TEHRAN: Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's presidential election, going against the advice...
TEHRAN: Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday he will not compete in next year's presidential vote, following advice from Iran's supreme leader, media reported.
TEHRAN: After nearly three years out of the public eye following two terms as president, Ahmadinejad has made a handful of appearances in the past few weeks which have stoked talk of a political comeback.
TEHRAN: Iran's billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, a judicial official said Sunday, after a trial in which he was accused of fraudulently pocketing $2.8 billion.