TEHRAN, January 27 - Venezuelan opposition leaders on Friday condemned the sidelining of their coalition from upcoming presidential elections, saying it was trickery by President Nicolas Maduro's administration to rig the vote in its favor.
TEHRAN, January 26 - Voters are going to the polls in the Czech republic to decide their next president, in a knife-edge contest between a pro-Western liberal challenger and populist incumbent Miloš Zeman.
TEHRAN, January 24 - Venezuela's presidential election race has begun with favorite and incumbent Nicolas Maduro signaling a nationalist, "anti-Trump" campaign.
TEHRAN, January 23 - Egypt's military on Tuesday arrested its former chief of staff, who was planning to run in upcoming elections against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, accusing him of inciting against the armed forces and forgery, in what appeared to be a calculated move to push him out of the race.
TEHRAN, January 15 - Reza Salehi Amiri was elected as new president of Iran’s National Olympic Committee in the elections which was held with one candidate in Tehran’s Olympic Academy on Monday.
TEHRAN, January 8 - The chairman of Egyptian election commission said Monday that the presidential election will be held March 26-28, with a runoff in April.
TEHRAN, December 31 - Former US Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Ed Rendell said if former Vice President Joe Biden runs against President Trump in 2020 he would "win overwhelmingly."
TEHRAN, December 29 - Italian President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament, setting the country on the path to a national election on March 4 that could lead to a hung parliament and a period of political turbulence.
TEHRAN, December 25 - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was barred on Monday from running in next year's presidential election after officials ruled he was ineligible to take part due to a suspended prison sentence he says was trumped up.
TEHRAN, December 23 - Russia's ruling party United Russia wants the "ultimate victory" of President Vladimir Putin at the presidential election in March, party head and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday.
TEHRAN, December 20 - Catalonia votes on Thursday for a new administration in an election many hope will resolve Spain’s worst crisis in decades after the region declared independence leading Madrid to sack local leaders.
TEHRAN, December 7 - Russian president Vladimir Putin announced his intention to run in the 2018 presidential elections at an event in Nizhny Novgorod on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, December 7 - Russian president Vladimir Putin announced his intention to run in the 2018 presidential elections at an event in Nizhny Novgorod on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, November 30 - Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tegucigalpa on Wednesday to protest against the alleged manipulation of the presidential election results.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Kenya’s top court has upheld the validity of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s reelection in a repeat vote last month, triggering a new wave of rallies for and against the ruling.
TEHRAN, November 17 - Three people were shot dead Friday in Nairobi, an AFP reporter saw, as police dispersed thousands of opposition supporters welcoming home their leader Raila Odinga from an overseas trip.
TEHRAN, November 11 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again strongly rejected claims that Moscow interfered in the 2016 US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump, saying these allegations are mere “fantasies.”
TEHRAN, November 11 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again strongly rejected claims that Moscow interfered in the 2016 US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump, saying these allegations are mere “fantasies.”