Early signs mixed in Iran vote
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Iran said on Saturday turnout was high in elections for local councils and a powerful clerical body, with some initial reports suggesting allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might not have won resounding backing.
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The polls say that a lot of voters are still undecided about the presidential election, waiting to be swayed by something, quite possibly what they hear in the debates that start tonight.
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Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across the state have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.
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Irish officials begin counting votes on Friday in an election that looked set to leave Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's governing coalition and its main opposition alternative without a majority in parliament.
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A former Iranian president wanted in Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center was leading the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial results of elections reported by state-run television Sunday.
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Iran has responded cautiously to proposals for the United States to engage its foe directly, as analysts say Tehran waits to see whether President George W. Bush embraces the idea and what concessions it can win.
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Iranians started voting on Friday for local councils and a powerful clerical body in the first electoral test for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies since he swept to office in 2005.
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TEHRAN -- A former Iranian president wanted in Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center was leading the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial results of elections reported by state-run television yesterday. Hashemi Rafsanjani, considered an opponent of the current hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had more than 1.5 million votes for ...
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Some top politicians are concerned Iranian influence will affect the new democratic process.
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Iran still has room for diplomatic maneuvering and will certainly wait until after the November 2 US elections to respond to a European offer to avoid possible UN sanctions and receive nuclear technology by indefinitely suspending uranium enrichment, analysts predicted.
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New US sanctions on Iran Thursday sent shockwaves through the 2008 White House race, in which Tehran's behavior is fanning foreign policy rows among saber-rattling Republicans and war-wary Democrats.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 -- After several days of controversy, heckling and vitriolic headlines in the local tabloid newspapers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to New York was capped Wednesday by a 76 to 22 U.S. Senate vote calling on the Bush administration to designate the Irania...
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Weary of wars, Iraqis queuing to vote on a bright Saturday morning in Tehran mostly agreed it was time to go home, hoping their votes would unravel decades of discrimination against the Shi'ite Muslim majority.
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Partial results from key polls in Iran suggest a setback for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Friday prayers in Iran rang with defiance in the face of expected tough action from the UN nuclear watchdog over suspicions this country is trying to build a nuclear bomb.
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Georgians began voting in an election on Saturday that pro-U.S. leader Mikhail Saakashvili is likely to win but surveys differ on whether his victory will be big enough to avoid a second round.
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Early voting for the US presidential election began in Florida on Monday as activists urged people to opt for early ballots to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election fiasco