US Presidential Election 2020
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Large-scale protests after US election possible: Hunter
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Stating that the likelihood of large scale protests after US election is more than any of previous years, Shireen Hunter said that it reflects the deepening of many divisions, economic, culture, and racial in the US.
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VIDEO: Trump talks of possibility of Biden assassination
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – At a presidential campaign held in Michigan, US President Trump talked of possibility of Joe Biden's assassination.
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Academic:
Trump may very well provoke supporters to street violence
TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – A US academic believes the US President Donald Trump may bring his supporters to the streets to influence the election outcome.
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US election, Americans' chance to reconsider anti-Iran moves
TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – MP Abolfazl Amouei noted that the Americans must seize the opportunity of the Nov. 3 presidential election to reconsider their hostile maximum pressure on Iran.
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VIDEO: Biden says racism institutionalized in United States
TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – In a part of the Biden-Trump debate, US Democrat Presidential Candidate Joe Biden said, “The fact of the matter is that there is institutionalized racism in the United States.”
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Russia expresses regret on US claims of meddling in election
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – The Kremlin regrets new groundless allegations that Russia is interfering in the US presidential election, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
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Iran summons Swiss envoy over US officials’ baseless claims
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Swiss Ambassador to Tehran, representing US Interest Section in Iran, over unfounded and baseless remarks of US officials against Iran.
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Accusation of Iran's meddling in US election absurd: diplomat
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Rejecting the accusation of Iran's meddling in US election, Spokesperson for the Iranian Mission to the UN said that these accusations are absurd.
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'Chaotic' debate forces CPD to adopt mic muting policy
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – In order to avoid any disruption, the United States CPD has decided to mute the microphone of one candidate in order to allow the other to speak without interruption.
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Biden, Trump deliver separate speeches as debate canceled
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden delivered separate speeches as the second debate was canceled due to controversies over Trump’s infection with the COVID-19.
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'Trump using Iran as campaign cudgel'
TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, in a tweet on Wednesday, noted that the US presidents have long used Iran as a campaign cudgel.
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Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 17 points: poll
TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s lead over Donald Trump has surged to a record 17 points as the US election enters its final sprint, an Opinium Research and Guardian opinion poll shows.
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VIDEO: US Trump’s latest strange move among supporters
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump, who had recently tested positive for coronavirus, COVID-19, appeared among his fans ad supporters in Florida and showed strange movements.
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Canadian politician:
Trump has shown his hand, nothing in his back pocket
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Caesar-Chavannes in an interview with MNA talked of challenges to US democracy, approaches of Dems and Reps parties toward racism, the role of money in the country's power structure, and Trump's tactics to win the election.
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Official urges launching Iran-Switzerland financial channel
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Chairman of Iran-Switzerland Joint Chamber of Commerce expressed his hope that financial mechanism between Iran and Switzerland will be launched in the first half of the next fiscal year (starts March 20, 2021).
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Ogutcu in an interview with MNA:
US goal to destabilize Iran's economy, political system
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Referring to US sanctions amid Covid-19, a former Turkish diplomat said, "destabilizing Iran’s economy and political system is an integral part of the grand US strategy for the Middle East" regardless of who wins the election.
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Trump resorts to anti-Iran sanctions to flee from criticisms
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Referring to Trump's failure in his policies towards Iran, an Iranian Parliament member noted "Trump resorts to re-announcing sanctions on Iranian banks to ease any criticism in this regard."
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Ex-White House official:
Electoral votes definitely challenge to US democracy
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – Stating that the electoral votes are definitely a challenge to US democracy, Prof. Frank von Hippel said that the states that are controlled by Republicans are trying to suppress voting in areas expected to vote for Biden.
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Second US presidential debate cancelled
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – The organizer of the US presidential debates says the second meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, scheduled for next week, is cancelled.
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Electoral college over-weights rural versus urban interests
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – Stating that the electoral college was designed to protect the role of smaller states in US federal system, Prof. Joseph Samuel Nye says, "But it now greatly over-weights rural versus urban interests."
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American academic:
The first debate was a travesty for American democracy
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Jonathan Cristol, a research fellow at Adelphi University in Garden City, believes that the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden was “a travesty for American democracy”.
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Trump waiting for next Presidential debate on Oct. 15
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – In a tweet on Tuesday, US President Trump announced he is looking forward the next Presidential debate with Joe Biden on October 15.
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Biden 16 point ahead of Trump nationwide: poll
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee, has attained a 16-point lead over President Donald Trump among likely voters nationwide based on a poll.
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Debate showed ‘an empire in decline’: academic
TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – An American professor believes the first debate between Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden has demonstrated a declining empire.
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43.9% of Americans supporters of union dissolution
TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – According to a report by Kalikow School Poll at Hofstra University, released on September 29, Americans (43.9 percent) are supporters of secession than constitutional convention.
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VIDEO: ‘Keep yapping man’, Biden tells Trump
TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – The first debate between 2020 US presidential nominees has been described as a ‘mess’ in social media as Donald Trump was consistently interrupting Joe Biden. Exacerbated Biden told Trump to ‘shut up’ and to ‘keep yapping’.
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Biden team reacts to Trump’s call for drug test
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – A member of Joe Biden’s campaign has given a bizarre response to Donald Trump’s demand for taking drug tests for himself and Biden before the Tuesday debate.
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By: Abbas Goodarzi
2020 US Presidential debates
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – The first US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will take place in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29.
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Trump says no transition if Dems cheat in election
TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump says he will win the election unless Democrats cheat, and in that case, there will be no transition of power.
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Turkish politician:
Neither Biden nor Trump bodes well for Turkey
TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Faruk Logoglu says Biden has been consistently anti-Turkish throughout his political career and Trump doesn't see Turkey as an ally, so it is up to Turkey to review its outlook and policy toward the US.