The Guardian Council (GC) has extended its vetting of presidential candidates for another five days, its spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaii told the Mehr News Agency on Friday. He said since the five-day time was not enough to investigate the qualifications of 496 presidential candidates and therefore the council decided to extend it.
Kadkhodaii said the GC has informed the Interior Ministry of its decision. He also said according to the law the Guardian Councils declaration of the candidates qualifications will be considered final and there will no room for revision. The results of verifications will become clear on May 30.
Ayatollah Emami Kashani called on presidential candidates to unveil their plans and name their cabinet before the June 12 polls. He also called for huge turnout in elections, saying it will promote the status of the Islamic Revolution.
The cleric also called on the electorate to consider the qualifications that each candidate must have as suggested by the Supreme Leader and also called on presidential aspirants to observe election ethics
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Wrong, given the current leadership of the US, it will be at Americas expense.
To even get to the table, the begging, whinging, and pleading that will be on display for the world to see will go down in history as the utmost low point of American prestige.
Hizbullah's International Relations Officer Ammar Moussawi said that "Iran and Syria do not have a say in the Resistance's decisions made on Lebanese territory."
Perish the thought!
"We are the ones who called for neutralizing Lebanon and preventing its transformation into a platform for regional conflicts. [This was achieved] by not allowing the US and its allies to attack Syria," he told New TV on Thursday.
"Just like Israel did not fly in and destroy Syria's nuclear facility. See how effective we are?"
Moussawi also said that Israel had changed its spies recruitment techniques, explaining that "it now recruits people from a higher social status and pays large sums of money, while previously it used to recruit those who are in real need" of money.
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US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has left Iran following her release from jail earlier this week, a family friend told AFP news agency. The unnamed friend says Ms Saberi and her parents had taken a flight out of Tehran. Their destination is unclear.
Ms Saberi, 32, was freed on Monday, after spending four months in prison on spying charges, which she denied.
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