Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Obama may be plotting Iran pact

2012-10-07 09:30:00

Will there be an October surprise? Iran could announce a temporary halt to uranium enrichment before next month's election in a move to save Barack Obama's presidency. An Obama administration delegation urged Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali...

Quiet the war drums

2012-03-07 10:27:00

The drumbeat for war only helps Iran by driving up oil prices, undermining the effect of sanctions on its economy and stifling domestic opponents of the regime. President Barack Obama conveyed that message clearly and emphatically to the American Israel...

The sabotage strategy for containing Iran

2012-04-03 10:27:00

Not long ago, an astute reader noted that it has been nearly two years since I wrote in a column that "most experts now estimate that Iran needs about 18 months to complete a nuclear device and a missile to carry it." His point — that those...

Barred from poll, Rafsanjani calls Iranian leaders ignorant

2013-05-23 02:47:02

DUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday. Rafsanjani'...

Iran president denounces aide's disqualification from election

2013-05-22 14:25:00

TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denounced as unjust the supervisory electoral body's disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential poll and said he plans to appeal to the nation's supreme leader,...

Ahmadinejad protests aide's disqualification from Iran election

2013-05-22 08:14:00

TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denounced as unjust the disqualification of his top aide from next month’s presidential election and says he plans to appeal to Iran’s supreme ruler. Ahmadinejad spoke a day after the Guardian...

Iran presidential vote: Who's in? Who's out? Who cares?

2013-05-22 05:00:00

He’s one of two surviving founders of the Islamic Republic, head of the Expediency Council that supervises all branches of government and has already served two terms as Iranian head of state. But the Islamic conservatives who vet presidential...

Iran's rulers risk alienating voters by candidate bans

2013-05-22 05:53:02

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers may have sought to remove any challenge to their grip by barring two vivid contenders from next month's presidential election, but they risk alienating voters already disillusioned by the violent aftermath of the...

Iran's Ahmadinejad says will challenge ally's ban from election

2013-05-21 23:51:04

DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would take up the ban of his close aide from the June 14 presidential vote with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. Iran's...

Iran bars candidates for presidential election

2013-05-21 23:54:02

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader. Akbar Hashemi...

Iran's Ahmadinejad to challenge ally's ban from election

2013-05-22 02:35:03

By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran's supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month's presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent...

Iran agency says it heard Rafsanjani and Mashaie barred from vote

2013-05-21 08:28:02

DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency said on Tuesday that it had heard that the Guardian Council, which is vetting candidates for next month's presidential election, had barred former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a...

Prof. Mohammad Reza Hosna, who teaches at Tehran Art University, says he will vote for Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "He is educated, polite and well-experienced," Hosna says.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Prof. Mohammad Reza Hosna, who teaches at Tehran Art University, says he will vote for Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "He is educated, polite and well-experienced," Hosna says.

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wipes his eyes while giving a speech in Tehran.

2012-01-09 00:00:00