Article: Iranian candidate Abbas Mussavi waits to register for the upcoming...

Article: Urgent: Iranian candidate Rezai withdraws vote complaints: IRNA
Xinhua News Agency;  June 24, 2009 ;     31 words ...Urgent: Iranian candidate Rezai withdraws vote complaints: IRNA TEHRAN, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Iranian presidential candidate Mohsen Rezai withdrew complaints about the vote, IRNA news agency said Tuesday.

Article: Nigeria lobbies for Lukman. (oil minister Rilwanu Lukman) (Brief Article)
The Oil Daily;  October 27, 1994 ;     139 words ......Rilwanu Lukman, a past OPEC president, after the group failed at its June meeting to settle on either the Venezuelan or the Iranian candidate. It remains crucial to win Iran's agreement to step aside; it was the sole holdout for its nominee, Hossein Kazempour-Ardebili...

Article: Candidate Abbas confronts delicate balance on Hamas.(WORLD)
The Washington Times;  January 3, 2005 ;     619 words ...Byline: Joshua Mitnick, THE WASHINGTON TIMES GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - On a weekend campaign swing through the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Abbas alternately criticized Hamas rocket attacks on Israel and pledged not to forcefully disarm the militants who fired them. The remarks, made amid new Israeli military

Article: Summary: Iranian Candidate Ahmadinejad
AP Online;  June 21, 2005 ;     77 words ...The Associated Press AP Online 06-21-2005 NEVER ELECTED: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a former Republican Guards commander, has served only in appointed political posts: first in local and provincial jobs and then as mayor of Tehran. AT HOME: He has high-level supporters within the ruling Islamic

Article: Summary Box: Iranian candidate Ahmadinejad
AP Worldstream;  June 21, 2005 ;     96 words ...The Associated Press AP Worldstream 06-21-2005 NEVER ELECTED: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a former Republican Guards commander, has served only in appointed political posts: first in local and provincial jobs and in 2003 was named as Tehran mayor by the conservative-led municipal council. AT HOME: He has

Article: Iranian candidate promotes unity, openness
Daily Breeze;  June 1, 2005 ;     191 words ...TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's leading presidential candidate promised Tuesday to open his homeland to the world, a vision that seems to contradict the goals of the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei has called on Iranians to elect an anti-Western president, but Hashemi Rafsanjani

Article: Iranian Candidate Vows to Open Country
AP Online;  May 31, 2005 ;     450 words ...NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer AP Online 05-31-2005 Dateline: TEHRAN, Iran Irania former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, center, a presidential candidate, poses with actors, Khosro Shakibaei, right, Majid Mozaffari, second right, Eiraj Qaderi, second left, and producer, Morteza Shayesteh, at

Article: Hard-Line Iranian Candidate Withdraws
AP Online;  June 15, 2005 ;     526 words ...ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer AP Online 06-15-2005 Dateline: TEHRAN, Iran Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei, former head of the elite Revolutionary Guards, speaks with media in this April 15, 2003 file photograph. Mohsen Rezaei withdrew from Iran's presidential

Article: Leading Iranian candidate says he would seek direct dialogue with U.S.
AP Worldstream;  June 2, 2005 ;     482 words ...ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 06-02-2005 Dateline: TEHRAN, Iran A leading reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election said Thursday that if elected he would seek direct talks with the United States to end more than a quarter century of estrangement between the

Article: Iranian Candidate Exhorts Protesters; Mousavi Asks That Vote Be Nullified; President Calls Demonstrators 'Weeds' [Correction 6/24/ 09]
The Washington Post;  June 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ...A defiant Mir Hossein Mousavi, leading an opposition movement against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called on his supporters Sunday to continue protesting the outcome of the election in which the incumbent was proclaimed the landslide winner. Mousavi asked the influential Guardian Council to

Article: Six seeking voters' ballots on Tuesday: one Iranian candidate related to Lincoln; another won't back fellow Iranian.(Diaspora: Around the globe)
Iran Times International (Washington, DC);  October 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Election Day across the country is next Tuesday and six Iranian-Americans --including one who claims descent from Abraham Lincoln--are seeking the support of the electorate at the ballot box. Five are running for office in California, and one is running for Congress from

Article: Palestinians may be able to hold elections in fall
Daily Breeze;  July 5, 2003 ;     498 words ...MIDEAST: Arafat looks to be the only major candidate. Abbas' post of prime minister may not hold. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM _ Palestinians could have general elections by October if...

Article: PLO chief Abbas kicks off election campaign
China Daily;  December 27, 2004 ;     275 words ......city of Ramallah. "We want people to feel safe in their homes and when moving from one place to another," said the Fatah candidate. Abbas began his presidential campaign with a 1-minute silence for late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He is considered to be...

Article: Thumbnails of possible contenders for Palestinian Authority president
AP Worldstream;  November 21, 2004 ;     481 words ......Palestinian leader, head of the PLO, and expected to be nominated next week by the ruling Fatah party as the presidential candidate. Abbas, a former prime minister under Yasser Arafat, is a pragmatist who opposes violence. However, his views on a final peace...