Fearing a low turnout in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Iranian officials have resorted to begging, threats, and inducements to get the vote out.
The weeklong campaigning for Iran’s parliamentary elections kicked off with more than 7,000 candidates vying for the 290 seats in the legislature, state TV reported on February 13.
The upcoming parliamentary election in Iran are marred by lack of public interest and divisions among conservative groups.
A pro-Assad Syrian group on February 11 and 12 launched a publicity campaign to honor Qassem Soleimani in several Italian cities including Rome and Milan.
Thousands of people have been stranded on icy roads as heavy snowfall in northern Iran because of mistrust in state media that warned the public not to travel.
The celebration of Valentine's Day has become so popular in Iran that even in Qom authorities have to warn shops not to sell Valentine's Day gifts.
The Islamic Republic of Iran acknowledged its fourth failure in its space ambitions Sunday evening February 9, as the missile carrying Satellite Zafar [Victory] could not reach the required speed to put the satellite into orbit.
On the anniversary of Iran's 1979 revolution President Hassan Rouhani called for more open elections.
An official in Iran's Zahedan Province on Monday said parts of the satellite that crashed after an unsuccessful launch on Sunday caused the massive explosion sounds and the light in the sky reported from two rural districts of the province.
The heir to the last Shah of Iran, Prince Reza Pahlavi has described the rulers of the clergy-dominated country as an "alien cult" composed of "criminals", "thieves" who are "doomed."
The President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will break his country's diplomatic tradition and not send a message to his Iranian counterpart to congratulate the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Less than two weeks before the parliamentary elections in Iran, no one in Iran's political circles seems to have any doubt about a landslide victory by conservatives and ultraconservatives.
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