Election
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By: Maryam Kamyab
Second day of parliament candidates’ registration in Tehran
TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – The process of registering candidates for the next Iranian parliament started on Sunday across the country. According to an official in Tehran’s governorate, some 220 individuals have so far enrolled for candidacy in Tehran by Monday morning.
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By: Mohammadreza Abbasi
Candidates registration in Tehran for parliamentary election
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – The process of registering candidates for the next parliamentary election began today across the country. Here are photos related to a center designated to the registration process in Tehran on the early working hours of Sunday.
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Registration of candidates for parliamentary election begins across the country
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Candidates can now register for the next Iranian parliamentary election at designated places across the country.
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By: Mohammad Mohsenifar
Elections Headquarters inaugurated
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – The Elections Headquarters was opened during a ceremony at the venue of Interior Ministry on Monday in the presence of Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.
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By: Mahmoud Rahimi
Tehraners go to polls to elect assistants to City Council
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – The voting process to elect each neighborhood's assistants to Tehran City Council began at 8 A.M local time. Citizens cast their votes into some 7,000 fully electronic ballot boxes in 1700 polling stations. Some 12000 candidates are competing in the election. This is considered the first fully electronic election in the country.
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By: Saeed Sobhani
Harris takes Biden's place?
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Polls recently published in the United States indicate that former US Vice President Joe Biden can no longer guarantee his easy victory in the Democratic primaries!
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Turkey's Supreme Election Council rules for rerun of Istanbul elections
TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) – Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK) has ruled for a rerun of municipal elections in Istanbul, according to Turkish media.
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Iran congratulates Ukraine on holding elections successfully
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has congratulated the Ukrainian nation and president-elect, Volodymyr Zelensky, on holding their presidential elections successfully.
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Rouhani felicitates successful holding of local elections in Turkey
TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – President Hassan Rouhani offered congratulations to Turkey on Monday over the successful holding of local and municipality elections.
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Iran congratulates Turkey on holding successful elections
TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry offered congratulations to Turkey on Monday over the successful holding of local and municipality elections.
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Ruling AKP leading in Turkish municipal elections
TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) – President Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has once again come out victories in Turkish local elections.
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Turkey holding municipal election with 57 million eligible to vote
TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) – Polling in Turkey’s local elections began on Sunday, with 57 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots in the country's 81 provinces.
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Battle lines drawn for India elections; Modi and Gandhi main challengers
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Battle lines are drawn and the countdown has virtually begun for the biggest electoral showdown on the earth – the elections for India’s parliament – scheduled in April.
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By: Giovanni Sorbello
Europe facing radical change
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Europe is in transition, a phrase we’ve heard repeatedly in recent years. The decline of the power of the traditional parties (conservative and social democrats) in United Europe and the increase of the votes of the parties and the nationalist and anti-Euro groups, and beyond that, confusion over European Union (EU) in confronting the current political and social phenomena, are all considered signs of the transition.
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Level of mass-rigging in Bangladesh polls 'unprecedented' in its history'
TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – Last week, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina retained power with a landslide victory in general elections that were marred by incidents of violence and allegations of rigging.
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
Trump failed in Swedish elections!
TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Undoubtedly, one of the losers of the recent Swedish election was US President Donald Trump. Although there is now a tough competition between the two traditional coalitions in Stockholm for the formation of a (coalition or minimalist) government, one must not ignore the most important message of the recent national election in Sweden.
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25 dead in Quetta blast as Pakistan holds election
TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – At least 25 people, including police officials, have been killed in a blast in Pakistan’s Quetta, near a police vehicle close to a polling station.
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By: Martin Love
Let’s hope Ocasio-Cortez has real guts
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – A comely 28 year old restaurant employee with a Latin name and background from the Bronx, New York City, knocks off the multi term Congressman in a primary election who may ultimately have become the Democratic Party leader in the US House of Representatives, displacing Rep. Nancy Pelosi (who really is no leader at all).
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Turkish expats in Iran cast vote in presidential, parliamentary elections
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – Turkish nationals residing in Iran went to polling stations devised in Iran to cast their votes to take part in presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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By: Majid Asgharipour
Larijani's re-election
TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – Conservative politician Ali Larijani was re-elected as Iran’s Parliament speaker after beating the reformist candidate Mohammad Reza Aref in a run off.
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Iran congratulates Malaysia on successful election process
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – Iran Foreign Ministry and President Rouhani have extended congratulations to Malaysia on its successful May 9 election, which resulted in a shock victory for the opposition headed by 92-year- old Mahathir Mohamad.
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Peaceful election, big gain for democracy in Lebanon: Ghasemi
TEHRAN, May. 07 (MNA) –Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesman for Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described the successful election in Lebanon as a victory and big accomplishment for democratic process in Lebanon.
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By: Seyed Mahdi Nabavi
Reasons for snap elections in Turkey, Erdogan's easy way to win
TEHRAN, May. 05 (MNA) – Here the contributing commentator from the IIWFS touches upon the reasons behind Erdogan’s call for snap elections in Turkey which seems to cloud over democracy in Turkey,
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Hezbollah leader announces electoral platform
TEHRAN, Mar. 22 (MNA) – Hezbollah’s Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, announced his party’s electoral program for the upcoming legislative polls, in a televised speech on Wednesday.
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Ayat. Jannati reelected as head of Assembly of Experts
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati has been reelected as the chairman of Assembly of Experts for the second time in a row.
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Missile delivery to Yemen stupid claim
TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani told Al-Alam that it is impossible to deliver missiles to Yemen which is tightly besieged.
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By: Ali Alemi
Spanish PM's hard days
TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is going through tough times. Independence victory in the Catalan parliamentary elections has led to confusion in the central government in Madrid. On the other hand, some Spanish analysts say the prudent Spanish prime minister's approach to the state of Catalonia has been influential in the parliamentary election results.
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Rouhani congratulates New Zealand PM on election
TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) – President Rouhani sent a message to the new Prime Minister of New Zealand to congratulate her on her election.
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Netanyahu disrupting ME for his own interests: KRG rep. in Tehran
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – The KRG rep. in Tehran, Nazim Dabbagh, says that Netanyahu is after disrupting and dividing the region to gain his own advantages and harness his own interests.
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FM spox:
Iran welcomes election results in Kyrgyzstan, Austria
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iran welcomes the results of elections in Austria and Kyrgyzstan, said Iranian FM Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi, voicing Iran’s willingness to expand ties more than ever.