The opposition website Kaleme also reported on Monday that a number of activists have been arrested in Iranian provinces and some summoned for questioning. Ali Ghazali, the editor of the conservative website, Baztab, also remains in jail since his arrest in early May. Meanwhile, Iran News Network, a pro-government website, reported that several cam ... Continue reading »
1. Saeed Jalili; 2. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf; 3. Gholamali Haddad Adel; 4. Ali Akbar Velayati; 5. Hassan Ruhani; 6. Mohammad Gharazi; 7. Mohsen Rezaei; and 8. Mohammad Reza Aref.
The Guardian Council has qualified 8 candidates for presidential elections, Mashaei and Hashemi disqualified. Informed sources communicated the list of qualified candida ... Continue reading »
Rafsanjani and Mashaei barred from Iran presidency poll Two prominent figures in Iran have been barred from standing as candidates in next month's presidential election.
Ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close ally of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had been excluded by the Guardian Council, state TV rep ... Continue reading »
Obama continues to push for negotiations with the Tyrants of Islam in Iran and Is prepared to do anything necessary to help the dictatorship stay in power which a Fellow Democratic President helped covertly bring to power. Although Obama and his Teams declarations say they support democracy and human rights, by betraying the late shah and supporti ... Continue reading »
As Iran gears up for a presidential election in June, the conditions in which prisoners of conscience are held in some of the country's most notorious prisons have worsened. Below are some of the activists, students, journalists, women's rights campaigners, lawyers, artists, former politicians and members of Iran's religious and ethnic minorities w ... Continue reading »
The Evin being referred to is Evin prison, allegedly the scene of the torture, rape and murder of political prisoners. Freeing political prisoners and ending the death penalty feature prominently in Zahra's campaign, along with demands for a transparent and fair voting process. United for Iran's executive director, Firuzeh Mahmoudi, says these are ... Continue reading »
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference to a former leader seen as a threat to hard-liners.
Ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's entry in the race scrambled the equations because of his popularity, reputation and p ... Continue reading »
Americans are the biggest losers from the slew of scandals now rocking the White House, but who are the biggest winners? Iran, North Korea, Syria, China, and Russia. If U.S. foreign policy seemed spineless and muddled in confronting bad actors before the Benghazi-IRS-AP scandals surfaced, the U.S. just became that much more irrelevant to its arch ... Continue reading »
With the clarification of the names of the presidential contenders in Iran, the focus now has shifted to their possible policies. A key question for Iran analysts is what direction will Iran’s nuclear program - which has emerged as the most complex issue in Iran’s foreign policy since the end of the war with Iraq in the 1980s – take with each of th ... Continue reading »
Go to Google in Iran and type in the words 'buying a doctorate' and you'll get around 4 million hits. Many links take you to online shops where you'll find anything your heart desires – from toasters, to fashion, cosmetics and…ta-da…PhDs – on any subject you want. One provider even supplies the address of his office in Tehran and touts the irresist ... Continue reading »
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