TEHRAN, June 16 (UPI) -- A power struggle is taking place between Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, and former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, analysts say.
TEHRAN, June 15 (UPI) -- Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Monday ordered an investigation into fraud allegations surrounding the country's troubled election, state-run media report.
TEHRAN, June 11 (UPI) -- Accusations flew and tensions grew in the run-up to the presidential election in Iran, as candidates ramped up the rhetoric before the polls open Friday.
TEHRAN, June 10 (UPI) -- Cleric and former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani expressed his concerns over the presidential campaign in an open letter to Iran's supreme leader.
TEHRAN, June 9 (UPI) -- Iranian presidential contender and former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi defended his comments that incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a dictator.
TEHRAN, June 8 (UPI) -- Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says political smear tactics and chicanery are affecting this week's elections.
TEHRAN, June 5 (UPI) -- The family of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani announced Friday it will sue President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for slander.
TEHRAN, June 4 (UPI) -- Incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad went on the defensive in a presidential debate in a way that some say violated the national constitution.
TEHRAN, March 10 (UPI) -- As the presidential race takes shape, Iranian officials Tuesday re-elected former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as Chairman of the Assembly of Experts.
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, apparently trying to reduce the control of fundamentalists, is backing a former president in a key election.
