Iranian presidential election

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Hassan Rouhani Says Voters Rejected Extremism

Mr Rouhani was re-elected with 57% of the vote Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his re-election shows...

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A Moderate Cleric Open To the World

President Hassan Rouhani, who won re-election on Saturday, has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary...

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Iran’s Rouhani On Course For Second Term

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is on course for a second term in office, preliminary results show. Out of 26 million...

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Results Show Iran’s Rouhani Headed For Re-Election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was on track for a convincing election victory with voters seeming to back his efforts...

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Iran Opposition Complains of Election ‘infractions’

Before voting had even concluded in Iran's presidential election on Friday, the head of the opposition campaign...

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Iran Votes In Verdict On Rouhani’s Economy, Diplomacy

Polls opened in Iran on Friday with voters set to give their verdict on President Hassan Rouhani's policy of opening up...

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Iran Voters To Give Verdict On Economy, Diplomacy

Iranians head to the polls Friday for a vote that has become a referendum on President Hassan Rouhani's policy of...

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A Moderate Cleric Open To the World

President Hassan Rouhani has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary establishment but is strongly...

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Iran Votes In Head-To-Head Between Diplomacy and Resistance

Iranian voters will decide the fate of moderate President Hassan Rouhani and his policy of engagement with the West on...

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Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Election

Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race Monday, paving the way for a head-to-head...

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Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Presidential Race

Conservative Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race on Monday, just days before...

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Iran’s Delayed Gold Rush Disillusions Voters

The investment gold rush that was supposed to follow Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and revitalise the economy...

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Iran’s Missing Reformists Are the Real Heroes At Rouhani Rally

The 20,000 chanting fans might have come to support Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday but it was clear their...

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Iran Candidates Exchange Barbs In Fiery Final Debate

Iran's six presidential candidates exchanged barbs in their final debate on Friday, accusing each other of corruption...

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Pessimism Rife In Working-Class Tehran Ahead of Poll

In a working-class district of Tehran teeming with porters, motorbikes and pickup trucks, residents have little...

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Iran’s Rouhani Says Election Rivals Are ‘violent Extremists’

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani launched a scathing attack on his conservative election rivals on Monday, saying their...

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Iran Army Criticises Rouhani’s Missile Comments

Iran's armed forces warned President Hassan Rouhani against discussing the country's defence programme after he...

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Iran’s Rouhani Slams Nuclear Deal Saboteurs In Debate

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani criticised conservative opponents for trying to sabotage the nuclear deal with world...

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Iran’s Reformist Ex-President Backs Rouhani Reelection

Iran's reformist former president Mohammad Khatami has skirted a media ban to endorse moderate incumbent Hassan Rouhani...