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Iranwire – The question of whether women should be allowed to stand as presidential candidates in the Islamic Republic of Iran has come up sporadically, and always controversially, ever since the mid-1990s. It has now resurfaced again in debates about the upcoming vote in June. Women were granted suffrage in Iran in 1962, in a bill that also theoretically granted …

Iranwire – Registration for candidates in the upcoming Iranian presidential election opens today, Tuesday, May 11. Five days from now, the Ministry of Interior will submit the names of would-be runners to the Secretariat of the Guardian Council to begin the process of reviewing their qualifications for the country’s top executive role. The Guardian Council is in turn expected to …

Iranwire – The beautiful port city of Abadan, southwest Iran, was once a beacon of modernity in both Iran and the Middle East. Its history goes back to the Seleucid Empire in around 300BC, with its city’s name changing several times down the centuries before acquiring its present one – by degrees –  some time after the advent of Islam. …

Iranwire – “The fight against corruption sits at the heart of the Islamic Revolution,” claimed Ebrahim Raeesi, the head of Iran’s judiciary, during a meeting to assess the matter on April 29. “Fighting corruption is not and has never been separate from the revolution,” he added. According to him, it is clear that the pure and holy system of the Islamic Republic has the will …

VOA – Iran opened registration Tuesday for potential candidates in the country’s June presidential election, kicking off the race as uncertainty looms over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers and tensions remain high with the West.President Hassan Rouhani can’t run again due to term limits, yet with the poll just a month away no immediate favorite has emerged among …