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The Latest | Iran holds runoff election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash

Jul. 05, 2024 16:54 PM EDT

Iranians were voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country's northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. Voters will choose between hard-line former nuclear...

Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former negotiator known as a 'true believer,' seeks Iran's presidency

Jul. 03, 2024 01:38 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran's top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits from Western diplomats sitting across the table as he repeatedly lectured them on everything while offering nothing. ...

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

Jun. 29, 2024 13:54 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history. More than 60% of...

Long, fraught time line of tensions over Iran's nuclear program ahead of its presidential election

Jun. 25, 2024 01:34 AM EDT

Iran will elect a new president Friday after the death of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. Whoever takes the helm in the country will inherit Iran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, which now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. Here’s a time line of the...