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Iranian election stories: 113 news summaries

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 Ahmadinejad, Chief Rival 
 Both Claim Victory 

Voting runs extra 3 hours to accommodate volume

Jun 12, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Both leading candidates for Iran’s presidency are trumpeting victory after Iranians swarmed the polls, forcing them to remain open an extra 3 hours, Reuters reports. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad each claimed some 60% of the vote. Meanwhile, President Obama applauded the election, which he said heralded “... More »

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 Ahmadinejad  On 
 Ropes as Iran Votes 

Massive turnout expected in critical presidential ballot

Jun 12, 09 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The polls have opened in Iran's presidential election, and a near-record turnout is expected after an unusually intense campaign that saw nightly rallies and Western-style TV debates. Until just two weeks ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seemed a shoo-in for a second term, but the moderate Mir Hossein Mousavi has surged on... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • election • presidential election • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Ex-President Leads Charge Against Ahmadinejad

Rafsanjani behind scenes in Iran election

Jun 11, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s chief adversary in his reelection bid isn’t the candidate he’s trying to beat, it’s the candidate he beat 4 years ago, the New York Times reports. Ex-president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been leading a massive behind-the-scenes effort on behalf of Ahmadinejad’s opponents... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • election • Iranian election • Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

 This Woman 
 May Take Down 
 Ahmadinejad 

Wife of reformist candidate strikes a blow in Iran

Jun 11, 09 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tomorrow Iran goes to the polls in a critical presidential election that could see Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tossed out of office. As Der Spiegel reports, Mir Hossein Mousavi, a former prime minister with a reputation for clean governance, is riding a wave of support—thanks in part to his wife, a... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • women • Muslim women • Iranian politics • spouse • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Zahra Rahnavard

Ahmadinejad Threatens to Jail Election Foes

Iran president accuses opponents of using 'Hitler's methods'

Jun 10, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Iran’s increasingly heated presidential campaign winds down, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is accusing his opponents of using “Hitler’s methods” to smear him, Reuters reports. Ahmadinejad threatened to arrest moderate Mir Hossein Mousavi and two other candidates, saying, “No one has the right to insult the president, and... More »

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ANALYSIS

Iran's 'Marriage Crisis' Threatens Ahmadinejad

Sky-high housing prices, inflation prevent couples' independence

Jun 9, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran is grappling with a “marriage crisis” that could cost Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a key demographic in Friday’s presidential election, Azadeh Moaveni writes in Time. The government’s international standing already has young people—35% of the population—seething; on top of that, those hoping to tie the knot... More »

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 Iran's Election Gets Nasty 


Jun 8, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The run-up to Friday’s presidential election has been the most heated Iran has ever seen, the New York Times reports. The candidates have accused each other of corruption, bribery, and torture, and every night the streets of Tehran erupt, with thousands dancing, fighting, and demonstrating. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is... More »

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N Korea, Iran Battle to Soccer Stalemate

Result could hurt Ahmedinejad's
election chances

Jun 6, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - There was more than World Cup qualification riding on the soccer game between the two remaining members of George W. Bush’s "axis of evil" today, the Financial Times reports. Mahmoud Ahmedinajad has long been criticized for interfering with the national team, and today's frustrating 0-0 stalemate with North... More »

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Iran Blocks Facebook
As Election Nears

Iranian press suggests a reaction against support for reform candidate

May 24, 09 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has blocked access to Facebook just in time for June elections, reports the BBC. The move is viewed as an effort to hurt presidential reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, whose Facebook page lists 5000 supporters and who is considered a possible threat to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Facebook blasted the... More »

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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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Rival Slams Iranian Prez's Holocaust Denial


Reform candidate accuses Ahmadinejad of needlessly antagonizing West

May 16, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(AP) - A reformist challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the hardliner's denial of the Holocaust is serving Israel's interests and pushing the country deeper into international isolation. Moderate cleric Mahdi Karroubi is one of two reformist candidates hoping to unseat Ahmadinejad in the country's June 12 presidential election. More »

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Former Iranian PM to Run for President

Moderate Mousavi emerges to challenge Ahmadinejad

Mar 10, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mir Hossein Mousavi, the last prime minister before Iran purged the position, will challenge Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and two other moderate reformers in this summer’s presidential election, he announced today. The run will be the reputed moderate’s first major foray since his post was eliminated in 1989, AFP reports.... More »

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Ex-Iranian President Khatami Will Challenge Ahmadinejad

In previous terms, advocated change, international communication

Feb 4, 09 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Former president Mohammad Khatami will challenge his successor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Iran’s upcoming elections, the Washington Post reports. The bid would set up “a full-fledged confrontation between totalitarians and reformists,” says a former Khatami official. Khatami, who served from 1997-2005, tried and failed to expand personal freedom... More »

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