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The IRGC (AFP/File Photo)

August 9th, 2018 - 10:22 GMT

Why Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Don't Care About Sanctions

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has vast business interests in the country. And sanctions did not hurt the hardline militant force, but paved the way for them to get rich.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad adresses his weekly Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University (AFP/ATTA KENARE)

August 6th, 2013 - 07:52 GMT

Ahmadinejad retains high position in Iranian government

Hassan Rouhani, the new Iranian president. AFP photo

June 15th, 2013 - 04:20 GMT

Moderate Rouhani elected new Iranian president after landslide victory

June 13th, 2013

10 things you need to know about Iran’s 2013 elections

Pilgrims walk across the courtyard of the Massoumeh holy shrine in the religious Shiite Mulsim city of Qom, south of Tehran ahead of the electoral vote on Friday. Iran's powerful bazaar merchants and Shiite clergy spearheaded the 1979 Islamic revolution, but they now play a diminished role in national politics. AFP photo

June 12th, 2013 - 08:19 GMT

Iranian elections pose problems for fractured conservative camp

Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani (AFP file photo)

June 11th, 2013 - 08:39 GMT

Iran elections just got interesting: Rouhani endorsed by ex-President

assan Rowhani, a moderate Iranian presidential candidate and former top nuclear negotiator, waves as he arrives for to campaign at the Jamaran mosque in Tehran, on June 1 (Atta Kenare/ AFP)

June 10th, 2013 - 08:18 GMT

Iran Election: Hardline Guardian Council reconsider Rouhani candidacy

Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khameini

June 5th, 2013 - 07:23 GMT

Ayatollah Khamenei stands by Guardian Council's election ruling

Hassan Rowhani, a moderate Iranian presidential candidate and former top nuclear negotiator, waves as he arrives for to campaign at the Jamaran mosque in Tehran (Atta Kanare/ AFP)

June 2nd, 2013 - 12:34 GMT

Rouhani Supporters Arrested in Pre-Election Crackdown

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registering as a candidate for the 2013 Iranian presidential elections(AFP)

May 23rd, 2013 - 01:01 GMT

Rafsanjani critical of "incompetent" and "ignorant" leadership in Iran

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses with close aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie after registering as a candidate in the presidential elections (AFP)

May 22nd, 2013 - 08:51 GMT

Not going quietly: Ahmadinejad vows to challenge ally's election ban

A selection of Iranian newspapers showing the buzz around the former president Rafsanjani. AFP Photo

May 22nd, 2013 - 07:22 GMT

Rafsanjani, Ahmadineajd aide barred from Iranian elections, US weighs in

Rafsanjani, who is seen by many as too old to run Iran yet again. AFP Photo

May 21st, 2013 - 03:00 GMT

Rafsanjani may be out of Iran's elections as Guardian Council vets older candidates