Iran to continue nuke scheme and exporting terror after sham elections , claim exiles
EXCLUSIVE On Tuesday Iran s election watchdog has approved the candidacy of just seven candidates for its upcoming election on June 18 - after around 600 hopefuls registered to run
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Iran s Election Already Has a Likely Right-Wing Winner, But Nuclear Talks Will Go On
On 5/25/21 at 4:39 PM EDT
Semi-official media sources with ties to the country s influential Revolutionary Guard have already picked a likely winner from among the seven men who have been qualified for the Iranian presidency.
The likely victor of that speculation is a conservative, but even this shift to the right may not be enough to turn the tide against the nuclear talks currently being pursued by the United States and Iran.
Iran s Fars News Agency first reported Friday the names of the seven candidates out of nearly 600 who were approved to run next month by the 12-member Guardian Council. The right-wing-dominated list included former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalil, Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi, Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaee, legislator Alireza Zakani, Deputy Parliament Speaker Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, former Vice President Mohsen Mehralizadeh and Central Bank Governor Abd
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2021-05-15 11:35:19 GMT2021-05-15 19:35:19(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, May 15 (Xinhua) Iran s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday registered to officially run in the country s upcoming presidential election, after announcing his bid for the presidency as an independent candidate.
He arrived at the Iranian Interior Ministry s election headquarters here on Saturday, the last day of the registration process, to sign up to run in the election on June 18. Seeing the living conditions of the people; the issues of unemployment, high prices, the people s livelihood, and the economic situation are a major cause for concern, Raisi was quoted by Iranian news network Press TV as saying.
A string of prominent Iranian politicians have entered the presidential race in a bid to replace Hassan Rouhani. The list includes former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as well as the chief justice and an ex-parliament speaker.