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Iran's Presidential Election: Candidates And Key Issues

Learn about the diverse field of candidates in Iran's upcoming presidential election and the challenges they face in mobilizing voter support.

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Long, fraught time line of tensions over Iran's nuclear program ahead of its presidential election

Iran will elect a new president Friday after the death of hardline President Ebrahim Raisi

The Independent UK

The Middle East is drifting leaderless to catastrophe. War is just an airstrike away

From Netanyahu to Nasrallah, the region’s politicians are flailing. Will no one stop the lunacy?

The Guardian - UK

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Iranians Split On Presidential Vote As Hardships Mount

With just a week remaining before a presidential election, Iranians are divided over whether voting will address pressing economic issues and mandatory hijab laws.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on Iran’s presidential election: more choice, but little real hope of change

Editorial: The regime is allowing a reformist to run because it wants to ensure more of the same. It will take a better offer to win back the people

The Guardian - UK

Iranian presidential vote: lone reformist candidate faces uphill struggle

Masoud Pezeshkian must convince disillusioned voters that he represents chance for credible change

The Guardian - UK

Who’s in the running to be Iran’s next president?

Six candidates have been approved to run for the presidency in an election to be held on June 28.

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Ghalibaf among six approved to run in Iran’s presidential election

Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and five other conservatives approved to run in snap vote on June 28.

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Iran's Guardian Council Approves Presidential Candidates After President's Death

Iran's Guardian Council approves candidates for presidential election post-Raisi's death, excluding Ahmadinejad. Tensions and nuclear concerns shape the po...

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How much will a presidential election reveal about Iran’s future?

Who is allowed to run will be key to understanding whether political elite want to govern the country or manage crises.

Al Jazeera

How Iran’s leaders are using the ‘martyrdom’ of President Raisi as part of the election campaign

Thousands of Iranians came out on the streets to mark the funeral processions of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, Mashhad, and Tabriz, after he died in a helicopter crash alongside the foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian. During these processions, huge banners were put up naming Raisi as “the martyr of…

The Conversation

Canada Holds Key To Designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard A Terrorist Organization

The death of Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, has once again brought the focus on the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as the fulcrum of the survival of the regime.

International Business Times

Iran: meet the men – and women – lining up to contest the early presidential election

The death in a helicopter crash of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, on May 19 has triggered a presidential election one year earlier than expected. It’s a consequential moment in Iranian politics as many believed that Raisi was being groomed to take over as supreme leader on the death of…

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Iran: president’s death has set hardliners jostling for position to replace ageing supreme leader

The death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash in May plunged Iran into political uncertainly. Raisi’s death has set off an intense power struggle within the Islamic Republic.

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The Guardian - UK

Nuclear issue looms over Iranian presidential election to succeed Raisi

About 80 candidates put names forward for vetting against backdrop of confrontation with west

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Iran's Hard-Line Parliament Speaker Enters Presidential Race

Iran's presidential election sees hard-line candidate Qalibaf join race, shaping country's future amid uncertainty.

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Iran’s ex-president Ahmadinejad, disqualified Larijani sign up for election

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and others see an opportunity but it remains unclear who will be qualified by the Guardian Council.

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Ahmadinejad Registers For Iran Presidential Election Amid Tensions

Former President Ahmadinejad's registration for the upcoming Iranian election raises tensions and concerns.

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Western Nations Snub U.N. Tribute To Iran's President Raisi

The U.N. General Assembly's tribute to late Iranian President Raisi faces boycott over human rights concerns, sparking controversy.

The Independent UK

UN tribute to Iran's late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs

The U.N. General Assembly’s tribute to Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations amid protests against honoring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on opponents

International Business Times

Tribute To Late Iranian President At UN Stirs Anger

The UN General Assembly drew criticism Thursday for its tribute to the late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash, with Washington boycotting the gathering.

Al Jazeera

Iran opens registration for presidential race to replace late Raisi

Polls originally slated for 2025 were brought forward to June 28 following the president’s death in May 19 air crash.

France 24

Iran opens candidate registration for snap presidential vote after Raisi’s death

Iran on Thursday began the formal registration of presidential candidates ahead of a snap vote next month to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash.

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Iran Opens Registration For Presidential Election Successor

Iran opens registration for presidential candidates post-Raisi's death. Political tensions, candidate criteria, and potential frontrunners in focus.

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Iran: who will be the next supreme leader?

The recent death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash will not only trigger new presidential elections. Many commentators believe that Raisi was slated to become the next supreme leader of Iran.

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