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FILE -- In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 78, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s election overseers say they will bar physically weak hopefuls from running in next month presidential election, a direct hint at Rafsanjani. Iran's Constitution doesn't set any age limit for presidential candidates. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Iran election overseers may bar former president

Iran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference to a former leader seen as a threat to hard-liners. Ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's entry in the race scrambled the equations because of his popularity, reputation and potential ...

  • Updated: 11:45 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
An Iranian worshipper prays at the start of Friday prayers at Tehran University in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil

A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month's presidential election, calling the outcome "unpredictable" and sending the strongest message yet against any attempts to revive street protests, media reported Sunday. The comments by Col. Rasool Sanaeirad ...

  • Updated: 7:00 a.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013

Iranian cleric says women can't be president

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 ...

  • Updated: 10:14 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

Iran hard-liners urge election ban on top rivals

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 ...

  • Updated: 10:48 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2012 file photo, from left: Silver medalist Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi, from Iran; gold medalist Jordan Ernest Burroughs, from the United States; bronze medalist Soslan Tigiev, from Uzbekistan; and bronze medalist Denis Tsargush, from Russia, participate in the medals ceremony for men's 74-kg freestyle wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. The U.S., Russian and Iranian wrestling teams will meet on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, for an historic exhibition in New York. It's a showcase event for what the sport's international governing body has dubbed “World Wrestling Month.” (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

US, Russia and Iran work to save Olympic wrestling

In Iran, Olympic wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs felt like Justin Bieber, LeBron James and Tom Brady all rolled into one. Not so much in his home country, though the New Jersey native was greeted by more than a dozen television cameras Tuesday when the American team arrived at the United ...

  • Updated: 4:18 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Former chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Rezaei, a hopeful for the upcoming presidential election, waves to media, after registering his candidacy, at the election headquarters of interior ministry in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2013. The five-day registration period for candidates in next month's election opened on Tuesday. The election overseers, known as the Guardian Council, will announce the handful of candidates on the ballot later this month. The June 14 election will pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Leading candidates in Iran's presidential race

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 ...

  • Updated: 2:32 p.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013
In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, while his daughter Fatemeh, smiles at second right, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. On Saturday Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran's cunning Rafsanjani seeks one more shot

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 ...

  • Updated: 1:50 p.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013
Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani waves to reporters, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Iranian election authorities say several new high-profile politicians including hardliners, reformists, and allies of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have registered for the June 14 presidential elections. The campaign is taking shape as open season on Ahmadinejad's legacy and his combative style that bolstered his stature among supporters but alarmed critics. Ahmadinejad is barred by law from seeking a third term due to term limits under Iran's constitution. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

2 divisive figures enter Iran's presidential race

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 confident ...

  • Updated: 3:45 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013

Hundreds register for Iran's presidential race

Four prominent Iranian politicians have joined hundreds of potential candidates who have applied to run in the June 14 presidential election. The race will pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is barred by the constitution from seeking a third term, and offer a critical test for reformists battered ...

  • Updated: 2:51 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2013

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Ex-relatives of Ohio man in hostage case say he terrorized own family; bail set at $8m for him CLEVELAND (AP) — The man accused of holding three women captive for a decade in his Cleveland home terrorized the mother of his children, frequently beating her, playing twisted psychological games and ...

  • Updated: 6:00 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2013
In this picture taken on Tuesday, May 6, 2013, an Iranian woman walks in an old district of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in its waning weeks, it's not about his browbeating oratory against the West or his battles with Iran's ruling clerics. Instead, it's the rows of simple two-story homes on the city's outskirts that sharply improved their lives. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran president still a force even as his era ends

When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known to much of the world. What matters more here are the dusty rows ...

  • Updated: 3:18 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2013
Two Iranians, right, visit the election headquarters of the interior ministry to register their candidacy for upcoming presidential election, as an election worker submits the names, left, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Iranian authorities opened the registration process Tuesday for candidates in next month's presidential election that will pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and offer a critical test for reformists battered after years of crackdowns.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran's presidential race gets underway

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 ...

  • Updated: 8:38 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Editor arrested after report claiming voter fraud

A journalist for an Iranian news website says its editor has been arrested after reporting that there is an audiotape of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussing vote rigging in his disputed 2009 re-election. Ahmadinejad's office strongly denied last month's report on the Baztab website, and so far, no audiotape has surfaced. ...

  • Updated: 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 6, 2013
Iran's former nuclear negotiator, Hasan Rohani, a potential front-runner in the presidential race, addresses, in a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 2, 2013. One candidate stresses Iran's need to find ways to persuade the world that it can possess nuclear technology without building a bomb. Another thinks Iran's international reputation has taken unwelcome hits from the diatribes of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. More than a few say there's no reason Washington must remain a permanent enemy. While the race to succeed Ahmadinejad still hasn't reached the official starting gate _ formal registration for candidates begins next week _ comments from presumed front-runners for the June 14 ballot offer an overview that suggests less bombast and more measured diplomacy from Iran's highest elected leader. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Possible presidential front-runners in Iran

The following are potential front-runners in Iran's June 14 presidential elections. The list of candidates will be announced later this month after vetting by Iran's ruling clerics: ___ ALI AKBAR VELAYATI: Top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on international affairs. Velayati, 67, Served as foreign minister during the ...

  • Updated: 12:43 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Iran's former nuclear negotiator, Hasan Rohani, a potential front-runner in the presidential race, center right, is greeted by a supporter, in a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran. 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. Now, a race is beginning to choose his successor -- candidate registration starts Tuesday for a June 14 vote -- and it looks like an anti-Ahmadinejad referendum is shaping up. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Next Iran president likely to have gentler touch

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 ...

  • Updated: 12:43 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013
Spokesman of the Iranian National Council Reza Pahlavi, son of toppled Shah of Iran, gestures as he speaks during an Interview of the Associated-Press in Paris, Thursday May 2, 2013. The Iranian National Council is a new opposition movement based in Paris, aimed at seeking free and fair elections in Iran. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

AP Interview: New job for son of toppled shah

The son of Iran's toppled shah has a new job as spokesman for a nascent movement that is challenging the clerical regime to hold free and fair elections — or risk a civil disobedience campaign. Reza Pahlavi said Thursday that his Paris-based collective, the Iranian National Council, brings together tens ...

  • Updated: 1:18 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013

Iran detains senior diplomat for unknown reasons

Iran's foreign minister says authorities have detained a veteran Iranian diplomat, but describes the incident as a potential "misunderstanding." No other details were given in Thursday's report by the semi-official ISNA news agency. It also remains unclear why authorities targeted the liberal-minded diplomat, Bagher Asadi, and whether it could be ...

  • Updated: 12:03 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013
FILE - In this Sunday, May 27, 2012, file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, smiles, as he sits next to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in an inauguration ceremony of the parliament in Tehran, Iran. Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's influential former president, says his country is not at war with archenemy Israel, the media reported Monday, in the latest departure by a high-profile politician from the strident anti-Israel line traditionally taken by many senior Iranian leaders. The remarks by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani follows calls from figures across the political spectrum to repair the damage to Iran's international reputation they said had been caused by outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called Israel a doomed state and questioned the extent of the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Israel: Iran has not crossed nuclear 'red line'

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 ...

  • Updated: 2:29 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2013

Egypt delegation talks Syria with Iranian leaders

Iran's state TV is reporting an Egyptian presidential delegation has discussed the Syrian crisis with the leaders of Iran, the key regional ally of Syria's President Bashar Assad. The report said Egyptian presidential adviser for foreign affairs Essam Haddad met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called for a quick settlement ...

  • Updated: 7:04 a.m. Sunday, April 28, 2013

Trial begins for Md. man in Iran satellite case

The case against an Iranian-American man accused of helping Iran launch its first satellite may sound like a James Bond movie but it's a real life drama, a prosecutor said Tuesday as trial opened. Nader Modanlo, 52, is accused of brokering a deal to help Iran launch the earth observation ...

  • Updated: 6:48 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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