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The Latest | Polls open in Iran runoff election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
Iranians are voting in a runoff election on Friday 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...
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Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-line former negotiator against reformist lawmaker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted Friday in a runoff presidential election between a hard-line former nuclear negotiator and a reformist lawmaker, with both men trying to convince a skeptical public to cast ballots after years of economic woes and mass protests roiling the Islamic...
Iran opens presidential runoff between hard-liner Jalili and reformist Pezeshkian after record-low first round turnout
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Ahead of Iran's presidential runoff, a floated rise in gasoline prices may spark new protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Iran's runoff presidential election nears, comments by an official in the campaign of reformist Masoud Pezeshkian raised the possibility of his government increasing government-set gasoline prices — a move that has sparked nationwide protests in the past. ...
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Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon who rose to power in parliament, runs to be Iran's next president
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was “unacceptable in the Islamic Republic to arrest a girl for her hijab and then hand over her dead body to her family.” Days later as nationwide protests...
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Iran's presidential candidates discuss economic sanctions and nuclear deal ahead of Friday runoff
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian presidential candidates on Tuesday discussed the impact of economic sanctions imposed on their country by the United States and other Western nations and presented their proposals for reviving a nuclear deal with world powers. It was the second — and...
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As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over 20 years ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the United States for its disenchanted electorate. “It is disgraceful for a nation to have a 35% or 40% voter turnout, as happens...
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Iranian presidential candidates accuse each other of having no plan or experience ahead of runoff
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s presidential candidates on Monday accused each other of having no solution for the country’s problems ahead of Friday's runoff election aimed at choosing a successor for the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash. ...
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French far right ahead in 1st round of snap elections. Here's how runoff works and what comes next
PARIS (AP) — French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no majority emerging at all. Official results suggest Marine Le Pen's...
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Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote
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...
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