payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news News about Iran and Iranians delivered by payvand.com en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1169.html The Interior Ministry has announced the names of eight people approved by the Guardian Council to run the in the presidential election, and the names of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashai are not included in the list. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1169.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1167.html The decision by Iran's powerful Guardians Council to bar former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from running in next month's presidential election paves the way for the country's establishment to bring a loyalist to power. It also deals another blow to the credibility of the June 14 poll, analysts say. -Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE/RL payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1167.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1174.html The official website of the Supreme Leader has published his February 2 2011 remarks on disqualified presidential candidates. According to Ayatollah Khamenei, disqualified candidates may not be competent to run for president, but they may have other competencies and so their lives are not over! payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1174.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1171.html Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is speaking out in defense of a close aide whom authorities have barred from running in next month's presidential election. Ahmadinejad described Mashaei on Wednesday as righteous, capable and beneficial for the country, and said the aide is a victim of injustice. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1171.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1170.html Mehdi Khazali, a prominent Iranian political prisoner, has ended his hunger strike after 140 days following the announcement of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani's decision to run for president. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1170.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1168.html The front page of Iran's "Ebtekar" daily is a good indication of how many Iranians felt when they heard the news that former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani -- one of the pillars of the Islamic establishment -- had been banned from running in next month's vote. -Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1168.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1173.html U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets Wednesday in the Jordanian capital with senior diplomats from 11 nations, as part of a U.S.-Russian push to end Syria's civil war. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1173.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1172.html 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 next month. Iran Khodro has been exporting its products to Iraq for about a decade payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1172.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1166.html Iran says a conservative body has barred two prominent figures from competing in next month's presidential election -- moderate former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading conservative allied to current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1166.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1162.html Everyone in Mozaffar Street loved Mrs. Professor's Green Volkswagen bug; a symbol which would appear in the vicinity of Ali Asghar Hospital, making evident the presence of a woman who had dedicated her life to cancer-suffering children; who abandoned her residence in Europe to live beside cancer-suffering children in Iran and to help them. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/13/may/1162.html Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:20 GMT