Iran begins counting ballots in presidential election
Centrist cleric Hassan Rowhani, considered the only moderate in the presidential race, reportedly takes a big lead in early returns. Turnout may have been as high as 80%, officials say./ By Ramin Mostaghim and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times/ — Electoral authorities were counting ballots ...
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Early vote count in Iran gives Rowhani wide lead
The first official returns in Iran's elections are showing Hasan Rowhani with a strong lead./ Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, the country's former top nuclear negotiator, casts his ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in downtown Tehran, Iran, Friday./ Early ...
Moderate cleric Rohani leads early Iran election results
Presidential candidate Hassan Rohani casts his ballot during the Iranian presidential election in Tehran June 14, 2013. REUTERS/Yalda Moayeri/ took a commanding lead ahead of conservative rivals in , according to initial results, but his tally appeared narrowly insufficient to avoid a second ...
Rowhani leads in Iran's early vote count
Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former Iran's top nuclear negotiator, casts his ballot during presidential elections at a polling station in downtown Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013./ Iran's reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting ...
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From Vetted List, Iran Votes for President
Voters in Increasingly Isolated Nation Seek Economic Boost From Slate of Candidates Approved by Clerical Council/ Iranian women show their inked fingers at a polling station during the country's presidential elections in the city of Shahre-Ray, Iran, on Friday./ Iranians cast their ballots on ...
Iranian officials count ballots in presidential election
Electoral authorities began counting ballots late Friday after tens of millions of Iranians turned out to vote for a successor to President/ Officials estimated that the turnout may have reached 70% among more than 50 million eligible voters. The race featured five conservatives and a single ...
Early vote count in Iran gives Rowhani wide lead
's interior minister says preliminary election returns give reformist-backed candidate has nearly 402,000 votes out of a total of 861,866 counted. That gives the former nuclear negotiator an early wide margin over Tehran Mayor It was unclear when final results would be known. Iran has more than ...
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Iran's battered reformers seek election rebound
minded Iranians who have faced years of crackdowns looked Friday to claw back a bit of ground in a that gave them an unexpected hero and a chance to upend a vote that once appeared solidly in the hands of Tehran's ruling clerics. Iranians waited on line for hours in wilting heat at some polling ...
Moderate Candidate Leading in Iran's Early Vote Count
Early results from Iran's presidential election have moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani with the lead. He has the support of reformists in Iran. Rowhani has more than 53 percent of the 5.2 million votes counted early Saturday. Tehran Mayor Bagher Qalibaf had about 17 percent of the votes, and ...
Iranians Go To Polls In Vote To Replace Ahmadinejad
Ali Akbar Velayati, a conservative presidential candidate, shows his ink-stained finger as he votes at a polling station on Friday./ Millions of Iranians cast ballots Friday in elections to replace incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a race that is being characterized as a potential ...
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Haunted by 2009 bloody chaos, Iranians vote in presidential election
Ben Brumfield. Laura Smith-Spark and Neda Farshbaf/ reports from inside Iran. Watch live from Tehran on CNN at 7 p.m. ET. -- Television cameras zoomed in on his hand Friday as Iran's supreme leader filled out the first ballot in the national election to replace outgoing President Mahmoud ...
Iran's voters show fervor in showdown atmosphere
(AP) — Iran's supreme leader delivered a salty rebuke to the U.S. Friday as Iranians lined up to vote in a that has suddenly become a showdown across the Islamic Republic's political divide: hard-liners looking to cement their control and re-energized reformists backing the lone moderate. ...
Iran elections 2013: A race between a reformist and a principlist?
Iran’s 2013 presidential election is now a competition between one centrist candidate and five conservative candidates; the pro-reform candidate, Mohammad Reza Aref, pulled out of this week’s presidential election on Tuesday in order to rally behind Hassan Rowhani, the centrist whose campaign ...
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Haunted by 2009 bloody chaos, Iranians vote in presidential election
reports from inside Iran. Watch live from Tehran on CNN at 7 p.m. ET. -- Television cameras zoomed in on his hand Friday as Iran's supreme leader filled out the first ballot in the national election to replace outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slipped the folded ...
Iran voters draw spirit in showdown atmosphere
(AP) — Iranian voters appeared to heed calls to cast ballots Friday in a that has suddenly become a showdown across Iran's political divide: Hard-liners looking to cement their control and re-energized reformists backing the lone moderate left in the race. delivering a salty rebuke to U.S. ...
Iran's leader jabs US as presidential vote begins
(AP) — Iran's top leader gave a salty rebuke Friday to U.S. questions over the openness of the presidential contest in the Islamic Republic, telling Washington "the hell with you" after casting his ballot in a race widely criticized in the West as rigged in favor of Tehran's ruling system. The ...
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Iran holds its presidential election Friday. Here are five things you should know:
Iran's election overseers allowed eight candidates on the ballot to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again in this election because of term limits. Six candidates remained on the final ballot. Most are solid loyalists to the ruling Islamic theocracy, headed by Supreme Leader ...
Iran's polls open in presidential vote
Iranian women look at a banner of presidential candidate Ali Akbar Velayati, a conservative Foreign Minister, a day prior to the election in Tehran./ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the end, Iran's presidential election may be defined by who doesn't vote. As polls opened early Friday, arguments over ...
Supreme leader pushes Iranians to vote in 'epic' election
Television cameras zoomed in on his hand Friday as Iran's supreme leader filled out the very first ballot in the national election to replace outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slipped the folded paper into the ballot box and turned to the cameras. He called on the 50 ...
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Iran begins vote to choose Ahmadinejad's successor
Officials prepare ballot boxes for Friday's presidential and city council elections in the northern Iranian city of Amol June 13, 2013./ (Reuters) - Iranians began voting on Friday in a presidential election unlikely to result in seismic shifts in its troubled relations with the West and Gulf ...
Iran's polls open in presidential vote
Associated Press/Vahid Salemi - Iranians walk past posters of the presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guard commander, a day prior to the election, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 13,/ (AP) — In the end, Iran's presidential election may be defined by who doesn't vote. As ...
4 years after clashes, Iran opposition weighs quiet protest of election boycott
(Ebrahim Noroozi/ Associated Press ) - Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, chant slogans, as they hold a banner containing pictures of Rowhani, center, former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, and Mohammad Khatami, during a ...
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Iran Extends Presidential Voting Hours Citing Big Turnout
Millions of Iranians are voting Friday to choose a new president and officials have extended voting hours twice in response to what they describe as a large turnout. Iran's state run news agencies said the polls would stay open an additional three hours with the possibility of additional ...
Iran Extends Voting Hours
Iranians are voting to elect a new president in an electoral process highly controlled by the government. News agencies in Iran are reporting Friday that officials have extended the voting hours because of a high turnout. Some 55 million people are eligible to vote. Citizens can choose among six ...
Iran’s Presidential Election: Does the Sole Moderate Candidate Stand a Chance?
launched the elections with a ceremonial display of civic duty. In front of a gathering of select Iranian and foreign media, this, the most recognized man in , whose face adorns everything from billboards to hotel lobbies to shop windows across the country, flourished his ID card to receive his ...
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Iran state TV: Polls open in presidential vote
Associated Press/Ebrahim Noroozi - Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, chant slogans, as they hold a banner containing pictures of Rowhani, center, former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, and Mohammad Khatami, during a ...
Iranians wrap up campaign to replace Ahmadinejad
Iranians walk past a huge billboard depicting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on Thursday, the last day of campaigning before Friday's presidential election./ By Ramin Mostaghim, Alexandra Sandels and Patrick J. ...
Iran liberals ask: Snub election or take chance?
Associated Press/Ebrahim Noroozi - Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, chant slogans, as they hold a banner containing pictures of Rowhani, center, former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, and Mohammad Khatami, during a ...
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Voters split but turnout high in Iran election
Iranian voters appeared to turn out in large numbers on Friday to choose a new president despite a limited choice of one relative moderate and five hardline conservatives, with long queues forming outside urged Iranians to participate in force in the vote, damning U.S. officials who criticized ...
High turnout reported as Iran picks new president
Iranians are heading to the polls to choose a new President on Friday. A total of six candidates are running, while 50 million Iranians are eligible to vote. (June 14)/ -- Officials reported high turnout Friday as Iranians went to the polls in the first presidential election since disputed ...
Former Iran president opposes election boycott
Associated Press/Ebrahim Noroozi - Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, chant slogans, as they hold a banner containing pictures of Rowhani, center, former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, and Mohammad Khatami, during a ...
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Iran's polls open as voters decide successor to Ahmadinejad; some still ponder ...
In the end, Iran's presidential election may be defined by who doesn't vote. As polls opened early Friday, arguments over whether to boycott the ballot still boiled over at coffee shops, kitchen tables and on social media among many liberal-leaning Iranians. The choice — once easy for many who ...
Early vote count in Iran gives Rowhani wide lead
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting Saturday, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a race that once appeared solidly in the hands of Tehran's ruling clerics. But the strong margin ...
Iran extends polling hours due to heavy turnout
TEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian authorities reported heavy turnout in presidential voting Friday, extending polling hours three times to accommodate what appeared to be a late surge of interest. Anecdotal evidence suggested that Tehran’s mayor and a moderate cleric were garnering the strongest ...
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Iran liberals ask: Snub election or take chance?
Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, former Iranian nuclear negotiator, chant slogans, as they hold a banner containing pictures of Rowhani, center, former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, and Mohammad Khatami, during a street campaign, in Tehran, ...
Iran liberals ask: Snub election or take chance?
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the end, Iran's presidential election may be defined by who doesn't vote. Arguments over whether to boycott Friday's ballot still boiled over at coffee shops, kitchen tables and on social media among many liberal-leaning Iranians on the eve of the voting. The choice — once ...
