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2017-05-23 09:43
‘People said no to increasing subsidies’
TEHRAN – In the Friday election, Iranian people said a big no to promises to increase cash subsidy, a senior advisor to President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday.
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2017-05-22 21:32
‘People have realized their votes count’
TEHRAN – A vocal principlist lawmaker published a comment about the presidential election on his Instagram late on Sunday where he said the people have come to the point that their votes matter.
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2017-05-22 10:00
Raisi demands probe into electoral ‘crimes’
TEHRAN – Failed presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi wrote a letter to Guardian Council chief Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati on Sunday asking him to start an investigation into what he said were “electoral crimes” in the Friday presidential election.
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2017-05-22 09:57
Bird seller rises to city council in western Iran
TEHRAN – A bird seller has been elected as the favorite candidate into the city council in Khorramabad, capital of the western province of Lorestan.
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2017-05-22 09:55
High turnout proves Iranians’ fondness for establishment: Velayati
TEHRAN – The head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council has praised the people’s massive participation in the May 19 presidential and council elections, saying more than 70-percent participation proved that Iranians are still interested in their Islamic Revolution.
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2017-05-22 09:45
Government urges people not to cheer Rouhani victory on streets
TEHRAN – The Interior Ministry’s election headquarters on Saturday issued a statement calling on people not to create heavy traffic congestion in streets to cheer Hassan Rouhani’s victory in the May 19 presidential election.
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2017-05-21 10:26
Tehran council election results to be released Monday
TEHRAN – The final results of council election in Tehran province will be announced on Monday, according to the head of Tehran province’s high committee for election monitoring.
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2017-05-21 10:10
Parliamentary group: Next administration can reap JCPOA fruit
TEHRAN – The pro-reform parliamentary group Omid (Hope) issued an announcement on Saturday following the victory of Hassan Rouhani in the Friday presidential election, where they said the next administration “can reap the fruit of the JCPOA (the official name for the nuclear accord).”
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2017-05-20 10:30
Tehran schools closed on Saturday
TEHRAN – All the schools in Tehran which were used as polling stations will be closed on Saturday as the counting of ballots had to start in the schools after the voting ended.
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2017-05-20 10:30
Raisi, Rouhani representatives visit election headquarters
TEHRAN – Representatives of presidential candidates Hassan Rouhani and Ebrahim Raisi on Friday visited election headquarters in the premises of the Guardian Council.
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2017-05-20 10:29
No election-related security problems reported: police chief
TEHRAN – Iran’s police chief said on Friday afternoon that no cases of insecurity or indiscipline has been reported in polling stations across the country.
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2017-05-20 10:29
Nateq Nouri submitted resignation ahead of presidential polls
Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri, chief of the Inspection Bureau at the Office of the Supreme Leader, resigned his post ahead of the presidential election on Friday.
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2017-05-19 21:41
Security forces bust several terrorist cells prior to elections: minister
TEHRAN – The Iranian intelligence minister announced on Friday that security forces have managed to smash a number of terrorist cells that intended to disrupt the process of elections on Friday, ISNA reported.
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2017-05-19 21:31
Competitions should give place to friendship: cleric
TEHRAN – The Friday prayers leader of Tehran has said that after the election, competitions should give their place to friendship.
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2017-05-18 12:04
Ulema call on Iranians to take part in election
TEHRAN – Ulema have called on Iranians to take part massively in the Friday election and render a magnificent scene.
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2017-05-18 12:04
Iran stages highest number of overseas polling booths in U.S.
TEHRAN – Iran is going to stage the highest number of overseas polling booths in the United States, totaling 55, according to the deputy foreign minister for consular, parliamentary, and Iranian expatriates’ affairs.
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2017-05-18 12:04
Vote for Rouhani to save Iran: Hashemi Taba
TEHRAN – Presidential candidate Mostafa Hashemi Taba has called on Iranians to vote for Hassan Rouhani to save Iran.
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2017-05-18 12:03
Rouhani: Right decision means peace
TEHRAN – On Wednesday afternoon presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani addressed tens of thousands of his fans in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province.
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2017-05-17 15:15
Economic system needs improvement: Mirsalim
TEHRAN – Presidential candidate Mostafa Mirsalim has said there are ails in different sectors of Iran’s economic system, which need to be treated for the economy to thrive.
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2017-05-17 15:15
‘Rouhani, you are miles away from revolution days’
TEHRAN – A member of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council in an open letter to President Hassan Rouhani, who is currently candidate in the May 19 election, chastised him and urged him to redo his deeds and “apologize to the nation”.
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2017-05-17 15:15
Rouhani says channeled resources to domestic producers
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday traveled to Zanjan as a presidential candidate in the May 19 election, where he talked to his fans about his contributions to economy.
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2017-05-17 08:34
Future government to have no red lines: Jahangiri
TEHRAN – Presidential candidate Eshaq Jahangiri has said the future government will “surely be anti-corruption and have no red line.”
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2017-05-17 08:34
JAMNA thanks Qalibaf for quitting race in favor Raisi
TEHRAN – The Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces, aka JAMNA, in an announcement on Tuesday thanked Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf for stepping down from the presidential race in favor of Ebrahim Raisi, Mehr reported.
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2017-05-16 10:03
Reform activist thanks Qalibaf for leaving presidential race
TEHRAN – A member of the central council of the National Trust party has sent his thanks to Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf for having stepped out of the presidential race.
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2017-05-16 10:01
Current officials had even tied ‘drinking water’ to sanctions: Mirsalim
TEHRAN – “It is a real pity that they had even tied drinking water to sanctions,” presidential contender Mostafa Mirsalim said on Monday in an open reference to President Rouhani and his inner circle.
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2017-05-16 10:01
Hashemi Taba issues announcement
TEHRAN – Presidential candidate Mostafa Hashemi Taba on Monday issued an announcement in which he expounded the policies of principlists, the Rouhani administration, and his own.
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2017-05-16 09:57
‘Campaigning ends on Thursday morning’
TEHRAN – Presidential hopefuls and city council candidates can continue their campaigns to 8:00 in the morning of Thursday and then they will have to stop it according to the law, the secretary of the state elections headquarters said on Monday.
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2017-05-16 09:49
‘Cashing JCPOA check’ will need revolutionary government: Raisi
TEHRAN – Speaking to his supports in Yasuj on Monday, presidential hopeful Ebrahim Raisi criticized the incumbent government for having adopted voluntary actions in implementing the nuclear deal before having the other side “cash the check,” IRIB reported.
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2017-05-14 11:16
“Preventing smuggling of goods, currency will create jobs”
TEHRAN – If smuggling of goods and currency is halted it will lead to creation of jobs at home, a presidential candidate has said.
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2017-05-14 11:15
Jahangiri says to consider coalitio
TEHRAN – Presidential candidate Es’haq Jahangiri has for the first time in the presidential race spoken about a possible coalition.
