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'World laughing at US presidential election'

TEHRAN (defapress) – US President Donald Trump acknowledged he was running out of time to present evidence of the massive fraud he was sketching out — a signal that the evidence may never come.
News ID: 82649    Publish Date : 2020/11/27

Rouhani:

No matter who wins US presidential election

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says no matter who wins the ongoing US presidential election, calling on the American regime to return to commitments to the international treaties.
News ID: 82452    Publish Date : 2020/11/04

Second US presidential debate cancelled

TEHRAN (defapress) – The organizer of the US presidential debates says the second meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, scheduled for next week, is cancelled.
News ID: 82248    Publish Date : 2020/10/10

Trump Insults Harris as 'A Monster' Morning After Vice Presidential Debate

TEHRAN (defapress)- President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked Sen. Kamala Harris as "a monster" the day after the vice presidential debate.
News ID: 82233    Publish Date : 2020/10/09

Trump Calls for Biden to Take A Drug Test Before Upcoming Presidential Debate

TEHRAN (defapress)- President Donald Trump said Sunday that he demanded his Democratic opponent Joe Biden take a drug test either directly before or after the upcoming presidential debate this week.
News ID: 82135    Publish Date : 2020/09/28

Biden Wins 4 More States in US Democratic Presidential Primary

TEHRAN (defapress) – Former US Vice President Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago.
News ID: 80478    Publish Date : 2020/03/11

Tom Steyer Ends 2020 US Presidential Campaign

TEHRAN (defapress) – Tom Steyer ended his presidential campaign on Saturday night after the billionaire businessman failed to gain traction in a large field of US Democratic candidates.
News ID: 80376    Publish Date : 2020/03/01

South Africa Starts Voting in Presidential, Parliamentary Elections

TEHRAN (defapress) - South Africans were voting Wednesday in presidential and parliamentary elections amid issues of corruption and unemployment.
News ID: 77286    Publish Date : 2019/05/08

Macedonians Vote in Election Dominated by Splits over Name Change

TEHRAN (defapress) - Macedonians vote on Sunday in a presidential election dominated by deep divisions over the change of the country's name to North Macedonia under a deal with Greece.
News ID: 76944    Publish Date : 2019/04/21

Presidential Candidate Gabbard:

Trump Acting as Al-Qaeda's Big Brother

TEHRAN (defapress)- 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard comes to the defense of her fellow Muslim congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, who was recently attacked by US President Donald Trump over remarks on 9/11 terror attacks, calling Trump the “big brother and protector” of Riyadh-sponsored al-Qaeda terror group.
News ID: 76873    Publish Date : 2019/04/17

Trump Predicts Biden, Sanders to Be Democratic Finalists in Presidential Race

TEHRAN (defapress) - US President Donald Trump suggested that he would either face Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders or former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
News ID: 76856    Publish Date : 2019/04/17

Biden Tops 2020 Iowa Presidential Poll, Sanders Gains Momentum

TEHRAN (defapress) – Former US Vice President Joe Biden topped a poll of Iowa voters on Saturday that also showed Senator Bernie Sanders gaining momentum against him in the No. 2 spot.
News ID: 76098    Publish Date : 2019/03/10

Clinton Rules Out Another Presidential Run

TEHRAN (defapress) – Hillary Clinton has for the first time ruled out running for US president in 2020.
News ID: 75985    Publish Date : 2019/03/05

UN Hopes Congolese Can 'Freely' Vote after Delay

TEHRAN (defapress) - The United Nations Security Council on Saturday said it hoped a week-long delay in DR Congo's election will allow Congolese "to express themselves freely" during the ballot.
News ID: 74511    Publish Date : 2018/12/23

Russia:

Ukrainian President May Use Donbass Tensions as Excuse to Call off Presidential Election

TEHRAN (defapress)- Kiev is getting ready to stage a provocation in Donbass to justify an offensive operation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday.
News ID: 74304    Publish Date : 2018/12/13

Georgia Holds Second Round of Hotly Contested Presidential Vote

TEHRAN (defapress) - Georgians on Wednesday went to the polls in the second round of a knife-edge presidential election seen as a crucial test for the increasingly unpopular ruling party led by a billionaire oligarch.
News ID: 73993    Publish Date : 2018/11/28

Official:

Ghani to Seek Re-Election in Afghan Presidential Poll

TEHRAN (defapress) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will seek re-election in 2019, his office announced Saturday, as potential rivals begin jockeying for the country's top job ahead of the ballot.
News ID: 73467    Publish Date : 2018/11/03

Georgia Presidential Vote Goes to Run-Off

TEHRAN (defapress) - Presidential elections in Georgia, seen as a crucial test for the increasingly unpopular ruling party, have gone to a run-off, preliminary results showed on Monday.
News ID: 73356    Publish Date : 2018/10/29

Polls Open in Georgia Presidential Election

TEHRAN (defapress) - Georgians on Sunday started voting to elect a figurehead president in a poll seen as a crucial test for the increasingly unpopular ruling party.
News ID: 73331    Publish Date : 2018/10/28

China Defends Planned Scrapping of Presidential Term Limit

TEHRAN (defapress) - A Chinese official is defending Beijing's plan to scrap term limits on the presidency that would enable Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely as a way to ensure that three of Xi's main leadership positions are unified.
News ID: 68993    Publish Date : 2018/03/04