Thousands of Iran election candidates face ban
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About 40 percent of the 7,200 people who have registered to run in Iran's March parliament election "have a record" with the authorities, a senior official said Monday, an indication they would not be allowed to run.
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Proposed new U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program call for mandatory travel bans and asset freezes for specific Iranian officials and vigilance on all banks in Iran, according to a draft text.
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State-run media reported Saturday that Iran's hard-line leadership decided to allow women to run for president in June elections, but a spokesman later denied the change.
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Iran has been suspended from all international soccer activity because of government interference in running the game in the country, world ruling body FIFA said on Thursday.
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More than 180 Iranian MPs sign a letter in support of former top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani.
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An Iranian hardline watchdog body has banned a grandson of the country's late revolutionary leader from running in the March parliament vote, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Registration of candidates standing for election to Iran's local councils and a key body called the Assembly of Experts is due to start.
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UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has agreed to lift its ban on inspectors visiting a controversial facility.
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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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White candidates should be barred from standing for Parliament in up to eight constituencies in order to get more black and Asian MPs elected, says a controversial report commissioned by Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman
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A former Iranian leader who is considered an opponent of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was far ahead in the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial election results reported by state-run television Sunday.
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Iran's supreme leader overrules President Ahmadinejad in a row over fuel for remote villages.
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Iranian citizens are forbidden from travelling to Israel and Hashemian&#39;s potential visit had caused controversy. &quot;Their presence as part of a foreign team is a new issue and will have to be discussed,&quot; he added.
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Iranian authorities banned five Web sites that comment on current events for "poisoning" public opinion ahead of the crucial mid-March parliamentary elections, the state radio reported on Thursday.
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Belarusian authorities have barred dozens of opposition candidates from running for parliament in next month's elections, a move opposition leaders condemned as part of President Alexander Lukashenko's relentless crackdown on dissent.
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Iran has moved against pro-democracy Web sites, blocking hundreds of sites in recent months and making several arrests.
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Iran has blocked four local photographers from exhibiting some of their work in Paris after certain pictures were deemed to be &quot;against Islamic values and mocking the image of Iranian women.&quot;