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Iran’s Rafsanjani “one of us”: ultra-conservative figure

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 22 – The leader of the main ultra-conservative political grouping in Iran’s clergy-dominated regime described former President Ayatollah Ali...

Iran pre-election poll: Ahmadinejad 48%, Rafsanjani 36%

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 22 – One of Iran’s state-run news agencies announced the results of a pre-election poll for the election run-off due...

Iran election fraud: 298,000 votes from 270,000 eligible in NE province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 22 – In Iran’s South Khorrasan province (north-eastern Iran) 298,000 ballots were counted in the first round of the presidential...

Front-Runner in Iran Finds Students to Be a Tough Audience

New York Times: Aides to Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani initially said he would not be making any appearances in the final days before the...

Don’t pin hopes for reform on Rafsanjani, Britain warns

Daily Telegraph: Britain adopted a more confrontational policy towards Iran yesterday when officials assailed the credibility of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the likely winner...

Iran Seizes Candidate’s Election Material

Washington Post: Iranian security officials on Tuesday confiscated more than half a million wallet-size cards and posters endorsing Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for president...

Iran election digest

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 - Action will be taken against SMS advertisersPro-Rafsanjani website says Supreme Leader prays for election frontrunnerKhatami implicitly backs Rafsanjani...

Iran cleric draws fire for divulging vote fix

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 - Recent comments by defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi and his decision to go public with information about tampering...

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Death Sentence Issued for Iranian Political Prisoner Amirhassan Monfared

Amirhossein Akbari Monfared, a 27-year-old political prisoner held in Tehran's Evin Prison, has been sentenced to death by Judge...

Thirteenth Night of CENTCOM Strikes; Southern, Western, and Central Iran Under Fire

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced early Friday, July 24, the conclusion of the thirteenth consecutive night of military...

Three European Embassies in Tehran Evacuate Staff Amid Escalating Regional Tensions

Amid escalating tensions between the Iranian regime and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany have withdrawn...

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