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Iran’s Guardian Council to consider disqualifying pro-reform candidate from presidential race

June 10, 2013 Afsheen Shafiq 0

Report: Iran’s powerful Guardian Council will consider whether or not to disqualify a pro-reform candidate from running in the presidential elections on Friday June 14th. ……Read More

‘Don’t lose hope,’ Rafsanjani urges supporters after being barred from elections

May 23, 2013 Afsheen Shafiq 0

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

Activist arrested in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province

May 20, 2013 Afsheen Shafiq 0

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

Iran’s reformists rally behind former president Hashemi Rafsanjani

May 16, 2013 Afsheen Shafiq 0

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

Iran intensifies crackdown on media in leadup to election

May 8, 2013 Afsheen Shafiq 0

Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown on independent media ahead of the country’s presidential election in June, says the New-York based rights group the Committee ……Read More

Berlin Art Academy to display artworks of Iran’s opposition leader Mousavi

May 7, 2013 Afsheen Shafiq 0

Europe exposed to Mousavi’s art An arts institution in the German capital has decided to showcase 28 artworks created by Mir Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian ……Read More