Ali Khamenei
Election campaign kicks off in Iran
Campaigning began on April 21 for Iran's presidential election with incumbent Hassan Rouhani facing a tough battle against hardliners, though not from former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was barred from standing.
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In surprise move, Iran's Ahmadinejad to run for president
Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on April 12 stunned the country by unexpectedly filing to run in the May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race.
Iran's Rouhani warns those using 'threatening language'
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Feb. 10 that those using "threatening language" against Tehran would regret it as the regime faces increasingly hawkish rhetoric from the new U.S. administration.
Rouhani was speaking at a march attended by hundreds of thousands of people in the capital marking the 38th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Trump reveals America's 'real face', says Iran's Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Feb. 7 that he was grateful to U.S. President Donald Trump for revealing "the real face of America."
"We are thankful to this gentleman... he showed the real face of America," Khamenei said in a speech to military officers in Tehran.
Iran ex-president Rafsanjani dies
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pugnacious moderate who survived for decades despite challenging his own turbaned elite, died on Jan. 8 after suffering a heart attack.
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Iranian cleric says female liberal dress code to blame for rivers drying up!
Iran’s senior cleric criticized what he perceived as women’s overly liberal choices of clothing “as if they were in Europe,” and accused the trend of being behind one of Iran’s rivers drying up.
Khamenei: US is liar, cheater and stabber in the back
BELGRADE - Iran's supreme leader reiterated his call to mistrust the US, saying talks with Washington would be futile as it is in deep crisis now and cannot solve other nations' problems. It comes as Tehran marks the anniversary of the US Embassy siege in 1979.
Tehran-Riyadh war of words heats up as Iranians miss hajj
A bitter war of words between Iran and Saudi Arabia intensified on Sept. 7 ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage from which Iranians have been excluded for the first time in decades. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blasted the "incompetence" of the Saudi royal family as he met with the families of victims of a deadly stampede during last year's hajj.
Rouhani clashes with Iranian police over undercover hijab agents
Iran's president criticized the use of thousands of undercover morality police in Tehran to report on young women who are not wearing a full Islamic hijab or those who play loud music in their cars.
Iranian elections and beyond
The latest elections for the Iranian Parliament (the Majlis) and the Assembly of Experts took place on Feb. 26, 2016.
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