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Voting for presidential runoff commences in Iran
Tehran: Voting for the Iran presidential runoff commenced on Friday morning, with two top contenders, Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, in the run. Pezeshkian, a reformist and Iran’s former health minister, and…
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‘To vote for.. or vote at all’: Stark choice for Iranians in Presidential race run-off
Tehran: He may have finished last in Iran’s Presidential race but cleric Mostafa Pourmohammadi’s subsequent message to voters encapsulated the underlying issue the regime is grappling with – and not very successfully…
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Lebanon will become ‘hell without return’ for Israel: Iran interim FM
Iran’s interim foreign minister warned that Lebanon will become “a hell without return” for Israel if it launches a war against Hezbollah, the Lebanese resistance movement. Ali Bagheri Kani made the remark…
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Iran’s presidential election enters run-off
Tehran: Iran’s 14th presidential election on Saturday entered a run-off vote, with former Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian and former chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili leading in the first round, but no one…
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Iranian nationals in Syria cast vote in Presidential election
Damascus: Iranian nationals residing in Syria started casting their votes on Friday for Iran’s 14th presidential election just weeks after their former president died in a helicopter crash. According to Iranian Ambassador…
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Tehran mayor withdraws from Iran’s presidential race
Tehran: Iranian presidential candidate Alireza Zakani on Thursday pulled out of the country’s presidential race, becoming the second nominee to announce his withdrawal ahead of the election scheduled for Friday. Zakani, 58,…
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Iran presidential contest between hardliners, reformists may galvanise apathetic voters
New Delhi: With Iran set to hold snap polls on Friday to elect the successor to late President Ebrahim Raisi, a three-way race — heading into a run-off — is likely, as…
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Iran overturns rapper Toomaj Salehi’s death sentence
Tehran: Iran’s supreme court has overturned the death sentence imposed on the well-known rapper Toomaj Salehi, according to his lawyer Amir Raesian. “As expected, the Supreme Court avoided an irreparable judicial error,”…
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Iran, Saudi Arabia reaffirm commitment to promoting ties
Tehran: Iran’s caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud have reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to improving bilateral relations and cooperation. In a meeting…
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Iran approves six candidates for presidential race
Tehran: Iran has announced the names of six qualified candidates for the country’s early presidential election scheduled for June 28. The final nominees are Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Masoud Pezeshkian, Saeed Jalili, Alireza Zakani,…
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Bahrain seeks to normalise ties with Iran after 8 year hiatus: Official
Bahrain has sent a message to Islamic Republic of Iran through Russia to normalise relations after a hiatus of more than eight years. The announcement was made by Mohammad Jamshidi, deputy chief…
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Iran parliament speaker Ghalibaf throws his hat in ring for Presidency
Tehran: Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has announced his candidacy for the post of the country’s President in snap elections that are slated to take place later this month, according to…
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Iran summons Sweden’s envoy over controversial accusations
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Sweden’s acting charge d’affaires over his country’s “baseless and biased” accusations against Tehran, the media reported. During the meeting with the Swedish envoy on Saturday,…
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New Parliament convenes in Tehran days after helicopter crash killing President
Tehran: A new Parliament convened in Iran’s capital Tehran for the first time on Monday, days after a deadly helicopter crash that killed the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein…
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Ali Bagheri Kani appointed as Iran’s caretaker FM
Tehran: Iran’s Interim President Mohammad Mokhber has appointed Ali Bagheri Kani as the country’s caretaker Foreign Minister, the media reported. Bagheri Kani previously served as Deputy Foreign Minister For Political Affairs, Xinhua…
