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Ex-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has handed today his candidacy for June 18 elections as reformist Hassan Rouhani’s term comes to an end. German state-run news agency DPA, citing Iranian Press TV reports that the former leader presented his candidacy papers Read more
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian prominent human rights activist, was freed Wednesday after serving 8 years in prison following conviction on plotting to harm the security of the Islamic republic, reports say. Mohammadi, according to judiciary official Sadegh Niaraki, sentenced to Read more
Ahmadinejad’s application to be a candidate is Iran’s May presidential election has been rejected by the Guardian Council, the body that vets applicants, according to the Interior Ministry. The decision does not seem to come as a surprise after Supreme Read more
Registration for the presidential elections in Iran began this week and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was at the Interior ministry to register as a candidate. He had ruled Iran from 2005 to 2013 but his reelection in 2009 was marred Read more
Head of the Expediency Council and Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 82, passed away on Sunday due to a heart failure. A-three day mourning has been decreed in the country. President Hassan Rouhani said the country is mourning its Read more
President Hassan Rouhani has reminded world leaders that they have to capitalize on the change of power the elections have offered them because the solution to Iran’s nuclear program “will not be limitless.” He has also ruled out any solution Read more
Outgoing Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has revealed that there are plans to become the next major exporter of vehicle fuels as more plants are opened. The country used to rely on oil imports but has now turned to exportations as Read more
Recent claims to be made by Iran’s military is that it has drones which are far more advanced than the unmanned aircraft Hezbollah launched into Israeli airspace earlier this month. Iranian Defense Minister, Ahmad Vahidi, said the Hezbollah drone which Read more