primer ] Although never elected to office, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei is a major political figure, with speculation mounting that he may be a presidential candidate in 2013. Who is Mashaei ...

Conservative infighting is rife in Iran. Behrouz Mehri / AFP-Getty Images Like many Iranian officials, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei attended the ceremony for the anniversary of the 1979 revolution in ...

Over the past few days Khabar Online, the website close to Majles Speaker Ali Larijani, had speculated that Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, has been arrested.

His name is Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, and he is the Iranian president’s chief of staff. Mashaei is a controversial figure among the Iranian hardliners, a lightning rod for the few known tensions ...

Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denounced the decision to disqualify Mashaei and suggested he would use his influence to have it reversed. "I introduced Mashaei because I know him as pious and a fair ...

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will contest the disqualification of his ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from next month's presidential poll. Mr Mashaei and ex-president Akbar Hashemi ...

All of those fired appear to have run afoul of the president’s closest confidante, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei — a controversial figure in Iranian politics who is believed to have significant ...

If both are allowed to run, then the election will have two focal points, where once again Ahmadinejad (through Mashaei) is face to face with Hashemi Rafsanjani. Yet minutes before registration ...

Along with Ahmadinejad’s aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, the name of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was also notably absent from the list of approved nominees, as was that of former ...

The entry of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei has heated up and complicated Iran's presidential contest. The month or so until polling on 14 June suddenly seems like a long ...

The Entekhab website says it has information that both Ahmadinejad and Mashaei will be speaking at the event, which the site describes as an "unofficial election meeting." Entekhab says ...