5 results for "ALI AKBAR DAREINI"
Iran election overseers may bar former president
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 6:44 AMIran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference to a former leader seen as a threat to hard-liners.
Iran hard-liners urge election ban on top rivals
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 1:22 AMHard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two prominent presidential contenders - a moderate former president and a protege of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - from running in next month's election in a further si...
Iran's cunning Rafsanjani seeks one more shot
Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 10:49 AMSigns on currency exchange shops in Tehran explained why the doors where temporarily shut: Waiting to see if former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani would seek to reclaim the office. On Sunday, the money changers reopened early amid a mini-sur...
2 divisive figures enter Iran's presidential race
Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 1:59 AMA pair of powerful and divisive figures registered Saturday to run in Iran's presidential election, jolting the political landscape ahead of next month's vote to pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran president still a force even as his era ends
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 12:19 PMWhen many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known ...
