Read more Guardian Council stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26304/guardian-council.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:25:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63561/top-clerics-defy-ayatollah-over-iran-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA potentially big development on the Iran elections tonight: The nation's most prominent clerical group demanded that the results be thrown out and called the new government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad illegitimate, the New York Times reports. The decision may yet collapse under state pressure, but it's a defiant rebuke of...http://www.newser.com/story/63561/top-clerics-defy-ayatollah-over-iran-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Jul 2009 22:09:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63125/iran-council-confirms-ahmadinejad-win.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter partially recounting ballots, Iran’s top legislators have confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the victor in the country’s presidential election, the BBC reports. The decision by the 12-member, conservative-controlled Guardian Council was announced on state television and follows weeks of protests in which some 17 are believed to have died. The...http://www.newser.com/story/63125/iran-council-confirms-ahmadinejad-win.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 13:06:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62631/council-asks-ayatollah-to-extend-iran-election-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe top body investigating the results of the recent election is asking Iran’s supreme leader to give it more time to clear up any and all “ambiguities,” Reuters reports. “We are urging you to allow us to extend the deadline to receive further complaints five more days,” the Guardian Council...http://www.newser.com/story/62631/council-asks-ayatollah-to-extend-iran-election-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 14:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62212/clerics-invite-opposition-to-talk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran’s Guardian Council has invited all three opposition candidates to a meeting to air their grievances Saturday, the New York Times reports. But the opposition is likely to view that olive branch warily; it has already turned down the council’s offer for a partial recount. Protesters say they intend to...http://www.newser.com/story/62212/clerics-invite-opposition-to-talk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 8:04:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62091/iran-blocks-foreign-press-as-thousands-protest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSupporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are planning more rallies today, despite an appeal for calm by the country's supreme religious leader. Iran has banned international journalists from the protests after Monday's violence at a Mousavi demonstration, where seven people died. But state television, which showed rallies in...http://www.newser.com/story/62091/iran-blocks-foreign-press-as-thousands-protest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 4:41:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61996/irans-guardian-council-vows-recount-as-7-die-in-protests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe most powerful body in Iran declared it will allow a recount in last Friday's controversial presidential election, the BBC reports. The announcement follows three days of massive protests in Tehran, in which seven people were killed. State radio claims the deaths came as protesters attacked a military post after...http://www.newser.com/story/61996/irans-guardian-council-vows-recount-as-7-die-in-protests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 3:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59657/women-candidates-shut-out-of-irans-presidential-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran's vetting board has once again rejected every female candidate from the nation's upcoming presidential election, Time reports. Women made up almost a tenth of the 475 hopefuls who signed on. The rejection is widely blamed on the Guardian Council's interpretation of a word in Iran's constitution which they have...http://www.newser.com/story/59657/women-candidates-shut-out-of-irans-presidential-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 1:49:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21511/ruling-conservatives-should-fare-well-in-iran-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIranian conservatives are likely to gain seats in tomorrow's parliamentary elections despite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's growing unpopularity, Al Jazeera reports. Iranians may disapprove of the president's economic policies, but the ruling Guardians Council barred 1,700 candidates—mainly reformists—from seeking election to the 290-seat parliament. Government officials and state-run media...http://www.newser.com/story/21511/ruling-conservatives-should-fare-well-in-iran-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Mar 2008 18:12:25 CDT