Iran Bans Live Election Debates
Iran's interior ministry said Thursday there would be no live debates in the run-up to next month's presidential election. "Based ...
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French Conductor Leads Tehran Orchestra In Sign of Growing Ties
Growing cultural ties between Iran and Europe were on display on Wednesday night as a French-Iranian conductor became one of ...
Iran Blocks Telegram App Voice Calls
Iran's judiciary has blocked newly introduced voice calls on Telegram, the most popular messaging app in the country, state media ...
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Registration to run in Iran's election on May 19 closed on Saturday, with more than 1,600 hopefuls throwing their hats ...
Iran Election Sign-Up Closes With Mayor’s Last-Minute Entry
Registration for next month's Iranian presidential election closed on Saturday, with more than 1,600 hopefuls signing up, including a last-minute ...
What Would Hardliner Raisi Mean For Iran and the World?
Ebrahim Raisi, the leading candidate for Iran's hardliners in next month's presidential election, has left many wondering whether the country's ...
Iran’s Rouhani Registers To Run For Re-Election
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the driving force behind a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, registered on Friday to run ...
Rouhani, Hardline Rival Register For Bruising Iran Election
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday as candidates in next month's election, setting up ...
Iran Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Registers For Election
Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state television showed. The 56-year-old ...
Rouhani, Hardline Rival Register For Bruising Iran Election
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday as candidates in next month's election, setting up ...
Iran Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Registers For Election
Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state television showed. The 56-year-old ...
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Registers To Run For President
Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's presidential election, going ...
Iran’s Former Hardline President Ahmadinejad To Run In New Elections
Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken the surprise move of registering to run in next month's presidential election. ...
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Registers To Run For President
Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's presidential election, going ...
Iran’s Rouhani Defends Economic Record Ahead of Election
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani defended his economic record in a press conference on Monday but stopped short of formally announcing ...
Assad Allies Threaten To Act Against Further ‘aggression’
A joint command centre made up of forces from Russia, Iran and militias backing Syrian President Bashar al Assad threatened ...
Iran’s Rouhani Reaffirms Support For Assad In Call
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called Bashar al-Assad to reaffirm his support for the Syrian leader in the wake of a ...
US Envoy Says Syria’s Assad Must Go After ‘chemical Attack’
Washington's UN ambassador said that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad cannot stay in power after a suspected chemical attack that prompted ...
UK Blames Russia For Syria Deaths
Russia is to blame for “every civilian death” in the chemical weapons attack last week in Syria, Defence Secretary Sir ...
Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’, Iran Says
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said "terrorists are celebrating" US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His comments echo the response ...