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Iran’s top banker replaced after presidential nomination
May 31, 2021 01:54The Iranian Cabinet laid the Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati off after he decided to run for president and focused his attention on the campaign for the June 18 election.
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War of hashtags: Zakani, Hemmati quarrel online over Iran’s economic problems
May 30, 2021 12:22Presidential candidates Alireza Zakani, who is a Principlist, and Nasser Hemmati, a Moderate generally viewed as close to the Reformists, have engaged in a war of words on Twitter over Iran’s economic hardships.
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Raeisi urges youth to vote, ‘not to take revenge on next administration for current woes’
May 30, 2021 07:10Presidential candidate Hojjat al-islam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has called on the Iranian youth to go to the ballot boxes in the June 18 presidential vote in spite of all their current economic hardships, asking them not to “exact revenge” on the next administration for the woes they have faced during the terms of President Hassan Rouhani.
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Iran’s 2021 presidential election: What the candidates say
May 30, 2021 01:32The Iranian presidential election due on June 18 has proven to be a competition of ideas for the Iranian economy, among other things. Let’s take a listen to what the candidates have said early into the campaigns.
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Jalili ‘has plan to render foreign sanctions ineffective for good’
May 30, 2021 01:13Iranian presidential candidate Sa’eed Jalili says he has a plan to render sanctions as an instrument against Iran ineffective forever.
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The president and the office of the presidency in Iran
May 29, 2021 12:40In Iran, the president is the highest authority after the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. He heads the executive branch of the government. Here is a quick review of his status and legal responsibilities.
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Presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei promises to increase cash handouts 10-fold
May 29, 2021 12:02Iranian presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei has promised to increase cash handouts to the Iranian people from the current monthly 455,000 Iranian rials (1.9 US dollars) to 4,500,000 — an increase of ten times and another indication that the candidates running in the June 18 election are heavily focused on the economy.
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Ghazizadeh-Hashemi to pursue ‘revolution in structures, management’ if elected president
May 29, 2021 11:51Presidential candidate Seyyed-Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi says it is time for a “revolution” in management methods and mechanisms of running the country, and that such deep changes need the administration to become one with the people.
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How do presidential elections work in Iran?
May 29, 2021 09:34How do presidential elections work in Iran? Let's take a look.
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Hemmati says he has been ‘agent of change, not blameworthy for status quo’
May 29, 2021 01:40Abdol-Nasser Hemmati, the governor of Iran’s Central Bank and a candidate in the 2021 presidential election, says he should not be lumped together with those responsible for the economic status quo.