New York Times (blog) | In Iranian Election, Moderates Lead in Initial Returns New York Times (blog) TEHRAN — Iranian voters turned out in huge numbers on Friday, a late surge of interest in the presidential vote that seemed to swing the tide in the favor of the most moderate candidate in the field. But it was uncertain whether any single contestant ... Iran's polls close in presidential election Presidential polls close in Iran Early Vote Count in Iran Gives Rowhani Wide Lead |
Late Heavy Turnout Reported in Iran's Presidential Election New York Times TEHRAN — Iran's electoral authorities reported heavy turnout in presidential voting on Friday, extending polling hours three times to accommodate what appeared to be a late surge of interest. Anecdotal evidence suggested that Tehran's mayor and a ... |
A Last Chance for Iran Forbes Fifty million Iranian voters will head to the polls today. They will elect their next president – the man who will have to contend with Iran's 25% youth unemployment rate, a shrinking economy and a 32% inflation rate. This new president will have a ... |
Iran elects its next president Washington Post Iranians wait outside a polling station during the Iranian presidential elections in Tehran. More than 50 million Iranians are eligible to vote. Out of the six candidates, four — the conservatives Ali Akbar Velayati and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the ... |
PBS | Khamenei 'Yes Men' Fill Iran's Ballot, Analysts Say PBS Millions of Iranians go to the polls Friday to elect a president, and it will be a "one man, one vote" election. But experts say that only one man's vote really counts: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Across the nation, echoes of the massive ... |
Iran votes for president, Khamenei slams US Chicago Tribune World powers in talks with Iran over its nuclear program are looking for any signs of a recalibration of its negotiating stance after eight years of intransigence under Ahmadinejad. Voting in the capital Tehran, Khamenei called on Iranians to vote in ... |
Far from Iran election, former guerrillas lobby Washington Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For decades, an Iranian dissident group has seemed to be on the wrong side of history. Suppressed by both the Shah of Iran and then the ayatollahs who deposed him in 1979, its supporters have faced prison, death and exile, and ... |
Iran's Choice on Election Day New Yorker (blog) There really is no such thing as a dull election in Iran. This alone is testament to the incurable persistence of dissent, or of fractiousness, within Iran's inner circle of power; to the relentless optimism of its voting public; to an irreducible ... |
Latest Updates on Election Day in Iran New York Times (blog) The Lede is following developments in Iran on Friday, where voters went to the polls in the first presidential election since the disputed contest in 2009. Our colleague Thomas Erdbrink — who is posting updates from Tehran on Twitter @ThomasErdbrink ... |
Iran setting up polling stations in US cities for Friday's presidential election Fox News The Islamic Republic of Iran's far-reaching tentacles have once again reached U.S. cities, where it has set up polling sites for Friday's presidential election, hoping to get the participation of Iranian Americans. Iran's government announced earlier ... |