http://www.mail.com/people/214824-akbar-hashemi-rafsanjani.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/214824-akbar-hashemi-rafsanjani.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089910-iranian-cleric-women-president.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14 election. Even before the comments by Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, chances for a woman candidate in Iran's presidential... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:14:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089910-iranian-cleric-women-president.html 2013-05-16T14:14:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086716-iran-hard-liners-urge-election-ban-top-rivals.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two prominent presidential contenders — a moderate former president and a protege of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — from running in next month's election in a further sign of intense political jockeying over the final ballot list. The Tuesday appeal by nearly 100 p... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:49:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086716-iran-hard-liners-urge-election-ban-top-rivals.html 2013-05-15T14:49:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080482-leading-candidates-irans-presidential-race.html The following are potential front-runners in Iran's June 14 presidential election to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The list of candidates will be announced next week after vetting by Iran's ruling clerics: AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI Served as president from 1989-97 and lost a comeback bid to Ahmadinejad in 2005. Rafsanjani is a fierce crit... Sun, 12 May 2013 18:33:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080482-leading-candidates-irans-presidential-race.html 2013-05-12T18:33:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2080424-irans-cunning-rafsanjani-seeks-shot.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Signs on currency exchange shops in Tehran explained why the doors where temporarily shut: Waiting to see if former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani would seek to reclaim the office. On Sunday, the money changers reopened early amid a mini-surge in Iran's gasping economy after Rafsanjani joined the race. Tehran's stock exchange nudge... Sun, 12 May 2013 17:50:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2080424-irans-cunning-rafsanjani-seeks-shot.html 2013-05-12T17:50:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078624-2-divisive-figures-enter-irans-presidential-race.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A pair of powerful and divisive figures registered Saturday to run in Iran's presidential election, jolting the political landscape ahead of next month's vote to pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president who still wields enormous influence, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confi... Sat, 11 May 2013 19:45:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078624-2-divisive-figures-enter-irans-presidential-race.html 2013-05-11T19:45:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067738-irans-presidential-race-underway.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's presidential race got underway Tuesday as authorities officially opened the registration process for candidates in next month's election that will pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and offer a critical test for reformists battered after years of crackdowns. The campaign is also taking shape as open season on Ahma... Tue, 07 May 2013 12:38:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067738-irans-presidential-race-underway.html 2013-05-07T12:38:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2063020-iran-president-to-gentler-touch.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — For eight years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has played the role of global provocateur-in-chief: questioning the Holocaust, saying Israel should be erased from the map and painting U.N resolutions as worthless. His provocative style grated inside Iran as well — angering the country's supreme leader to the point of warning the presidency could be ... Sat, 04 May 2013 16:43:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2063020-iran-president-to-gentler-touch.html 2013-05-04T16:43:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050412-israel-iran-crossed-nuclear-red-line.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Monday said that Iran is steadily edging closer to nuclear weapons capability but has not yet reached the "red line" he drew in a speech to the United Nations last fall. Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his assessment as Israel took delivery of the fifth of six advanced submarines it has ordered from Germany. The "D... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:29:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050412-israel-iran-crossed-nuclear-red-line.html 2013-04-29T18:29:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020886-irans-reformists-stake-long-shot-hopes-khatami.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — It's difficult to measure how much lifeblood is left in Iran's pro-reform factions after four years of punishment. Its leaders are incommunicado under house arrest. Street protests after a hotly disputed presidential election are just a memory, and the public mood is far more preoccupied these days about the country's sanctions-stifled economy. ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:08:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020886-irans-reformists-stake-long-shot-hopes-khatami.html 2013-04-15T18:08:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012794-iran-candidate-vows-constructive-diplomacy.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's former nuclear negotiator, now a candidate in Iran's presidential election, pledged Thursday to improve rocky relations with the West if he is elected. Hasan Rohani is considered a leading candidate in the June election because of his centrist views and close ties to Iran's ruling clerics. A top supporter said he favors negotiat... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:25:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012794-iran-candidate-vows-constructive-diplomacy.html 2013-04-11T12:25:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1965092-iran-releases-centrist-ex-presidents-daughter.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A lawyer for the daughter of influential Iranian ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says she has been freed from jail after serving a six-month sentence on charges of making propaganda against the ruling system. Faezeh Hashemi was freed from Evin prison Tuesday morning, her lawyer Gholam Ali Riyahi said. His comments were reported b... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:14:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1965092-iran-releases-centrist-ex-presidents-daughter.html 2013-03-19T16:14:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817554-irans-election-tip-to-critics-quiet.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Elections to pick Iran's next president are still five months away, but that's not too early for some warning shots by the country's leadership. The message to anyone questioning the openness of the June vote: Keep quiet. A high-level campaign — including blunt remarks by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — seeks to muzzle any open... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817554-irans-election-tip-to-critics-quiet.html 2013-01-13T16:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786928-iran-ex-presidents-family-sues-radical-critic.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Four children of an influential ex-Iranian president are suing a radical lawmaker for describing his family as a corrupt "octopus," heating up a struggle between hard-liners and moderates simmering since a contested 2009 election. The latest salvo has rekindled the bitterness between backers of the current president, Mahmoud Ahmadineja... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786928-iran-ex-presidents-family-sues-radical-critic.html 2012-12-26T14:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1771124-iran-media-son-ex-president-released-bail.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media say the son of influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been released on bail. Several papers, including the pro-reform Etemad daily, say Mahdi Hashemi was released late Sunday and immediately went to his father's home. Authorities arrested the younger Hashemi in late September, a day after he returned to... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1771124-iran-media-son-ex-president-released-bail.html 2012-12-17T07:23:00Z