Iran Elections 2016

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Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Tuesday called for massive participation of Iranians in the upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts polls due to be held later this month, saying a high turnout would guarantee the Islamic Establishment.

Parliament Foreign Policy and National Security Committee Chairman Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Americans have no right to even express their improper desires from Iran. Reacting to...

An Iranian electoral official says the Guardian Council, the country’s top supervising body, has cleared another 1,500 hopefuls to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections

On February 1, the former Iranian president Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani directed harsh criticism at the country’s Guardian Council. He made his remarks in...

Iran’s top supervisory body, the Guardian Council, has cleared 166 hopefuls to run for the senior clerical body Assembly of Experts, a deputy interior minister says.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday advised people from all walks of live to take part in the upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections to safeguard the country's integrity.

Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that elections held in the post-Islamic revolution era have all been healthy.

This registration is unprecedented, especially at a time when educational and scientific requirements for parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections put a cap on the number of contenders.

Interior Ministry has announced that the number of female applicants have risen by 3 percent compared to the previous term.

Any measure which stokes division and or interferes with the country's growth amounts to betrayal of national interests and a manifestation of infiltration, the president said.

If there is a violation of law in a corner, this government will severely deal with it since we are seeking to stage 100 percent healthy elections with maximum turnout, the president said.

Ayatollah Rafsanjani has said that students should remain vigilant not to let infiltrators poison the atmosphere, cause differences and shatter unity in the country.

President Rouhani has said that Iran's principled policy is to interact with the world and forge good relations with other countries.

A prototype of the electronic ballot box will be sent to the Guardian Council for approval, said Siamak Rahpeyk.

The Guardian Council has announced that Iran's parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections will be held on February 26, 2016.

A reformist daily says a gathering which was originally meant to secure convergence among principlists seems to have revealed cracks in their ranks.

Principlists get together to examine ways of securing much-needed unity for parliamentary elections expected to be held in early 2016.