Iran presidential elections - page 2

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on candidates in this month’s presidential election to avoid “immoral” outbursts that could damage the nation, after the contest turned increasingly confrontational.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on Canada to lay the ground for the Iranian nationals residing in the North American country to cast their votes in the forthcoming presidential election.

EghtesadOnline: More than 56 million people eligible to vote in Iran presidential election, head of the Interior Ministry's Election Office Ali Asghar Ahmadi announced.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is in the midst of an intense presidential election campaign with six candidates pledging how they would address the country’s economic issues through their respective policies. While incumbent Hassan Rouhani and First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri are focused on justifying a continuation of their government’s economic policies, the other four candidates are presenting economic remedies that need to be scrutinized, especially through the lens of whether they would actually be feasible and also whether they present real solutions to the country’s complex economic issues

EghtesadOnline: Exemptions granted to Astan Quds Razavi and its affiliated companies do not include withholding tax and value added tax, citing a decree by the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the head of Iranian National Tax Administration, Kamel Taqavinejad, said.

EghtesadOnlijne: Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday that Iranian people are to demonstrate their unity through massive turnout in the upcoming presidential elections.

EghtesadOnline: Some 70.6 percent of the Iranians eligible to vote in Iran’s upcoming presidential election are expected to turn out at polling stations on Election Day, a new poll has found.

EghtesadOnline: Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, who is running in the forthcoming Iranian presidential election, has hit back after another contender, Hassan Rouhani, filed a complaint with the country’s Election Campaign Monitoring Committee about allegations leveled against him during a recent live TV debate.

EghtesadOnline: Iran will hold a presidential election in less than three weeks. The six candidates approved on April 20 by the country’s Guardians Council will likely center their campaigns on what matters most to voters: the Iranian economy.

EghtesadOnline: As the Iranian presidential election on May 19 draws closer and the bank-based economy has taken center-stage among candidates and the public alike, the Central Bank of Iran in a statement responded to a number of claims made by candidates that questioned the bank’s performance regarding illegal financial and credit institutions.

EghtesadOnline: Ebrahim Raisi, the conservative cleric seeking to unseat Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in this month’s election, said the country’s historic nuclear accord with the West is legitimate and should be respected.

EghtesadOnline: Aryan, a 26-year-old with a master’s degree in engineering, showed impeccable timing when he returned home to Tehran from Canada. It was early 2016, and a decade of economic sanctions was drawing to an end, boosting Iran’s economy and kicking off a scramble for the country’s small pool of white-collar professionals. The job offers piled up. “Abroad, you’re a small fish in a big pond,” says Aryan as he unwinds in a garden cafe after a day spent drafting investment strategies for clients of the European consulting firm he works for. (He asked that his last name and the name of his employer be withheld.) “Here, each person can be the first to launch something or become a leader in their field.”

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says the United States is under an illusion if it assumes that it can influence the outcome of the forthcoming presidential election in Iran, stressing that the Islamic Republic pursues a firmly-established and principled approach toward the US.

EghtesadOnline: The six candidates in the 12th Iranian presidential election have outlined their programs, with President Hassan Rouhani pledging to put his focus on creating jobs, “not in words but in practice.”

EghtesadOnline: Incumbent Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, who is running for a second term, has lashed out at the internal critics of the historic nuclear deal signed under his administration between Tehran and the six world powers, saying "some people" are ignorant of the regulations governing election campaigns.

EghtesadOnline: Candidates contesting Iran’s upcoming presidential polls continue to campaign for office, speaking of future plans and defending past performances.

EghtesadOnline: Wary of US President Donald Trump’s tough talk on Iran, the European Union is courting Tehran to signal its commitment to a nuclear deal and holding out the promise of its economic payoff ahead of the May 19 presidential polls, EU diplomats say.

EghtesadOnline: The petrochemical sector, one of the key industries after oil and gas, has huge potential for growth and development, but officials and experts are warning against unrealistic expectations and statements about the economic potential of petrochemical industry.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the country is on its development and progress path, and will never quit under any conditions.

EghtesadOnline: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on the six hopefuls approved to run in the forthcoming presidential election to commit themselves to promoting self-sufficiency and avoiding reliance on outsiders.