Middle East

Iran’s Guardian Council has denied reports that it might consider disqualifying Hassan Rohani from the presidential race. According to the official news agency IRNA, the Council’s ……Read More

Iranian security forces have raided the campaign headquarters of pro-reform presidential candidates Mohammad Reza Aref and Hassan Rohani in the city of Shiraz. Sources told ……Read More

Amid calls for overturn of Guardian Council decision The daughter of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, has criticised a recent decision ……Read More

A member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front (Mosharekat) has been detained, opposition sources say. According to the Jaras website, Esmail Ali Mirzaei was arrested ……Read More

As Election Day draws nearer Iran’s reformists have thrown their full weight behind the candidacy of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for the upcoming presidential ……Read More