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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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Ali Ferzat, the Syrian cartoonist whose hands were broken by pro-Assad forces after he satirized the regime, vows to draw in Syria again.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 20:05 |
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Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, an ally of President Ahmadinejad, and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani are among those who will learn if they are permitted to run.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 17:08 |
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran`s semi-official Mehr news agency said on Tuesday that it had heard that the Guardian Council, which is vetting candidates for next month`s presidential election, had barred former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from running. If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a former chief of staff to Ahmadinejad detested by the clerical establishment, would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 16:52 |
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Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani are among those who will learn their political fates.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 16:36 |
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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.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 15:41 |
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Ali Ferzat, the Syrian cartoonist whose hands were injured by pro-Assad forces after he drew a cartoon critical of the regime, remains undaunted in exile and convinced that he will live and draw in Syria again.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:59 |
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By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran`s electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the race. Rafsanjani, if he is allowed to run, would be a significant challenge to conservative hardliners who are ultra-loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and who otherwise dominate the field for the June 14 presidential election. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 13:25 |
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