranians voted to choose a new president on Friday, urged by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn out...
Iranians Shout ‘Down with the Dictator’ During Funeral of Regime Critic
Al Arabiya - Thousands of Iranians chanted "down with the dictator" during the funeral procession for prominent religious figure and regime critic Ayatollah Jalaluddin Taheri...
Will Iran See a Renewed ‘Green Revolution’ Erupt Next Month? (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - On May 21, Iran's Guardian Council released a list of "approved" candidates for the upcoming June 14 presidential election. As expected, the...
