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Analysis: Iran election opens up as surprise candidates enter race
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two major...Tags: Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Yasmin (drug), Elections
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ANALYSIS-Iran election race opens up as surprise candidate enter
Reuters* Leadership plan for calm election looks derailed * Uncertainty surrounds strategy and outcome * Khamenei faces threat of Rafsanjani and Mashaie By Marcus George DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran'...Tags: Religion and Belief, Iran, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Yasmin (drug)
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RPT-NEWSMAKER-Ahmadinejad protégé poses challenge to Iran's leader
Reuters(Repeats without change to text) * Mashaie registers candidacy for election * Loyalists accuse him of seeking to erode clerical rule * Looks to nationalist themes to gain popularity By Marcus George DUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - President Mahmoud...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Politics, Yasmin (drug)
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Ahmadinejad ally Mashaie enters Iranian presidential race
ReutersDUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - An ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the centre of a split in Iran's leadership registered on Saturday as a candidate in Iran's June 14 presidential election, the Iranian Students' News Agency reported....Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Politics, Elections
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FACTBOX-Contenders in Iranian presidential election
ReutersMay 11 (Reuters) - Following are brief details of leading candidates for Iran's June 14 presidential election, for which registration closed on Saturday. AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI: The centrist Rafsanjani, an important figure since the 1979 Islamic...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran (Iran), Iraq War (2003-2011), Religion and Belief, Iran
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Top presidential aide and former president seek Iran's presidency
TEHRAN -- The run-up to Iran’s June presidential elections took a dramatic turn Saturday when two controversial figures -- former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, top aide to outgoing incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad --...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Pakistan, Iran, Politics, Elections
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Iran to find out if political big hitters will run for president
ReutersBy Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - The last day of registration for Iran's presidential candidates began on Saturday with several high-profile figures yet to declare whether they would run in the most uncertain election in...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran (Iran), Iran, Politics, Elections
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Iranian presidential candidates register for June election
TEHRAN — Iranian presidential candidates began registering Tuesday for the national election next month to choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although there has been considerable political suspense over who will run, voter enthusiasm has...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Politics, Iran's Nuclear Program, Iran Presidential Election (2009)
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Iran presidency candidates to step forward, finally
Reuters* Candidate registration lasts from Tuesday to Saturday * Authorities deeply concerned about potential unrest * Line-up of big contenders remains uncertain * Former presidents Rafsanjani, Khatami may still run By Marcus George and Yeganeh Torbati...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran (Iran), Iran, Media Industry, Politics
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The Week Ahead: Iran and Pakistan on the stump, Mubarak on trial
D-Day for Iranian presidential race Tuesday, May 7 -- So many candidates, so few promising real change. More than a dozen Iranian lawmakers, former Cabinet ministers, revolutionary guardsmen and allies of Islamic leaders have thrown in their hats...
Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Brazil, Religion and Belief, Politics, Mohamed Morsi
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Lebanon dragged in as Hezbollah joins Syria war
Reuters(Adds link to map showing population of border area) * Funerals held daily for Hezbollah soldiers killed in Syria * Syrian opposition members ask Hezbollah to withdraw men * Sunni Syria rebels fire missiles into Shi'ite Lebanon town By Oliver...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?
Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, United Nations, Religion and Belief, Politics, John Kerry
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