Larijani, Motahari on running for president

TEHRAN – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and his deputy Ali Motahari have made remarks on whether they would run for president in the 2021 elections.

Biden launches 2020 bid, warns soul of U.S. at stake

TEHRAN - Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest, declaring the “soul of this nation” at stake if President Donald Trump wins re-election.

Voters’ demands not met yet: Tehran city council chairman

TEHRAN – Mohsen Hashemi, chairman of the Tehran city council, says the demands of those who voted in the 2017 city council elections have not been met yet.

By Kamran Ghaderi Azar & Mohammad Mazhari

Iran plays a major role in Turkey's energy resources

TEHRAN - The decisive victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the recent presidential elections and the change of Turkish political system have brought the country into a new era in the national and international arena.

By Payman Yazdani

Difficult for Erdogan to take unilateral step on Kurdish issue without MHP: Logoglu

TEHRAN - Referring to possible President Erdogan’s surprise efforts to resolve the Kurdish issue in Turkey, Turkish politician Faruk Logoglu says it would be difficult for him to take unilateral steps on the issue without MHP.

By Kamran Ghaderi Azar

We are not PKK’s political wing: Selahattin Demirtas

TEHRAN - Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas says that the Kurdish-focused People's Democratic Party (HDP) has no relations of any kind with the PKK.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Trump's popularity reducing among Republicans

TEHRAN - The President of the United States is seriously worried about the country's 2020 presidential election. The drop in his popularity on the one hand, along with the possibility of a decrease in his votes in those states that led to his victory in the 2016 election, has concerned many of his companions about the upcoming presidential election.

Pouladgar re-elected Iran taekwondo president

Mohammad Pouladgar has secured his fifth term as president of the Iran Taekwondo Federation, after being re-elected on Saturday by members of the sport’s governing body in the country.

‘Electoral crimes existed, but election still healthy’

TEHRAN – The recent presidential election included electoral crimes which nonetheless did not alter the result and the election still remains healthy, the vice president for legal affairs told ISNA on Wednesday.

BY Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh

Re-elected Rouhani’s economic challenges, priorities

After his landslide victory in Iran’s presidential election held on May 19, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani swept to his second term.

Cleric hails 73% turnout in presidential election

TEHRAN – The interim leader of Tehran Friday prayer has hailed a turnout of 73 percent in the May 19 presidential election.

Iranians go to polls to elect president

TEHRAN - Iranians are voting at a presidential election in which four candidates, including incumbent Hassan Rouhani, are competing for the presidential post.

Rivalries should be replaced with cooperation

TEHRAN - As Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew presidential candidacy in favor of Ebrahim Raisi and Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri in favor incumbent Hassan Rouhani the Friday presidential vote will most probably will not go into a runoff.

Prosecutor: Election troublemakers would be ‘slapped’

TEHRAN – Iran's Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has warned against possible troublemakers in the upcoming presidential election, saying anyone who tries to disrupt the country’s security will “definitely be slapped”.

Rouhani urges more freedom for political groups

TEHRAN – Presidential hopeful and incumbent Hassan Rouhani has warned against alienation of any political faction by another, saying Iranians chose unity in the previous presidential election.

High voter turnout will strengthen Iranian diplomacy: advisor

TEHRAN - Hossein Sheikholeslam, an advisor to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said that high turnout in the presidential elections on Friday will strengthen Iran’s diplomacy at the international scene.

Candidates round up economic debates

TEHRAN - Six presidential candidates of Iran rounded up their presidential debates with a hot economic debate cast live on the national TV on Friday evening.

‘Popular Front has no substitute candidate’

TEHRAN - The Popular Front of Revolution Forces on Friday issued an announcement in which it stated that it has no substitute candidate in the presidential election.

Leader: Candidates should not look abroad

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the presidential candidates should set sights on the people and not pin hopes on outsiders.

Campaign calls for paperless presidential election

TEHRAN — A recently launched public-spearheaded campaign aiming to help preserve the environment has demanded presidential candidates not to use paper posters during the election process.

Badamchian: Raisi might step down in favor of Mirsalim

TEHRAN – The deputy chairman of the central council of the Islamic Coalition Party has said Ebrahim Raisi might step down in favor of Mostafa Mirsalim in the presidential election.

Lots to be drawn on presidential hopefuls’ TV programs

TEHRAN – Lots will be drawn to decide the sequence in which presidential hopefuls present their programs on the national TV.

Decision not to broadcast presidential debates live to be reconsidered 

TEHRAN - The Interior Ministry's election headquarters has announced that it will reconsider decision not to broadcast presidential debates live.

Leader calls for enthusiastic, healthy election

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday warned against plots by enemies to disrupt the results of the May 19 presidential election, calling for an enthusiastic and healthy election. 

By Zaki Laïdi

The coming french revolution

In a few weeks, France will elect its next president. Given the French executive’s considerable powers, including the authority to dissolve the National Assembly, the presidential election, held every five years, is France’s most important. But the stakes are higher than ever this time.