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Tag : 10th Parlament Election

April 26, 2016

Revolutionary Guards’ Cyber Attacks Now Directed at Rouhani Cabinet Members

IRGC Actively Recruiting Technical Experts to Staff New Hacking Team April 26, 2016—Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, who have long waged cyber attacks against the country’s activists and journalists, have extended their hacking attacks to Rouhani administration ...

April 7, 2016

Disqualification of Elected Female Reformist MP Sparks Heated Debate in Iran

Two weeks have passed since Minoo Khaleghi’s election to Parliament in Iran’s recent elections was nullified without an explanation by the Guardian Council, ...

March 24, 2016

In Brazen Electoral Interference, Hardliners Disqualify Female Reformist MP

Reformists Call on Rouhani to Stop Hardliners from Blocking Elected Candidates March 24, 2016—The reformist MP Minoo Khaleghi, newly elected to Parliament from the city of Isfahan and one of ...

March 22, 2016

Societal Demand in Iran for Female Representation in Government is Unstoppable

Hardliners' Entrenched Resistance is Overcome in Polls An overlooked outcome of Iran’s recent elections is the unprecedented success of women, who achieved voter support even though the Guardian Council, the hardline ...

March 8, 2016

Iran Elections: Reformists Win Voter Support Despite Roadblocks and Irregularities

While facing non-stop impediments, reformists and centrists achieved significant gains in Iran’s recent elections, even after hardline bodies broke the law to prevent candidates close to President Hassan Rouhani from ...

March 3, 2016

Pro-Rouhani Political Prisoner Urged Iranians to Vote in 2016 Elections

“Now President Rouhani should carry out his promise of two years ago to free political prisoners.” The mother of a young man believed to be the first political prisoner of the government of President Hassan Rouhani ...

March 1, 2016

Iran Vote: Political Freedoms Must Be Rouhani’s Top Priority

Electorate Wants Human Rights and Rouhani Must Deliver March 1, 2016—In the elections for Parliament and the Assembly of Experts held across Iran on February 26, the Iranian electorate handed the country’s supreme leader, ...

February 25, 2016

Rouhani Administration Under Pressure to Shut Down Iran’s Most Popular Mobile App Prior to Election

Telegram Has Emerged as Major Platform for Reformist and Centrist Candidates Iran’s Telecommunication’s Ministry has been under intense pressure by hardline organizations, including Iran’s Police, to shut down a number of the most popular mobile applications in ...

February 10, 2016

Hardliners Violate Law to Keep Assembly of Experts Loyal to Khamenei

In addition to the massive disqualifications of moderate candidates for upcoming elections in Iran, hardliners have implemented another strategy to prevent challenges to their power: restricting the number of seats to important governmental bodies in ...

February 9, 2016

Hardliners Handpick Candidates to Block Moderates and Rig Elections

3000 reformist applicants (99%) disqualified for Parliament in first vetting. 63% of all applicants disqualified in first vetting, reduced to 40% in second round. Prominent ayatollahs excluded from Assembly of experts for their moderate affiliations. In most of Iran’s ...

January 20, 2016

Hardliners in Iran Moving to Shut Pro-Rouhani Forces Out of Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

Ahmad Jannati, head of Iran’s powerful Guardian Council, in charge of ...

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