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| | Iranian presidential election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The text of the Iranian law for presidential elections (in Persian) | | | Karroubi has accused hardliners of rigging the election and has explicitly alleged Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, among the conspirators. | | | Asgharzadeh was rejected by the Guardian Council to run as a candidate in the 2001 presidential elections, which had made him unlikely to be approved this time. |
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| | Politics of Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | According to the Iranian constitution (having mentioned Ayatollah Khomeini exempt from this rule as the founder of the revolution), the Supreme Leader is elected by a congress-like body called the Assembly of Experts (whose members are elected by direct public vote to 8 year terms). | | | According to current election laws, a body of 12 experts called the Guardian Council are in charge of overseeing and approving electoral candidates for most national elections in Iran. | | | After the election of Mohammad Khatami in 1997, more parties started to work, mostly of the reformist movement and opposed by hard-liners. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Iran
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| | Hexapedia - Iranian presidential election, 2005 |
| | Also, according to the Iranian constitution, the election should take place at least one month eariler than the end of the term (July 2, 2005). | | | The Guardian Council, who is also the official interpreter of the constitution, has mentioned on previous elections that the restriction has not been considered in depth yet, since according to the Council's opinion there were no women who passed the other requirements of the constitution. | | | But the Guardian Council, which is required to confirm every law passed by the Majlis, will most probably reject such a law, as mentioned by the Council's speaker, Gholamhossein Elham, on November 13, 2004. |
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http://www.hexafind.com/encyclopedia/Iranian_presidential_election,_2005
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| | NPR : Q&A: Iran Presidential Election Preview |
| | In this election campaign, all the candidates have had to loosen their style to appeal to the youth vote, which is the decisive factor. | | | Ayatollah Khamenei and his conservative supporters are hoping that the election of a conservative president will complete their consolidation of all governmental power in Iran. | | | NPR.org, June 17, 2005 · Iranian voters go the polls Friday to choose a successor to outgoing president Mohamed Khatami. |
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4705530
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| | Iranian Election Thread The Agonist |
| | Parliamentary and presidential candidates are expected to declare their loyalty to the doctrine of absolute rule of the Jurisconsult [velayat faqih motlaqeh]. | | | The required qualifications stated in Iran's election laws clearly place "unreasonable restrictions" on the ability of Iranians to be elected to political office. | | | As a party to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, Iran is obligated to allow its citizens to compete as candidates in elections without "unreasonable restrictions." Iran's current parliamentary and presidential election laws incorporate discriminatory criteria that restrict the participation of many candidates in the electoral process. |
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http://www.agonist.org/story/2005/6/16/20113/7299
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| | Dar Al Hayat |
| | The American administration had decided beforehand that the Iranian elections are undemocratic and so did the British “sovereign voice”, yet, the stark truth is that the elections were very democratic, despite ousting some Reformists and women. | | | The Iranian people’s response was to vote for his closest allies for President. |
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http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/OPED/06-2005/Article-20050630-cddc6c23-c0a8-10ed-00f8-0297120e03d0/story.html
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| | USATODAY.com - Iranian presidential election set for June |
| | TEHRAN (AP) — Iran's constitutional watchdog has approved June 17 as the date for presidential elections, state-run television reported Saturday, marking the first contest for control of the presidency since ruling clerics barred reformist candidates from last year's parliamentary election. | | | Khatami is prevented from running for a third term by the Iranian constitution. | | | The Guardian Council, which vets all parliamentary legislation and elections, disqualified more than 2,000 reformist candidates in legislative polls in February, effectively barring reformers from the assembly. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-01-02-iran-elections_x.htm
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| | The United States and the Iranian Election |
| | The election of the hard-line Teheran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over former president Hashemi Rafsanjani as the new president of Iran is undeniably a setback to those hoping to advance the cause of greater social and political freedom in that country. | | | Another significant factor which led to Ahmadinejad's election was the fact that the United States did not provide Iranians with much incentive to elect another reformist as head of state. | | | In short, it was a situation that should not be too unfamiliar to American voters. |
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http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0628-25.htm
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| | Will Conservatives Dominate Iran's Election? - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY |
| | This is part of the Guardians Council's constitutional responsibility to supervise elections. | | | The presence of many candidates encourages public participation in the election, and the Iranian regime uses voter turnout figures to legitimize itself. | | | At the time of the 1998 Assembly of Experts election, Jannati said the council must only answer to the authority that appointed it -- the supreme leader -- if it made any mistakes in rejecting over half of the 396 prospective candidates. |
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http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/05/2ec8a8dc-576c-40ea-a187-e78f71136715.html
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| | Khaleej Times Online |
| | TEHERAN - Iran’s constitutional watchdog has approved June 17 as the date for presidential elections, state-run television reported Saturday, marking the first contest for control of the presidency since ruling clerics barred reformist candidates from last year’s parliamentary election. | | | Khatami, who is prevented from running for a third term by the Iranian constitution, has suggested that he may return to academia after he steps down. | | | The Guardian Council, which vets all parliamentary legislation and elections, disqualified more than 2,000 reformist candidates in legislative polls in February, effectively barring reformers from the assembly. |
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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/January/middleeast_January19.xml§ion=middleeast
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| | June 2005 infoTurkish.com Herşey Hakkında Türkçe Bilgi |
| | The November 2005 election will be the first since Governor James McGreevey resigned over a scandal in which he was revealed to be homosexual. | | | In Washington, United States, the battle over the results of the 2004 gubernatorial election is settled by a county judge, approving the final count in favor of Christine Gregoire. | | | The Supreme Court of the Republic of China rejects the opposition's appeal to nullify the results of the 2004 presidential election. |
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http://www.infoturkish.com/Turkey/June-2005.html
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| | ABC News: Iranian Exiles Urge Protest of Election |
| | LOS ANGELES Jun 17, 2005 (AP)— Iranian exiles are campaigning against Friday's presidential elections in their homeland, urging would-be voters in the Islamic republic and abroad to boycott what they call a sham poll. | | | Khatami is prevented from running for a third term by the Iranian constitution. | | | Iranian Exiles Urge Voters Living in Country, Abroad to Boycott What They Call a Sham Election |
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=857875
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| | 2005 |
| | U.S. Presidential inauguration day (see U.S. presidential election, 2004). | | | May 5 - Expected date for UK General Election (though it could take place as late as June 30, 2006) and due date of UK District Council elections, particularly those who have elections for the whole Council every four years. | | | January 9 - Palestinian election to replace Yasser Arafat, who died in Paris on November 11, 2004 |
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http://www.centipedia.com/index.php?title=2005
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| | Iran’s next president: What is the likely outcome of 17 June? |
| | If this is true, the majority of Iranian voters who voted for reforms in the past plus the 1.75 million first-time voters – usually enthusiast participants – are less likely to vote for Qalibaf, who despite his success as police chief has been behind the arrests of reformist bloggers. | | | Alami, a member of the current conservative-dominated Majlis, was approved by the council for election to that body less than two years ago. | | | The conservatives, if past elections are a guide, do not have more than 9 million traditional voters. |
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http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1108.html
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| | Iranian Presidential Election Set for June (phillyBurbs.com) Middle East |
| | Khatami is prevented from running for a third term by the Iranian constitution. | | | TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's constitutional watchdog has approved June 17 as the date for presidential elections, state-run television reported Saturday, marking the first contest for control of the presidency since ruling clerics barred reformist candidates from last year's parliamentary election. | | | The Guardian Council, which vets all parliamentary legislation and elections, disqualified more than 2,000 reformist candidates in legislative polls in February, effectively barring reformers from the assembly. |
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/93-01012005-425578.html
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| | Democracy Now! Iran Presidential Race Heads to Unprecedented Runoff in Election Marred by Fraud Allegations |
| | I — you know, an election where, you know, the leading candidate is — Hashemi Rafsanjani — is, compared to 1997 elections that brought in sort of the hope of reform, is profoundly disillusioning, and I think it was the right decision to boycott the elections to begin with. | | | Unlike most people that don’t understand, if I stand up here and say, the way Iranians elect their supreme leader is the same as the way Americans elect their president. | | | They had elections all along, except during, you know, the civil war 15 years. |
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/20/1328223
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| | Iran Foto |
| | TEHERAN - Iran’s constitutional watchdog has approved June 17 as the date for presidential elections, state-run television reported Saturday, marking the first contest for control of the presidency si... | | | TEHRAN, 30 December 2004 — Two Iranian reformist politicians have declared their intention to stand in next May’s presidential elections, joining a widening field of cons... | | | Iranian presidential election to choose Khatamis successor set for June 17... |
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http://archive.wn.com/2005/01/04/1400/iranfoto
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| | Iranian Reformer Disqualified from Presidential Election » Outside The Beltway OTB |
| | Iranian Reformer Disqualified from Presidential Election » Outside The Beltway | | | Iran& largest reform party decried the disqualifications and threatened to boycott the June 17 election unless the Guardian Council, which answers directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reversed the decision. | | | The disqualifications follow a similar move by the Guardian Council before Iran& parliamentary elections last year, when the panel barred more than 2,000 reformist candidates. |
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http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2005/05/iranian_reformer_disqualified_from_presidential_election
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| | President Who? By Negar Azimi |
| | But by the early evening of Election Day, it was clear that Ahmadinejad, an obscure conservative with spotless revolutionary credentials, had received almost twice the number of votes as his rival. | | | What's more, stand-offs between uniformed basiji (paramilitary) youth and well-heeled hipsters from North Tehran on the city's broad boulevards during election week seemed emblematic of a growing divide. | | | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the son of a blacksmith who had risen through the ranks of the revolutionary guard to become Tehran's mayor, had just been elected president in a landslide run-off victory. |
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| | Iranian reformer says presidential election was rigged - Sify.com |
| | But Karoubi insisted Ahmadinejad's showing was highly suspicious and appealed to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to "appoint an honest and trusted committee" to probe the Guardians Council - an unelected political watchdog - the interior ministry, the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij militia. | | | "I see this election as being rigged," charged Karoubi, who came in third, with 17.46 percent. | | | Iranian reformer says presidential election was rigged - Sify.com |
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| | The Head Heeb: Runoff |
| | This may simply be an electoral tactic, but it may also be an indication that, if elected, Mo'in doesn't intend to accept all the theocrats' rules. | | | UPDATE 2: Provisional final results confirm that the runoff will be between Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad. | | | As things stand now, it looks like today's Iranian presidential election will go to a runoff between presidential aide Mustafa Mo'in and former president and Exigency Council chair Hashemi Rafsanjani. |
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http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/archives/028647.html
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| | S'CAN-IRANIC : Travesty of Legitimacy and Election Rigging in Iran's June 2005 Presidential Election |
| | One has to concede that with sixty-two percent turnout for the first round and fifty-nine percent turnout for the second round, the Iranian Presidential Election received an average of sixty percent turnout and the regime's legitimacy, at least in the eyes of its leaders is confirmed. | | | I think we have to take the discrepancies in the voter turnout as an indicator that this election's flaws should be taknen far more seriously. | | | Travesty of Legitimacy and Election Rigging in Iran's June 2005 Presidential Election |
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http://secularcaniranik.blogs.com/scaniranic/2005/07/june_2005_presi.html
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| | CNN.com - Hardline mayor wins Iran runoff - Jun 25, 2005 |
| | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- a hard-line conservative who has said Iran should embrace the principles of the 1979 Islamic Revolution -- was declared the winner of Iran's presidential election early Saturday, garnering about 62 percent of the votes, the Interior Ministry said. | | | Rafsanjani had softened his stance in recent months, calling for improving Iran's strained ties with the West -- including the United States, which has had no formal diplomatic ties with the country since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. | | | In last week's first round of the presidential election, the turnout was close to 63 percent, the Associated Press reported. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/24/iran.election.winner
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| | Iranian Clerics Urge Big Turnout in Leadership Vote |
| | "What I am saying is our priority should be an election for the [supreme] leader," Ganji said. | | | Iranian Clerics Urge Big Turnout in Leadership Vote | | | Ganji, a sociologist and journalist jailed after he uncovered the state's role in the murders of prominent reformists, stands out among Iranian activists urging a boycott of the June 17 election. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/03/AR2005060301653.html
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| | Bloggers of Iran |
| | Behi, a 27-year-old Tehran-based political blogger, captures the reservations many Iranians have about the political process. | | | The massive number of Americans who support raising the minimum wage should spur Congress to action. | | | She was, the government said, acting "rude and intrusive." So, she started a blog. |
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| | Gateway Pundit: No Blue Fingers in St. Louis |
| | "It might not be an ideal election for us, but the basics are there," the former education minister told Reuters in an election day interview at his campaign headquarters in Tehran. | | | Low voter turn out is the story here! | | | Michelle Malkin and Instapundit are talking about the election. |
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http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2005/06/no-blue-fingers-in-st-louis.html
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| | US mulls shock result in Iranian presidential election |
| | But the election proved something of a surprise to US officials, who had not hidden their hopes for a low turnout to signal a disavowal of the process by Iranian voters. | | | US mulls shock result in Iranian presidential election | | | Russia called the result an "expression of the will of the Iranian people." Pakistan, a key player in the US-led war on terror, welcomed Ahmadinejad's victory, and France archly referred to him as the "newly elected" president. |
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http://www.spacewar.com/2005/050625163635.sc6x2tln.html
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| | Mister Poll: Iran Presidential Elections 2005 |
| | Mohammad Khatami, the current President of Iran, will need to step down on August 2, 2005, after serving his maximal two consecutive four-year terms according to the Islamic Republic's constitution. | | | Iranian presidential election of 2005 will take place on June 17, 2005. | | | Who would you vote for in Iran Presidential Election? |
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http://www.misterpoll.com/poll.mpl?id=1544696040
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| | ABC News: Hard-Line Mayor Leads Iranian Election |
| | The first partial results to be declared by the Interior Ministry gave the lead to Rafsanjani, who is backed by reformers. | | | Iranian presidential candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left, casts his ballot in the presidential run-off election, in Tehran, Iran, Friday June 24, 2005. | | | Iranians voted Friday in their first presidential runoff between Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani and his hard-line rival Ahmadinejad who says the nation must reclaim the values of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. |
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| | Iranian presidential runoff heats up - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com |
| | Reformers said they had to defeat his opponent, the unabashedly hard-line Tehran mayor, Mahdi Ahmadinejad. | | | Iranian presidential runoff heats up - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com | | | Two clergymen read newspapers Monday placed on the wall of a campaign center of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, current presidential candidate, shown in the papers' pictures, who will face Tehran's hard-line mayor in Iran's first runoff presidential election in its history. |
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| | Vote count begins in Irans presidential election - |
| | Interior Minister Abdolvahed Moussavi-Lari, who is responsible for running the election, said on Friday that "The competition is very close," | | | Iranians were choosing their president from a field of seven, with former Presdident Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani leading all candidates. | | | Outgoing Iranian President Mohammad Khatami casts his ballot at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran |
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| | 2005 - Factbites |
| | O'Reilly Open Source Convention - August 1-5, 2005 - Portland, OR | | | Co-located with TFP 2005 (September 23-24) and GPCE 2005 (September 29 - October 1). | | | MobiHoc 2005 will be held in Urbana-Champaign, IL,USA, May 25-28, 2005. |
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http://www.factbites.com/topics/2005
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| | Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Iranian Blogs & 2005 |
| | 3-More Politicians become bloggers: Tajzadeh, a reformist activist, Moin, a former Minister and reformist presidential candidate, several other reformist politicians have started to write their ideas and meetings in their blogs. | | | Moin a reformist presidential candidate, writes that twice his blog was hacked. | | | Several political events became the centrepiece of such activities: the continuing torture and tormenting of Akbar Ganji, the Iranian journalist, the surge in the persecution of student activists and webloggers, the nuclear talks between Iran and the EU, and last but not least, the Iranian Presidential Election. |
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http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2005/12/27/iranian-blogs-2005
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| | NPR : Field Is Open in Iranian Presidential Election |
| | NPR : Field Is Open in Iranian Presidential Election | | | All Things Considered, April 28, 2005 · Several political figures are vying to succeed outgoing President Mohammed Khatami in Iran's election June 17. |
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| | Iran ALmanac - News Head Lines |
| | Familiar face emerges in Iran vote Former President Rafsanjani is gaining support to run in the June 17 presidential elections.... | | | Rafsanjani Likely To Run In Presidential Election (4/27/2005) | | | Low Turnout Prediced for Iranian Presidential Elections (4/27/2005) |
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| | BBC NEWS Middle East Iran hardliner to contest run-off |
| | Iranians were choosing their president from a field of seven, after some 1,000 potential candidates were disqualified from the race by the clergy. | | | Iranian authorities had hoped for a high turn-out to fend off foreign criticism that the elections were unfair. | | | No Iranian presidential election has gone to a second round before. |
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| | Britain criticises Iranian presidential election |
| | London - Britain criticised Saturday the Iranian presidential runoff election which brought hardline Teheran mayor Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad to power. | | | Straw claimed there was widespread interference and election violations by the security forces and other organs of the regime in the first round of the election. | | | Ahmadi-Nejad, a hardliner and member of the ultraconservative Abadagaran (Development) Party, won 61.8 per cent of Friday's vote against 37 per cent for his better-known opponent Akbar Hashemi- Rafsanjani. |
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| | CNN.com - Iranians choosing new president - Jun 17, 2005 |
| | Rafsanjani, who was president from 1989 to 1997, has been trying to position himself in the political center and has said he is for "a policy of relaxation of tension" with the United States, which has not had formal diplomatic ties with Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. | | | More than 1,000 would-be candidates were barred from Friday's election by the council, including all the women who applied. | | | Seven candidates are vying to succeed President Mohammed Khatami, a reform-minded cleric barred from seeking a third term. |
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| | New York Post Online Edition: postopinion |
| | The 49-year-old Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, who became mayor of Tehran less than two years ago, won the presidency in a landslide, crushing the mullah-cum-tycoon Al-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani-Bahremani, one of the pillars of the regime since its inception in 1979. | | | Ahmedinejad's election shows that the Khomeinist regime cannot be reformed from within. | | | Paradoxically, the clarity created by this election may prove useful. |
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| | Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive |
| | A comprehensive archive of federal elections statistics since 1901, and state and territory statistics since 1990. |
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| | JURIST - Paper Chase: Allegations of election fraud arise ahead of runoff in Iranian presidential race |
| | JURIST - Paper Chase: Allegations of election fraud arise ahead of runoff in Iranian presidential race | | | Allegations of election fraud arise ahead of runoff in Iranian presidential race | | | Christopher Tate at 4:28 PM ET [JURIST] The Iranian Judiciary [official website] detained a number of people on suspicion of election violations Saturday, a day after Iran's presidential election and six days before the top two candidates face each other in a runoff vote. |
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| | Iranian TV criticizes CNN coverage of presidential election |
| | CNN correspondent [Christiane Amanpour], who is in Tehran for the coverage the ninth presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran, began her first report this morning on the Iranian election with a faultfinding view and tone. | | | Admitting that the presence of the people was overwhelming, Amanpour said that it was a response to a statement by [US President] George Bush last night in which he criticized Iranian elections. | | | The unprecedented participation of the people of Iran in the presidential election has confused the American TV network, CNN. |
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| | Iranian presidential election headed for first-ever runoff |
| | Some credited U.S. denunciations of the election for goading more Iranians to cast ballots after a Western-style campaign that has reshaped Iranian politics. | | | TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran headed toward the first runoff presidential election in its history as a key government official predicted today that none of the seven candidates - including the favorite contender, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani - would win enough votes for outright victory. | | | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. |
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| | Iran election going to run-off, challenger alleges fraud - Wikinews |
| | Friday's elections whittled Iran's field of presidential candidates from eight to two, but the incredibly close vote has led to the scheduling of an unprecedented runoff to be held next Friday. | | | This page was last modified 23:22, 20 February 2006. | | | Michael Slackman "Iran Moderate Says Hard-Liners Rigged Election". |
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| | THE BEST IS THE BAD CHOICE (Iran Press Service) |
| | Candidates in the Iranian presidential elections look like being cloned from each other. | | | RIYADH (SAUDI ARABIA) Imagine a Martian arriving in Tehran these days to observe the presidential election. | | | With the Majles and other organs of the regime now controlled by Khameneh’i the conquest of the presidency by his camp could end establishment’s internecine feuds. |
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