Hassan Rouhani Says Voters Rejected Extremism
Mr Rouhani was re-elected with 57% of the vote Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his re-election shows voters ...
Tag: Politics of Iran
A Moderate Cleric Open To the World
President Hassan Rouhani, who won re-election on Saturday, has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary establishment but ...
Iran’s Rouhani On Course For Second Term
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is on course for a second term in office, preliminary results show. Out of 26 million ...
Iran President Rouhani Leading In Election
President Hassan Rouhani was leading in Iran's election with more than half of votes counted on Saturday, the head of ...
Iran Opposition Complains of Election ‘infractions’
Before voting had even concluded in Iran's presidential election on Friday, the head of the opposition campaign complained of multiple ...
Festive Community Feel As Iranians Flock To the Polls
It was a festive mood across Tehran on Friday as thousands lined up to vote, many coming with family and ...
What’s At Stake In Iran’s Presidential Election?
Iran's presidential election Friday is effectively a choice between moderate incumbent Hassan Rouhani and hardline jurist Ebrahim Raisi, with major ...
US Sticking By Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good News For Rouhani
The US decision to stick by the nuclear deal with Iran, despite new sanctions on its missile programme, provided welcome ...
US Maintains Iran Nuclear Deal Sanctions Relief
The United States decided not to reimpose sanctions on Iran's nuclear program Wednesday despite President Donald Trump's criticism of the ...
A Moderate Cleric Open To the World
President Hassan Rouhani has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary establishment but is strongly opposed by hardliners ...
Iran Votes In Head-To-Head Between Diplomacy and Resistance
Iranian voters will decide the fate of moderate President Hassan Rouhani and his policy of engagement with the West on ...
Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Election
Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race Monday, paving the way for a head-to-head battle between President ...
Conservative Ghalibaf Withdraws From Iran Presidential Race
Conservative Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race on Monday, just days before the election, state media ...
Iran’s Delayed Gold Rush Disillusions Voters
The investment gold rush that was supposed to follow Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and revitalise the economy has ...
Iran’s Missing Reformists Are the Real Heroes At Rouhani Rally
The 20,000 chanting fans might have come to support Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday but it was clear their ...
Pessimism Rife In Working-Class Tehran Ahead of Poll
In a working-class district of Tehran teeming with porters, motorbikes and pickup trucks, residents have little enthusiasm about next week's ...
Iran’s Rouhani Says Election Rivals Are ‘violent Extremists’
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani launched a scathing attack on his conservative election rivals on Monday, saying their era of "violence ...
Iran Army Criticises Rouhani’s Missile Comments
Iran's armed forces warned President Hassan Rouhani against discussing the country's defence programme after he criticised the anti-Israel slogans written ...
Iran’s Rouhani Slams Nuclear Deal Saboteurs In Debate
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani criticised conservative opponents for trying to sabotage the nuclear deal with world powers and vowed more ...
Iran Confirms Upholding British-Iranian’s 5-Year Sentence
Iran confirmed Wednesday upholding a five-year sentence for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman accused of sedition who has been in ...