Tehran: Iranians wrapped up a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's power over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iranian leaders were looking for a high turnout at Friday's poll to ease a crisis of legitimacy caused by Ahmadinejad's re-election in 2009, when widespread accusations of fraud plunged the Islamic Republic into the worst unrest of its 33-year history. Iran also faces economic turmoil compounded...
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Tehran: Polls opened on Friday for a parliamentary election in Iran that will test the popularity of the clerical establishment at a time of a standoff with the West over the country's nuclear programme. State radio reported polling stations opened their doors to voters at 8 a.m. (0430 GMT). They are due to close at 6 p.m. (1430 GMT), although this time has been extended in past votes. The parliamentary...11:28 AM, Mar 02, 2012
London: Iran has "dramatically escalated" a crackdown on dissent in the run-up to this week's parliamentary elections, arresting lawyers, students and journalists and targeting electronic media, human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday. "In Iran today you put yourself at risk if you do anything that might fall outside the increasingly narrow confines of what the authorities deem socially or politically acceptable," said Ann Harrison, an Amnesty Middle East...08:06 PM, Feb 28, 2012
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Residents said riot police and religious Basij militia were out in force. ...01:20 PM, Jun 23, 2009
He said Western countries should keep away from Iran's domestic issues. ...12:02 AM, Jun 22, 2009
At least 10 people were killed while protesting on Saturday. ...10:11 PM, Jun 21, 2009
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The unrest is being called the worst in a decade in Tehran. ...09:04 PM, Jun 14, 2009
ICCA regretted counting process was "widely engineered (manipulated)". ...07:42 AM, Jun 14, 2009
Protests against many obvious election violations are being staged vehemently. ...08:11 PM, Jun 13, 2009
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