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Local News and Views from Iran – The “Local” section is dedicated to political news stories from Iran that do not fall under any of the other main categories, including municipal issues, special interests groups, party politics, and statements from religious figures.

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Iranians to vote in over 58,000 polling stations in presidential election: Official

IFP Media Wire -
Iran's Election Headquarters announced preparations for the presidential election on Friday, including setting up more than 58,000 polling stations nationwide, as two candidates, Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi and Ali Reza Zakani, withdrew from the race.
Local

Ghazizadeh Hashemi drops out of Iranian presidential race ahead of election

IFP Media Wire -
Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, one among the six candidates who are vying to become Iran’s next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi, has quit the race.
Local

Time up for presidential campaign in Iran

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With one of the candidates dropping out of the presidential election race in Iran so far, the five remaining candidates should stop their campaign for the polls to be held on Friday.
Local

Iran election candidates busy campaigning in final remaining hours

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Campaigning heats up across Iran two days ahead of presidential election.
Local

Presidential candidate Qalibaf: Iranians will no longer tie their life to JCPOA 

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Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the Iranian people will not tie their livelihoods to the 2015 nuclear deal known as JCPOA this time around when they elect their new president.
Local

Research Center: Reformist candidate Pezeshkian front-runner in Iran presidential polls

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The Iranian Parliament’s Research Center released on Wednesday the results of its latest opinion poll on the country’s upcoming presidential election, putting reformist candidate Massoud Pezeshkian in the lead among the six hopefuls with 23.5 percent of the votes.
Local

Saudi gov’t refuses to allow Iranian Hajj pilgrims to vote in presidential election

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Iranian officials say Saudi Arabia has turned down a request by Iran to allow Iranian Hajj pilgrims to cast their votes in the snap presidential polls on Friday.
Local

Iranian presidential hopefuls seek to coax more voters in final debate

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The six presidential contenders who are running for office in the Friday presidential snap elections sparred in the fifth and final debate aired by the state broadcaster on Tuesday day.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Leader says high voter turnout in presidential election disappoints foes

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has stated a high voter turnout in the upcoming presidential election in Iran makes the country proud and helps it overcome its enemies.
Local

Iran election: Pezeshkian on the rise in opinion poll, turnout around 44%

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The latest polls in Iran show that the definite voter turnout in the upcoming presidential election will be 43.9 percent.
Local

Presidential hopeful Pezeshkian: Iran can overcome problems if Iranians help run country

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Iran’s only reformist presidential hopeful Massoud Pezeshkian says the piles of problems in the country can be solved in case people contribute to running the country’s affairs.
Parliament

Iranian Parliament responds to Canada’s terrorist designation of IRGC

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The Iranian Parliament announced that a new proposal was received during a public session. The proposal aims to require the Iranian government to designate the Canadian Armed Forces and related security agencies as terrorist organizations.
Local

Iran ex-president Rouhani lambasts incumbent administration for ‘weak performance’

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Former president of Iran Hassan Rouhani has castigated the current administration of late president Ebrahim Raisi for its ‘poor economic performance’.
Local

Iran’s Leader calls on presidential candidates to avoid comments pleasing enemies

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged the candidates in the race for the upcoming Iran's presidential election to avoid making remarks that may gratify the enemies of the Islamic Republic.
Local

Poll: 45.5% of eligible voters will vote in Iran’s Friday presidential election

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Mellat Opinion Poll Institute affiliated with the Iranian Parliament Research Center says a third survey conducted by the institute found that 45.5 percent of Iranian citizens will vote in the upcoming presidential elections.
Local

Iranian police summon individuals for manipulating presidential election polls

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Iranian cyber security police have identified and summoned four people for publishing fake online opinion polls on the snap presidential elections scheduled to be held on Friday.
Local

Iran former FM Zarif comes down hard on principlists in election campaign, rivals on defensive

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Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, a heavyweight supporter of reformist presidential candidate Massoud Pezeshkian, has made a fiery speech in the central Iranian city of Kashan against the rival principlist camp.
Local

campaigning underway for Iran’s 14th presidential vote

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Candidates for Iran's 14th presidential election are utilizing urban advertisement opportunities alongside their special television programs and campaign trips.
Local

Presidential hopeful raps Iran’s handling of Ukraine conflict, economic sanctions

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Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a candidate in Iran's upcoming presidential election, expressed strong criticism in a recent tweet regarding Iran's handling of the Ukraine conflict and economic sanctions.
Local

Wide coverage of first presidential debate in Iran

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The first presidential election debate between the six contenders who are running for office was broadcast live from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Broadcasting (IRIB) on Monday.
Local

Zarif’s office refutes claims on JCPOA secrecy ahead of presidential vote

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Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's office has responded to allegations made by presidential candidate Alireza Zakani during a recent political roundtable.
Local

Iran’s Leader pardons, commutes sentences of over 2,600 prisoners ahead of upcoming eids

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has approved a proposal from the country’s top judge to pardon or commute the prison terms of more than 2,600 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts.
Local

Iran’s Leader calls for constant renunciation of US, Israel

IFP Media Wire -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has emphasized that the renunciation of the Zionist regime and the United States by Muslims must continue beyond the time and place of Hajj, prevail in all Islamic countries worldwide, and be extended to the general populace.
Local

Iranian presidential hopeful announces three-step policy on Afghan refugees 

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Massoud Pezeshkian, one of the six presidential candidates in Iran’s snap elections, has announced his policy regarding the influx of millions of refugees from neighboring Afghanistan. 
Local

Iranian presidential candidates show mixed reaction to disqualifications

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Iran’s Guardian Council approved six of the 80 presidential hopefuls on Sunday to run for president in the upcoming snap elections scheduled to be held later this month, eliciting reactions from some of the turned-down candidates.
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