Posts Tagged: Iran elections
A New Dawn: The Case for Regime Change in Iran
In an unprecedented shift from previous approaches, the Biden administration's recent policy towards Iran marks a pivotal moment, signifying a bold departure from the strategy...
Iran’s Presidential Elections Have Nothing to Do with Democracy
On June 18, 2021, the Islamic Republic of Iran will hold its 13th presidential elections. Some view Iranian elections as consistent with a democratic process based...
Iran’s Khamenei Backs Barring Moderate, Conservative Candidates From June Vote
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported a hardline watchdog body's disqualification of leading moderate and conservative candidates seeking to run in the June presidential...
The Implications of a Military Figure as President of Iran
With elections less than a year away in Iran, there has been much commentary on the electoral horse race among current and former Islamic Revolutionary...
Iran Announces Low Poll Turnout, Blames Coronavirus ‘Propaganda’
Iran on Sunday announced a 42 percent turnout in its parliamentary election, the lowest rate since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, while its top leader said...
Iranians Vote in Parliamentary Election, Hardliners Set to Dominate
Iranians were voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help hardline loyalists of the supreme leader tighten their grip on power as the...
US Blacklists Five Iranian Officials for Impeding ‘Fair’ Elections
The United States on Thursday blacklisted five Iranian officials, accusing them of preventing free and fair elections, a day before a parliamentary vote seen as a...
Khamenei Loyalists Set to Tighten Grip in Iran Elections
Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor, as the leadership closes ranks in a...
Top US Official Urges Tehran Regime to Give Iranian People a ‘Real Choice’ in Parliamentary Elections
A top US official on Friday cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Iranian parliamentary elections set to be held next week. “The Iranian regime is...
Iran Starts Election Campaign With Thousands Barred From Standing
Iran's week-long parliamentary election campaign started on Thursday, state TV reported, a vote seen as a popularity test for the clerical establishment at a time...
Tensions Grow Between Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei and Re-Elected President Rouhani
Tensions are mounting between Iran’s supreme leader and the country’s president after the latter’s landslide victory in last month’s election. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 78, has sharpened...
Iran’s Presidential Candidates Fiddle as the Economy Burns
In the third and last debate before Iran’s May 19 presidential election, all six candidates said that the country's economy was in ruins. “Iran’s economy is headed toward collapse,”...
Presidential Hopefuls in Iran Focus on Rouhani’s Failed Economic Promises
President Hassan Rouhani's trip to the coal mine in northern Iran was all going to plan, until the crowd massed in front of his car...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Dismisses President Rouhani’s Detente Policy Ahead of Election
Iranians should not thank Hassan Rouhani's policy of detente with the West for any reduction in the threat of war, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
