Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
A picture taken on October 11, 2009 shows the former Head of the Iran's presidential office, Esfandyar Rahim Mashaie, speaking during an interview with AFP in Tehran. Iran's June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on May 21, 2013 as the list of candidates bidding to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is finalised, with at least two well-known figures already targeted for disqualification.
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I ask those who support me and Mr. Mashaei to be patient, because there will be no problem because of the presence of the Leader [of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei]
I consider ... Mashaie as faithful, righteous and useful for the country, and had endorsed him based on these capabilities and characteristics
I introduced Mr. Mashaie and I know himMore quotes »
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Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
-- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader.His comments 9:20 AM Read more »
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Iran removes potential wild-card candidates
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's election overseers removed potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race yesterday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers. 5/21/13 Read more »
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Iran hard-liners urge election ban on 2 candidates
Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two contenders -- a moderate former president and a protege of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- from running in next month's presidential election.According to a report Wednesday by the semi-official Fars Read more »
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Iranian president Ahmadinejad could face 74 lashes from election charges
's constitutional watchdog said Sunday it will seek possible charges against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for allegedly violating rules by accompanying his chief adviser to the election registry office the previous day.The dispute appears to stem from an Read more »
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Iran's FM spokesman resigns amid presidential bid
the report late Saturday came just hours after the deadline to register for the June 14 election to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .Mehr says Mehmanparast will be replaced by Abbas Araghchi, a member of Iran's nuclear negotiators team. Araghchi also Read more »
Around the web
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Ahmadinejad fights to back his successor
— Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will challenge the disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential election, Iran's state-run Press TV reported today. Only eight candidates have been approved to run for office from more than 680 candidates 12:03 PM from The Sentinel Source Read more »
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Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader. 11:17 AM from FindLaw: AP News Read more »
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Iranian presidential candidates Rafsanjani and Mashaei blocked from election
Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's former chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been barred from running in Iran's upcoming presidential election. Iran's Guardian Council, tasked with vetting candidates, 5/21/13 from Foreign Policy Read more »
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Iran's rulers risk alienating voters by candidate bans
election, but they risk alienating voters already disillusioned by the violent aftermath of the 2009 poll. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad receives a frame of a quote from the Koran as a gift, during a meeting with a group of scholars and scientists 5/21/13 from The Star Malaysia Read more »
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Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to contest ally's 'unjust' vote ban
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he will ask supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to reverse what he branded the unjust disqualification of a close aide from next month's presidential election. The conservative-dominated Guardians Council on 7:51 AM from NDTV Read more »
