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1 day ago · According to Islamic Republic of Iran's constitution, any Iranian citizen who believes in Shia Islam, loyal to the Constitution, the ideology of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist and the Islamic Republic can participate in election as a presidential candidate.
21 hours ago · On July 28, 1988, the Iranian regime began a mass purge of its prisons from political prisoners, executing anyone who refused to repent their opposition to the rule of Khomeini. In the span of a few months, the regime’s executioners sent more than 30 thousand prisoners to the gallows.
4 days ago · By 1983 Bazargan's IFM was the only political group outside the factions of the ruling hierarchy that was permitted any freedom of activity. Even this group was barely tolerated. For example, the party headquarters was attacked in 1983, and two party members were assaulted on the floor of the Majlis.
3 days ago · The Iranian Embassy in Beirut opened its doors to Iranian voters residing in Lebanon to cast their votes in the 14th presidential elections. The second round of voting commenced at 8 am, with candidates Saeed Jalili and Masoud Bazargan competing to succeed President Ibrahim Raisi.
2 days ago · Centrists, such as provisional Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and the republic’s first president, Abolhasan Bani-Sadr, who opposed holding the hostages, were steadily forced from power by conservatives within the government who questioned their revolutionary zeal.
5 days ago · In 1975, a coup by a group of separatists within the MEK, who claimed to have converted to Marxism, nearly shattered the organization. Afterwards, Massoud Rajavi restored the organization and spelled out distinct guidelines that explained the principles of the MEK.
2 days ago · On November 4: Iranian Islamic Students stormed the US embassy, taking 66 people, the majority Americans, as hostages. 14 were released before the end of November. In November: The republic's first Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan resigned.
