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Iran's Rafsanjani blasts clerics, says report

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:32:17 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - Banned from upcoming elections, Iran's former president has leveled harsh criticism at the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, saying they are doing a poor job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website reported late on Wednesday.

Editorial: In Iran's presidential race, reformers get...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:57:44 -0400

Editorial / By Dale McFeatters - For Iran's June 14 presidential election, the Guardian Council has whittled the list of nearly 700 would-be candidates down to eight, most of them hard-liners loyal to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The rest pose no threat to him.

Top figures barred from Iran's June ballot

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:18:02 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's election overseers removed potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.

Iran candidate list for presidential race

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:41:18 -0400

The eight candidates approved Tuesday for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term limits.

Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:02:23 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - 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 Sunday.

Iran's cunning Rafsanjani seeks one more shot

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:00:17 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - Signs on currency exchange shops in Tehran explained why the doors where temporarily shut: Waiting to see if former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani would seek to reclaim the office. On Sunday, the money changers reopened early amid a mini-surge in Iran's gasping economy after Rafsanjani joined the race.

Iran president still a force even as his era ends

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:22:30 -0400

BIRJAND, Iran - When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known to much of the world.

Complex history between Iran and al-Qaida

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:25:45 -0400

Canadian authorities claim al-Qaida operatives in Iran directed a failed plot to attack a passenger train. Iran denies it has any links to the two suspects. What falls in between is Iran's complicated history with the terror group that has included outright hostility, alliances of convenience and even overtures by Tehran to assist Washington after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.