Al Monitor - President Hassan Rouhani became the first sitting Iranian president to meet with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most senior Iraqi Shiite leader, when he visited the holy city of Najaf on March 14. The meeting took place on the final day of his three-day tour of Iraq. The historic meeting received widespread coverage by Iranian newspapers ...

Press TV- Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the Iranian people voted for moderation and reason in the recent twin elections in the country. The president made the remarks in his first press conference on Monday in the presence of representatives of domestic and foreign media since his landslide election victory and winning a second term in ...

Tehran, June 26, IRNA - President Hassan Rouhani urged clerics to play a unifying role in the society and said moderation is necessary more than ever before to achieve the goal. Speaking to senior clerics and Friday Prayer leaders on Thursday evening, he said, 'Today, there is a significan need to moderation both inside the country and in the region ...

Tehran, Nov 26, IRNA - President Hassan Rouhani called his nominee for science minister as symbol of moderation and called on members of Parliament (Majlis) to give him a vote of confidence. President referred to the nation's vote for moderate policies of his administration in 2013 presidential elections and asked the MPs to consider national interests ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) Irans FM spokeswoman has said moderation, avoiding extremism and racism would be the main key to UN 69th General Assembly Declaration. Pointing to the General Assembly Declaration on 'the Right of Peoples to Peace', Marzieh Afkham said that the Islamic Republic believes moderation, along with avoiding extremism and racism, as ...

Tehran, June 12, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the Iranian nation is moving on the road to moderation and all hope that the era of extremism around the globe comes to an end for ever. The President made the remarks in a gathering held on the eve of the auspicious birth anniversary of the Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance),...