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.

What do we know about the new French president?

As Emmanuel Macron is elected French president get some facts about this political newcomer!

All the newspapers listed in our earlier presidential election blog have the latest results and analyses
For example see the original Le Monde article which discussed the launch of his En Marche movement in 2016.


The official En Marche website discusses the aims and progress of the movement and includes a biography
Macron also has a Facebook site and Twitter account which link to recent statements and videos.

Get initial twitter reaction from world leaders and the public

Other reaction from US think tank Council Foreign Relations

Chatham House (UK foreign policy)
LSE Europp blog
House of Commons briefing paper on the implications for the UK