The latest news and comment on the Iranian presidential election 2013
April 2016
Tehran Bureau
Discount ticket on the bus to reform: Iran's runoff elections
Mahmoud Sadri and Emad Goli for Tehran Bureau
The reformists used to give up when their candidates were disqualified or defeated in the first round - now they ask voters to go tactical. The remaining parliamentary seats are up for grab next week
February 2016
Tehran Bureau
Poetry and silence: Iran's Kurds tread the line between art and activism
Tehran Bureau
Point, counterpoint: does 'reformists versus hardliners' still cut it in Iranian politics?
Mahmoud Sadri and Gareth Smyth for Tehran Bureau
January 2016
Tehran Bureau
Can a former kingmaker make a comeback in Iran?
Tehran Bureau
What kind of legacy does Iran's supreme leader want?
December 2015
Tehran Bureau
A realignment of Iran’s political factions underway as elections loom
The importance of regional and local factors increases as distance grows from the political hot house of Tehran
October 2015
Tehran Bureau
How Iran's beleaguered reformist party has been reincarnated once again
The new party may not stand in February’s parliamentary election, but it’s up and running with its eyes on a broad coalition
September 2015
Tehran Bureau
Two years into Rouhani presidency, Iranians ask for more
Tehran residents welcome nuclear deal but demand delivery on economic campaign promises
June 2015
Iran blog
What we talk about when we talk about Iran
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Tehran Bureau
Iran's next parliamentary elections ‘could be on a par with Turkey’
November 2014
Ayatollah Khamenei frees Iran blogger
Stop making ‘excessive demands’ of Iran in nuclear talks, Rouhani tells US
October 2014
Tehran Bureau
How political tensions play out in Iran's universities
Reformist students have welcomed the initial steps taken by President Hassan Rouhani and morale is relatively high. But is unrest brewing?
September 2014
Tehran Bureau
Iran's Jila Baniyaghoob on journalism, prison and Rouhani
Iranian journalist and activist says freedom of speech and the press have not improved one iota under the new administration
January 2014
Tehran Bureau
Iran's leaders need to forgive the 'Great Satan' to move forward – analysis
The prospect of improved relations with the US is a litmus test of just how far the Islamic republic is prepared to go to transform itself
October 2013
Iran blog
Netanyahu's interview is a perfect lesson in how not to talk to Iranians
The Israeli prime minister's comments to the BBC reveal his ignorance of Iran – and play into the hands of hardliners
September 2013
Iran lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters
Human rights activists say approved bill, making girls vulnerable to the ruling from age 13, 'legalises paedophilia'
Iran's foreign minister expected to meet Kerry in diplomatic breakthrough
Mohammad Javad Zarif due to meet US secretary of state at UN in highest-level meeting since Iran's 1979 revolution
Tehran Bureau
Iran: Rafsanjani signals wavering in long-standing support for Syria
Former president blames Assad for chemical weapons attack, setting up a clash with hardliners in Islamic republic, says Gareth Smyth
August 2013
Iran blog
Questions for Ali Jannati, set to be Iran's new minister of culture
Although he is son of hardliner Ayatollah Jannati, Ali Jannati's return to limelight raises press hopes of greater freedoms
About 85 results for Iranian presidential election 2013
