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Rights and reforms: Iran's post-election challenges

There is as sense of deja vu about our interview here in Geneva, with Dr. Mohammad Javad Larijani, head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and

Iran

Iran customs X-ray discovers stowaways at Turkish border

Economy

OPEC oil output cut very unlikely at June meeting, Iran's situation unclear

OPEC is very unlikely to cut oil output at its next meeting in June, even if crude prices remain extremely low, according to OPEC sources and delegates

Iran

Final election results confirm big gains for reformists in Iran

Final results after elections on Friday show that allies of the reformist President Hassan Rouhani have made big gains.

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Iran

Final election results in Iran confirm symbolic victories for reformist president and allies

Commentators say the results could mean Iran will further its new ties with the West after the recent nuclear deal

Iran

Surprise gains for Rouhani's reformist partners in Iran elections

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani earned an emphatic vote of confidence and reformist partners secured surprise gains in parliament in early results

Iran

Reformists lead in election for Iran's Assembly of Experts

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his ally and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani have won the most votes in the race for membership of the

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Iran counts votes but a clear winner may take days to emerge

Iran has started counting tens of millions of votes after the country’s first election since curbing its nuclear programme. That lead to the removal

Iran

Iran elections: moderates hope to take back majority from conservatives

Moderates and reformists go head-to-head with conservatives in Iran's first parliamentary election since the historic nuclear deal was signed.

Iran

Iran elections: moderates hope to take back majority from conservatives

Moderates and reformists go head-to-head with conservatives in Iran's first parliamentary election since the historic nuclear deal was signed.

Cinema

Iranian cinema thrives at Berlinale

Mani Haghighi's film 'A Dragon Arrives' is a detective story set in 1960s Iran infused with counter-culture references and magical realism inspired by Beckett, Ionesco and Pinter.

Iran

Iranian election will shape its future for at least a decade

Voting is underway in Iran. The election will shape the future of Iran for at least a decade. Hardliners and moderate candidates are vying for seats

Iran

Iran's religious minorities ready to vote in general election

The overwhelming majority of Iranians are Shi'ite Muslims with numbers as high as 80 percent of the population.

World

Iran elections: reformists build momentum - view from Tehran

On Friday elections take place that will shape the future of Iran for at least a decade. Hardliners and moderate candidates will vie for seats in

Iran

Tehran a bustling city of opportunity

Tehran, the capital of Iran, is the largest and most populated city in the country 12 million live there.

Iran

Khamenei warns Iranian voters about Western influence in upcoming elections

Centrist candidates behind President Hassan Rouhani, who deny links with the West, are up against conservative hardliners

Iran

The dash for cash in post-sanctions Iran

The Iranian economy received a new lease of life with the signing of the nuclear deal in Vienna.

Iran

Iran's families minister concerned after all men in village are executed

The entire male population of a village in Iran has been executed for its alleged role in drug trafficking, according to an Iranian cabinet minister

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Final campaigning underway for Iran's first national elections since nuclear deal

Final campaigning is underway in Iran, ahead of Friday’s elections for parliament and the body that will choose the country’s next supreme leader

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Iran's high stakes election

An election campaign stares out at Iranians but the posters are limited by law in size. There are no street meetings, no television spots ahead of