New York Times | A Guide to Iran's Presidential Election New York Times Known as Iran's unyielding nuclear negotiator and a protégé of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Saeed Jalili has emerged as a front-runner, an unsettling prospect for future relations with the West. Mr. Jalili, 47, who many analysts say has ... Iran setting up polling stations in US cities for Friday's presidential election Iran's Election: A Trio Battle It Out as Islamic Republic Heads to the Polls Iran's nuclear ambitions demand urgent reaction from international community |
Christian Science Monitor | Is Iran winning in Syria? Christian Science Monitor Hezbollah and Iran have been helping Assad's forces to regain the momentum in the war, making it look more likely that he could ultimately prevail over the rebels. If and when the war ends, it's increasingly plausible that Iran will emerge as the big ... Hamas-ruled Gaza suffers drop in aid from Iran, foreign charities because of ... Report: Hamas Weapons Stockpile Depleted as Iran, Hezbollah Punish Terror ... |
Appeal for Christian pastor to be aired in Iran via Voice of America Fox News Abedini has suffered long stints in solitary confinement, and, according to his family and attorneys in Iran, beatings and torture at the hands of his jailers and fellow inmates inside the brutal gulag. For months, he reportedly has been suffering from ... Iran Embassy Demonstrations Worldwide Today for Pastor Saeed Abedini ... |
Iran presidential candidates come in only 1 flavor, but there may still be ... CBS News People inside and outside of Iran who hope for change, stability and human rights in the Islamic Republic are depressed by the current line-up of candidates -- six remain in the race -- all of whom are commonly dismissed as authoritarian regime lackeys. |
BBC News | Economic troubles loom over Iran presidential election BBC News As Iran prepares to elect a new president, the country's economy is in its worst state for decades, with high inflation, soaring unemployment and negative growth. The issue appears to be on every voter's mind ahead of polling day. Kamran was away from ... |
Detained Opposition Leader's Name Echoes at Rallies on Eve of Iran Vote New York Times (blog) Last Updated, 8:21 p.m. In the last hours of the brief, tightly controlled presidential election campaign in Iran, the first since the disputed outcome in 2009, the name of the detained opposition leader who claimed to have won the last contest, Mir ... |
Hardliners still split as Iran election campaign ends Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) - Campaigning in Iran's presidential election ended on Thursday, a day before the vote in which the sole moderate candidate has an outside chance of stealing victory from his hardline rivals. Hardliners have failed to agree on a unity ... |
BBC condemns Iran over 'harassment' ahead of elections BBC News The BBC has condemned "unprecedented levels of intimidation" of BBC employees' families by Iran ahead of Friday's presidential elections. It said Iran had warned the families of 15 BBC Persian Service staff that they must stop working for the BBC or ... |
Aljazeera.com | Bahrain arrests 'Iran-linked' cyber group Aljazeera.com "They frequently travel between Iran, Iraq and Lebanon to obtain financial and moral support as well as weapons training," the ministry statement said. These members contact leaders in Iran "to receive direct financial support and field instructions". |
The Guardian | Google detects Iran phishing attacks BBC News Google says it has detected and stopped thousands of phishing attacks targeting email accounts of Iranian users ahead of the 14 June presidential election. In an online statement, the firm said it had noticed a "significant jump" in the region's ... Gmail accounts in Iran hacked, says Google Internet Trouble Brewing in Iran Before Presidential Election Google Warns of Phishing Attacks in Iran |