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Iran presidential race down to choice of 2 conservatives - Los Angeles Times Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:16:32 GMT

Voice of America

Iran presidential race down to choice of 2 conservatives
Los Angeles Times
TEHRAN — When Iranians go to the polls Friday, they will bid an unceremonious farewell to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the populist with the zip-up windbreaker who ran afoul of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, even as he became Iran's provocative ...
Iranian diplomat detained for three months without lawyer: sourcesReuters
Hardline candidate withdraws from Iran election to boost conservative chancesFox News
Iran's Reformists Find Spark in Presidential RaceABC News
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Iran: Bushehr Nuclear Plant Has Generator Problem - ABC News Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:41:58 GMT
Iran's accidental envoy for reformists brings spark to presidential race - Washington Post Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:35:28 GMT

Washington Post

Iran's accidental envoy for reformists brings spark to presidential race
Washington Post
TEHRAN, Iran — He talks about easing the political restrictions imposed by Iranian authorities. He tells crowds that rebuilding ties with Western governments is better than denouncing them as irreconcilable enemies. At a rally Monday, crowds gathered ...


Khamenei wants no one to jolt his power in Iran vote - Reuters Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:50:21 GMT

Khamenei wants no one to jolt his power in Iran vote
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Five days from Iran's presidential election, these are nervy times for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who as only the second Supreme Leader in the Islamic Republic's 34-year history answers to God and not voters. The Shi'ite cleric was ...
In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few optionsNUjournal
Iran's presidential election You never knowThe Economist
Iran Decides: 2013Iranian

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:08:00 GMT
Iran election: 'No optimism left' - BBC News Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:30:44 GMT

BBC News

Iran election: 'No optimism left'
BBC News
As Iran's presidential election draws closer, many Iranians are still deciding who to vote for - or whether to vote at all. Of the 680 candidates who registered to run in this year's election on 14 June, Iran's Guardian Council approved eight. Five of ...


Iran Space Center Reportedly Opens Near Delijan - Huffington Post Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:02:28 GMT

Iran Space Center Reportedly Opens Near Delijan
Huffington Post
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Sunday that it set up its first space tracking center to monitor objects passing in orbit overhead, the breakthrough claimed by the Islamic Republic in its space program. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who inaugurated the ...


Conservative pressure keeps Iran presidential campaign tame - NBCNews.com (blog) Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:26:34 GMT

Conservative pressure keeps Iran presidential campaign tame
NBCNews.com (blog)
By Ali Arouzi, Correspondent, NBC News. TEHRAN, Iran -- For a while it looked like Iran's upcoming presidential elections would have come with a fair share of fireworks. After all, the country, which remains at odds with much of the world over its ...


Iran and the great Glasgow PhD mystery - Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:17:29 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Iran and the great Glasgow PhD mystery
Sydney Morning Herald
The British academic record of an Iranian presidential candidate has come under scrutiny amid uncertainty over where and when he obtained his qualifications. Hassan Rowhani, who has emerged as the leading reformist contender in the run-up to Friday's ...

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Iran's Presidential Candidates - Voice of America Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:34:28 GMT

Iran's Presidential Candidates
Voice of America
June 10, 2013. Seven men are left vying to become Iran's next president in the June 14 election. All seven have been approved by Iran's Guardian Council of clerics and jurists who vet the candidates. To win, a candidate must get 50 percent of the vote.