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For the cleric who runs Iran, there`s no such thing as a pleasant surprise, especially on election day. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was not pleased when a librarian named Mohammad Khatami was swept into the president`s office in 1997, leading a wave of reformists who challenged the status quo in which Khamenei, as the unelected Supreme Leader of the Revolution, was most heavily invested. In every election cycle since, the self-appointed portion of Iran`s government has done all it can to winnow the choices placed before Iranian voters. ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 23:26 |
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven members of Egypt`s security forces who were kidnapped in Sinai last week have been released and are on their way to Cairo, army spokesman Ahmed Ali said on his Facebook page on Wednesday. `The seven kidnapped Egyptian soldiers are on their way to Cairo after their release thanks to the efforts of the Egyptian military intelligence in coordination with the elders of the tribes and families of Sinai,` he said. (Reporting by Ali Abdelatti; Editing by Pravin Char)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 06:34 |
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Ali Ferzat, the Syrian cartoonist whose hands were broken by pro-Assad forces after he satirized the regime, vows to draw in Syria again.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 15:32 |
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By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran`s supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month`s presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent trauma of the 2009 vote. The Guardian Council, charged with vetting all candidates, disqualified Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, Ahmadinejad`s former chief of staff, on Tuesday, as well as ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the June 14 election, leaving a field dominated by hardliners loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:52 |
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from an upcoming presidential race is an act of `oppression` and he will take the case to the country`s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 09:26 |
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would take up the ban of his close aide from the June 14 presidential vote with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. Iran`s electoral watchdog on Tuesday disqualified Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, Ahmadinejad`s former chief of staff, from running in the June 14 presidential vote. `In my opinion there will be no problem with the Leader and I will take up this issue until the last moment with him,` Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, according to the ISNA news agency. ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 08:05 |
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A vetting panel rejected Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 03:08 |
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A vetting panel rejected Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, an ally of President Ahmadinejad, and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 22:38 |
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had final say over list of presidential candidates.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 21:01 |
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Iran`s state television announced Tuesday that Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a two-term former president who called for greater freedom during protests in 2009 protests, has been barred from running in next month`s election to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 20:14 |
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