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May 23, 2013

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registering as a candidate for the 2013 Iranian presidential elections(AFP)
14:01 GMT
Former President criticised the Iranian establishment just days after he was disqualified from running in June's presidential elections

May 22, 2013

Samand Soren is a new family saloon created by Iran Khodro Industrial Group in 2007.
11:36 GMT
Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro will establish an assembly line with the capacity of 30,000 units per year in the Iraqi city of Iskandariya by the next month.
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses with close aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie after registering as a candidate in the presidential elections (AFP)
09:51 GMT
Ahmadinejad's close aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie was barred from running in the Iranian presidential election on Tuesday but the President said he'll take up the matter with the Supreme Leader
A selection of Iranian newspapers showing the buzz around the former president Rafsanjani. AFP Photo
08:22 GMT
The US have called the criteria that has disqualified former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , aged 78, and an aide to current president Ahmadinejad from running in the June 14 Iranian elections, "too vague"
Saudi security forces (AFP)
03:00 GMT
Saudi officials announced on Tuesday that it had arrested 10 members of an alleged Iranian spy ring, including Saudi, Lebanese and Turkish citizens.

May 21, 2013

Rafsanjani, who is seen by many as too old to run Iran yet again. AFP Photo
04:00 GMT
Iran's Guardian Council has come forward to say those who are physically weak and only able to work "a few hours a day" will be rejected from the upcoming elections, which may affect the Rafsanjani, Iran's former president, who is aged 78.

May 19, 2013

A fuzzy picture shows Mohammad Heidari, one of the men accused of spying for Western intelligence agencies. He was hanged at dawn on Sunday. Picture courtesy of onenews.com
10:32 GMT
Two Iranian men accused of passing security information to the CIA and Mossad were hanged at dawn on Sunday after the Tehran Revolutionary Court and the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead.
Iran's internet is being stifled in the lead up to the national elections. This is the screen that appears when Iranian internet users try to visit websites blocked by the government. AFP Photo
09:02 GMT
As the Iranian presidential elections draw nearer, the government is closely monitoring and censoring the internet, even denying citizens to effectively check their emails.

May 15, 2013

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (C) arrives with his daughter Fatemeh (C-R) to register his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013. (AFP)
11:13 GMT
Hard-line Iranian lawmakers are gunning for two contenders in next month's elections, a moderate former President and a the incumbent's protege

May 14, 2013

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared alongside his preferred candidate Esfander Rahim Mashaie. The move could backfire for the incumbent, who could face 74 lashes for interfering.
15:33 GMT
The countdown has begun for the 2013 Iranian presidential elections, which will mark the end of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s turbulent eight years in office, as hundreds of candidates register for his job.

May 13, 2013

Iran has managed to make progress on different fronts, including the energy sector
04:31 GMT
At the moment, Iran has a roughly 25-percent-share of the petrochemicals in the Middle East, and is planning to increase it to 38 percent by the end of the five-year National Development Plan, said Ramezan Oladi, Director for Planning and Development at the National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC).

May 12, 2013

The South Pars/North Dome field is the world’s largest gas field and is shared by Iran and Qatar.
11:35 GMT
Some $30 billion will be invested in Iran's South Pars gas field in the current Iranian calendar year, the National Iranian Oil Company managing director (NIOC) stated.
Iranian presidential elections are due to take place on June 14 (AFP photo)
10:35 GMT
686 individuals have signed up for the presidential race in Iran: they will now be vetted by the leadership
Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi meets Syria President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on May 7(AFP/SANA)
10:00 GMT
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi made the remarks in an interview with German title Der Spiegel