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Brash Iran campaign stirs echoes of Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians have seen it before: A youngish presidential candidate firing up crowds with fist-waving rants against the West, then displaying his Islamist bona fides with courtesy calls to...
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Iranian voter views suggest wide open race
TEHRAN, Iran - On the hardscrabble streets in south Tehran, a group of paramilitary volunteers looks to hard-line presidential candidate Saeed Jalili - Iran's top nuclear negotiator - as the best...
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Iran leader's election bid: Taming the presidency
TEHRAN, Iran - At the height of Iran's internal political clashes in late 2011, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei became so exasperated that he warned the Islamic Republic could someday drop the...
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In Iran vote, reformists struggle with few options
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Despite four years of non-stop pressure, arrests and intimidation, Iran's dissidents still find ways to show their resilience.
View ArticleEditorial: In Iran election, moderate could win...
An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - In 2009, Iran's presidential election was so blatantly fixed that the country erupted in the worst rioting since the 1979 Islamic revolution. While it never...
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Iran's Rowhani seeks 'constructive interaction'
TEHRAN, Iran - Just weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani stepped down from the post after quarrelsome meetings with the new president.
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AP Analysis: Iran president may help shield rulers
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - For a lesson in what Hasan Rowhani's reformist-backed presidency could mean for Iran, a promise Sunday by the ultra-powerful Revolutionary Guard to cooperate with him is a...
View ArticleReport: Iran releases diplomat jailed 4 months
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian news agency is reporting that authorities have released a veteran Iranian diplomat after nearly four months in prison.
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Iranian guessing game: Ahmadinejad's next move
TEHRAN, Iran - Mock condolences arriving by text message in Iran announce the political "death" of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Memorial services, the joke continues, are planned at the United...
View ArticleMay: Hassan Rouhani is not the mullah many American...
There's nothing wrong with wishful thinking -- unless it gets confused with serious thinking. Policymakers and legislators have a professional responsibility to resist that temptation. - Yes, I have...
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Iran president's inner circle has Western accent
TEHRAN, Iran - Just days after Hasan Rouhani's election victory in Iran, his top advisers and allies gathered for a closed-door strategy session at a think tank run by the new president. The group,...
View ArticleKey figures in Iran's new government
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's conservative-dominated parliament rejected three of the new president's 18 nominees for his Cabinet on Thursday but approved 15 others, including those heading ministries key to...
View ArticleIran appoints first Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state TV is reporting the country has appointed its first ever Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.
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Iran's new president seeks to begin outreach at UN
TEHRAN, Iran - For 15 years, Iranian presidents have been drawn to the U.N.'s global stage to mold their image and press their message.
View ArticleIran releases prominent human rights lawyer
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has released a prominent human rights lawyer after keeping her in prison for three years, relatives said Wednesday.
View ArticleIran releases human rights lawyer, other prisoners
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran released a dozen prominent political prisoners, including a human rights lawyer who defended opposition activists and was imprisoned for three years, activists, media and the...
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Iran's top leader opens way for Rouhani outreach
TEHRAN, Iran - There's no mistaking the desire of Iran's new president and his allies to open greater contacts with Washington over nuclear talks and possibly other regional crises such as Syria. The...
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A summary of long-strained US-Iranian relations
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Iran's new president plan to attend the U.N.'s annual meeting of the General Assembly in the week ahead, setting up the possibility of the first exchange between...
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Book tracks Iranian-American family's year in Iran
"The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran" (Doubleday), by Hooman Majd
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French out-tough US over Iran nuclear program
PARIS - When Iran appeared close to a preliminary deal with world powers over its nuclear program, France stepped up to say: Not so fast - a surprise move that exposed divisions among the United States...
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