Iran sets June 14 for presidential election next year September 7, 2012 - 14:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's official news agency is reporting authorities have set June 14 as the date for next year's presidential election. According to The Associated Press, a Sept 7 report by IRNA says the interior ministry announced the presidential election will be held at the same time as municipal voting. The presidential campaign is expected to be a battle between allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his more conservative rivals. Ahmadinejad cannot run for another term. Ahmadinejad's opponents handily defeated his supporters in March parliamentary elections. This will be the first time that the two elections are held together. More than 100,000 seats are up for grabs on the local level, and campaigning for them can have national implications. Ahmadinejad's re-election in 2009 brought charges of fraud and set off demonstrations. Partner news  Top stories Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes. Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.EU says concerned over human rights record in Russia The European Union said it would closely watch developments affecting non-governmental organizations in Russia.John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000 The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York. |
