An IRGC general running for Iran's presidency in June has said the military cannot conduct a coup in the Islamic Republic and he defended his right to run for office.
Mohsen Rezaei, conservative politician and likely presidential candidate in Iran, proposed a formula for talks with the US that foreign minister Javad Zarif dismissed.
Media and oundits in Iran increasingly see the hardliner Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raeesi as the candidate of choice for conservatives in June presidental election.
The side-lined former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has written a 37-page letter to Ali Khamenei asking him for talks with the United States abd help for Iran's reformists.
Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad complains that his supporters were barred from holding a rally on February 10, reportedly to ask him to run for president.
As Iran's June presidential election nears, many say it will be marked by low turnout as voters are disillusioned with the political system that they believe is not responsive.
A prominent politician and former lawmaker in Iran has accused some senior officials of being influenced by imagined supernatural beings mentioned in the Quran.
An outspoken Iranian analyst has predicted a low turn-out in June’s presidential election and delivered a damning verdict on President Hassan Rouhani and reformists.