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Iran Heads to the Polls, as Reformists Hope to Breakthrough

par This Is Beirut, 28/06 10:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the polls where reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, 69, hopes for a breakthrough win against a divided conservative camp. The Guardian Council ...

Masoud Pezeshkian; Iran's Lone Reformist Hopeful

par Cian ward, 28/06 12:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iranians cast their ballots Friday in a presidential election marked by a lone reformist's bid to break through against a divided conservative field. Masoud Pezeshkian, the sole reformist candidate, hopes to break through in a divided contest characterized by its numerous ultraconservative contenders. Born in 1954, in West Azerbaijan, he trained ...

Iranian Reformist and Ultraconservative Qualify For Second Round

par This Is Beirut, 29/06 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's sole reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian and ultraconservative Saeed Jalili have qualified for a runoff presidential election after leading in the first round, an official said on Saturday. Pezeshkian got more than 10,400,000 votes and Jalili, a former nuclear negotiator, has more than 9,400,000, said Mohsen Eslami, spokesman of Iran's ...

Saeed Jalili: Iran's Ultraconservative Anti-West Candidate

par This Is Beirut, 29/06 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ultraconservative former Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, who will face a reformist in a runoff for president, is widely recognised for his steadfast anti-Western stance. Jalili, 58, will aim to unify Iran's fragmented conservative factions in the bid for the presidency when he faces Masoud Pezeshkian next Friday. A relatively reserved ...

Polls Open in Iran's 2nd Round Presidential Election

par This Is Beirut, 05/07 09:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Ali Khamenei Iran Iran Presidential Elections 2024 Masoud Pezeshkian Raisi Saeed Jalili

Polls opened Friday for Iran's runoff presidential election, pitting reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash. The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say in all state matters, cast his ballot when the ...

Pezeshkian, Iran's Reformist Wins Presidency

06/07 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said. Pezeshkian received more than 16 million votes and Jalili more than 13 million out of about 30 million votes cast, electoral authority spokesman Mohsen Eslami said, adding that voter ...

Iran’s Khamenei Formally Grants Pezeshkian Presidential Powers

par This Is Beirut, 28/07 13:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave Sunday his official endorsement of Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's ninth president, following snap elections that had concluded earlier this month. In a message read by the director of Khamenei's office, he said: "I endorse the vote (for) the wise, honest, popular and scholarly Mr ...

Iranian President Presents Cabinet to Parliament for Approval

par This Is Beirut, 11/08 14:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian presented his cabinet to Parliament on Sunday, notably including a woman and a Western-friendly diplomat as the country's foreign minister. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf announced the names of the 19-member cabinet presented by the president during an assembly session broadcast live on state ...

Iran’s 2015 Nuclear Deal Negotiator Resigns as Vice President

par This Is Beirut, 12/08 12:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who negotiated a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers, announced on Monday that he had resigned from his new post as vice president. "To avoid any suspicions or excuses for disrupting the work of the government... I resigned from the position of vice president for strategic ...

Iran Lawmakers Approve New President's Cabinet

par This Is Beirut, 21/08 19:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's conservative-dominated Parliament on Wednesday approved reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's proposed cabinet, which includes one woman and a foreign minister open to dialogue with the West. Lawmakers voted in favor of all 19 ministers picked by Pezeshkian – who was inaugurated in July after his predecessor Ebrahim Raisi died in a ...

Iranian President Affirms Continuation of Missile Program

16/09 17:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that Tehran would never give up on its missile program, claiming the need for deterrence for its security in the Middle East. Iran has defied Western calls for years to limit its missile program. The United States and its allies have more recently accused Iran of sending ballistic missiles to ...

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