Iranian elections 2017- get some free academic facts

Presidential elections will take place in Iran this week
these guides have good basic guidance on the political system and what is at stake.

Guardian has a everything you need to know guide.
Al-Jazeera has a basic explainer.
IFES has good basic information.
it also has older materials on previous elections from 2011 onwards.

Research think tanks with analysis on Iran
They also include some recent comentary on political events.

Rand

Brookings 

Chatham House

Foreign Affairs

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International annual report - Iran

Iranian news round up- from AEI critical threat project includes translations of materials published in Iran

 Iranian election polls and results.

Iranian pulse from Al- Monitor has news and analysis of debates and polls
Carnegie Endowment is tracking the election on its blog
Iran Poll.com
is providing some free access to English language polls via Iranian Election Barometer blog.
Iranian Students Polling Agency has some Arabic and English resources.
Iranian political participation project - 2013 elections research and data. by Social Change and Conflict (PARIS/SCC) -a leading research group in political participation- situated in the sociology department at VU University Amsterdam.

Iranian elections - see our recommended research resources

In the news this week the Iranian presidential elections.
For some good starting points try these recommended research resources.

IFES has basic information on the electoral system and past elections.
They also have a selection of reports on the electoral system and state of democracy in iran which they have published in recent years.

Official news from the Iranian government can be found on the Islamic republic news service which has an English language version.

For news coverage try.
BBC which as a good FAQ  
Guardian
al-jazeera
Washington Post
New York Times

also interesting wikipedia has links to election debates and transcripts.Note that as these are ioffered in Arabic only we have not been able to verify content so evaluate before use.

for news services and blogs from Iran try

Iran election watch Independent journalsits operating in and outside Iran
Iran's view
Al-Monitor Iran pulse

Global voices online - blogs including some from Iran

Commentary from think tanks on the elections. The following have briefings and useful background reports.
Wilson Center election update and news.
Rand
Council on Foreign relations

Brookings Institution. Chatham House RUSI
For more information on the winner see
His official website rouhani website

al Jazeera collected news.

Finally an excellent site for background information on previous Iran elections is the Iran Electoral Archive from the The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna an Italian public university
This covers all aspects of the electoral process from 1967 onwards providing free access to documents, legislation and more in English and Persian.It also includes some 2013 resources.