News Archive - 25 April 2017

So far, conservative presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi is taking a lead in the Principlist camp. Whether it is an election game or not, noone knows if everything is going to reverse in the last minute, with Raisi withdrawing in favor of Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf. The Combatant Clergy Association,...

As the Guardian Council announced the shortlist of presidential candidates, the diploe of Iran’s twelfth presidential race was unveiled. The line-up of three Principlist candidates (Ebrahim Raisi, Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf, and Mostafa Mirsalim) vis-à-vis three moderate and Reformist hopefuls (Hassan Rouhani, Eshagh Jahangiri, and Mostafa Hashemitaba) puts forward a question...