The spokesman for Iran's Guardians Council -- the oversight body that vets all the country's election candidates -- has said that physically weak candidates will not be allowed to run. The comments appear to be a reference to the age of 78-year-old presidential hopeful Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who is considered a challenge to Iran’s establishment.

Two starkly different accounts by one of Iran’s leading presidential hopefuls of his role in state crackdowns have emerged online. So is Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf a hard-liner or a moderate?

Pakistan's neighbors and global powers have welcomed Nawaz Sharif's victory in the country's May 11 general elections, in the hope that he will stabilize the country and change its external outlook. RFE/RL looks at Sharif's potential foreign policy moves.

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has entered the race for the country’s presidency. The move challenges plans by the Iranian establishment to ensure a loyalist wins next month's polls.

Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has come under attack by the country’s hard-liners after his surprise filing to run in the country’s June presidential election.

Prominent Iranian union leader Mansur Osanlu, who recently fled that country, has told RFE/RL that death threats from inside government security circles drove him out of Iran.

The registration period for potential candidates for Iran's June 14 presidential vote is under way in Iran. As the nominations are entered, Iran observers will be trying to determine who might be suitable for the country's supreme leader, who has the last say in all state affairs in the Islamic republic.

A restaurant in Pittsburgh is serving up dishes from places like Iran and Cuba as a way to give Americans a new way to think about countries they might fear or distrust.

As Iran's presidential election campaign officially kicks off, the country's already factionalized media is becoming increasingly polarized. RFE/RL looks at the escalating media war in the Islamic republic.