Tehran Polls

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  Hassan Rouhani, Moderates Make Big Gains In Iran Polls

  President Hassan Rouhani won a resounding vote of confidence and his reformist allies won 29 out of the 30 seats reserved for the capital Tehran in parliamentary elections that could speed Iran's post-sanctions opening to the world, early results released on Saturday showed.

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  Record 12,000 Candidates Register For Iran Elections

  More than 12,000 candidates have signed up for Iranian parliamentary elections due in February, the most since the Islamic revolution in 1979, official media said Saturday.

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  Iranians Back Nuclear Deal, But Expect Too Much: Poll

  Most Iranians back the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers, but partly because they wrongly believe it marks an immediate end to all US sanctions, according to a poll published Wednesday.

• World powers cautiously welcome new Iran leader Hassan Rowhani

  World powers offered cautious welcome to moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani after he was declared Iran's new president, amid persistent concerns over Tehran's nuclear program.

• Iran moderate's poll triumph is mandate for change

  Iranian voters weary of years of economic isolation and tightening political restrictions threw down a blunt demand for change on Saturday by handing a moderate cleric a landslide victory in a presidential election.

• Iran polls close except in capital: ministry

  Polls closed in most of Iran in the race to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday but electoral officials in the capital extended voting for a fifth hour until 11 pm (1830 GMT).

• Iran votes out of duty, hope and obligation

  Iranians queued today to vote for a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, many feeling a sense of national duty, others hoping for a better future and some because they thought they had to.

• Reformists hopeful as Iran votes for new president

  Iranians are voting today to choose a new president in an election the reformists hope their sole candidate will win in the face of divided conservative ranks, four years after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

• Iran begins voting to elect new president

  Iran began voting today to elect the successor of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the state television announced.

• Ahead of Iran presidential polls, former president opposes election boycott

  Iran's Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was blocked from a comeback bid, is urging voters not to boycott today's presidential election.

• Iran vote could bring change of style, perhaps not substance

  Iran votes today in a presidential election which is unlikely to result in seismic shifts in its troubled relations with the West and Gulf Arab neighbours, but which could bring a softening of the confrontational style personified by outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

• In Iran presidential polls, women see flicker of hope for rights

  Iran's presidential election is offering a flicker of hope to activists hoping to revive women's rights after they deteriorated during the eight years of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency.

• Iran's reformist leader Mohammad Aref quits presidential race

  Mohammad Reza Aref, the sole reformist candidate in the June 14 presidential race, has withdrawn after receiving advice from reformist former president Mohammad Khatami, his website reported this morning.

• Iranian diplomat detained for three months without lawyer, say sources

  A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists, who has been detained at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison for three months, has been denied access to his attorney for the entire time, sources familiar with the case told Reuters on Monday.

• Iran reformers seek comeback in presidential vote

  Iranian reformists are making a tentative return to mainstream politics with two candidates in Friday's presidential election, despite the opposition being a shadow of the movement that briefly rocked the establishment in 2009.