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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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Guardian Council stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - A potentially big development on the Iran elections tonight: The nation's most prominent clerical group demanded that the results be thrown out and called the new government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad illegitimate, the New York Times reports. The decision may yet collapse under state pressure, but it's a defiant rebuke of... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • disputed election • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Guardian Council • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Qom

 Iran Council Confirms 
 Ahmadinejad Win 

Top council makes decision

Jun 29, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - After partially recounting ballots, Iran’s top legislators have confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the victor in the country’s presidential election, the BBC reports. The decision by the 12-member, conservative-controlled Guardian Council was announced on state television and follows weeks of protests in which some 17 are believed to have... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Guardian Council • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

(Newser) - The top body investigating the results of the recent election is asking Iran’s supreme leader to give it more time to clear up any and all “ambiguities,” Reuters reports. “We are urging you to allow us to extend the deadline to receive further complaints five more... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • inquiry • Guardian Council • election results • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mehdi Karoubi

Iran election dispute

 Clerics Invite Opposition to Talk 


Jun 18, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s Guardian Council has invited all three opposition candidates to a meeting to air their grievances Saturday, the New York Times reports. But the opposition is likely to view that olive branch warily; it has already turned down the council’s offer for a partial recount. Protesters say... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • cleric • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Guardian Council • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Iran Blocks Foreign Press 
 as Thousands Protest 

Government cracks down on communications, arrests reformists

Jun 17, 09 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are planning more rallies today, despite an appeal for calm by the country's supreme religious leader. Iran has banned international journalists from the protests after Monday's violence at a Mousavi demonstration, where seven people died. But state television, which showed rallies in... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Guardian Council • Iranian politics • recount • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Iran's Guardian Council Vows 
 Recount as 7 Die in Protests 

Guardian Council makes U-turn as state radio confirms deaths

Jun 16, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most powerful body in Iran declared it will allow a recount in last Friday's controversial presidential election, the BBC reports. The announcement follows three days of massive protests in Tehran, in which seven people were killed. State radio claims the deaths came as protesters attacked a military post after... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Tehran University • Guardian Council • recount • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Women Candidates Shut Out of Iran's Presidential Race

Council chucks out applications from all 42 female hopefuls

May 21, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's vetting board has once again rejected every female candidate from the nation's upcoming presidential election, Time reports. Women made up almost a tenth of the 475 hopefuls who signed on. The rejection is widely blamed on the Guardian Council's interpretation of a word in Iran's constitution which they have... More »

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Iran • women • women's rights • candidacy • Guardian Council • Iranian politics • Iranian election

 Ruling Conservatives 
 Should Fare Well in Iran Vote 

Conservatives likely to gain in parliament as many reform candidates barred

Mar 13, 08 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian conservatives are likely to gain seats in tomorrow's parliamentary elections despite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's growing unpopularity, Al Jazeera reports. Iranians may disapprove of the president's economic policies, but the ruling Guardians Council barred 1,700 candidates—mainly reformists—from seeking election to the 290-seat parliament. Government officials and state-run media... More »

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Iran • inflation • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Teheran • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • election • Guardian Council

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