Saudi Arabia, India, Tunisia congratulate Iran President-elect Rohani
Saudi Arabia, India and Tunisia have extended congratulations to Iran’s President-elect Hojjatoleslam Hassan Rohani on his victory in the country’s June 14…
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Russia rejects presence of Arab countries in Iran-P5+1 talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected the idea of participation of Persian Gulf littoral states in the next round of nuclear…
Iran, Indonesia to enhance media relations
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ramin Mehmanparast has stressed the importance of expanding cooperation with Indonesia in the media sector. In a meeting…
UN rapporteur was one of two critics of Iranian election
UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed has cast doubt about the legitimacy of last week’s Iranian presidential election,…
China urges Iran, P5+1 to hold new round of talks ‘as soon as possible’
China has called on Iran and the group of six major world powers of the P5+1 to hold another round of negotiations…
Venezuela’s Maduro to meet Iran’s Hassan Rowhani
CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro says he’ll meet soon with Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rowhani to further strengthen already close relations. Maduro announced plans for a…
Netanyahu: Israel won’t accept less than total halt of Iran’s nuclear enrichment
Israeli PM warns against new Iranian President Hasan Rowhani, saying his strategy is to calm the international community while quietly advancing the nuclear…
Russia urges presence of Iran, Saudi Arabia in Geneva talks on Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described as significant the presence of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the international conference on Syria…
Rohani once spoke approvingly of hiding Iran atomic work
(Reuters) – Years before he became Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation’s nuclear program and said that when…
France’s Hollande open to Iranian presence at Syria talks
(Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday opened the door to Iran attending a Syria peace conference, but reiterated that there was no future for…
Washington mulls surprise Rouhani victory in Iran vote
The surprise victory of Hassan Rouhani in Iran’s Jun. 14 election has provoked a range of reactions here, ranging from cautious optimism…
No-fly zone over Syria breaches international law: Iran lawmaker
An Iranian lawmaker says imposing a no-fly zone over Syria will amount to violation of international law and is part of the…
Russia invites Iran to nuclear power forum
Russia has invited the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Fereydoun Abbasi, to attend the International Industry Forum ATOMEXPO…
World leaders congratulate Rohani on election win
World leaders have sent messages to Iran president-elect Hassan Rohani congratulating him on his election victory on June 14. In his message…
Photos: Iran’s Ahmadinejad meets president-elect Rowhani
Iran’s incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has met with president-elect Hassan Rohani on Tuesday ,discussing domestic issues, especially politics and economy. By IRNA
New Iranian president known as the ‘diplomat sheikh’
Melissa Block talks with Vali Nasr about Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rowhani. Nasr, the dean of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International…
A promising moment in Iran
The election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran’s next president creates an opportunity to move forward on a negotiated agreement to stop Iran’s nuclear weapons program…
Israeli leaders respond with scowls to Rouhani’s election
For most Israeli politicians, the news of the election of moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran, is not good. That…
Iran incumbent president, president-elect agree to appoint representative to transfer information
Iran’s incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and president-elect Hassan Rohani agreed to appoint a representative to transfer information, the ISNA News Agency reported.…
Ahmadinejad summoned over ‘legal’ not personal issues: Larijani
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has dismissed as “mischief” recent reports implying that the court order recently issued to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad…
Iran ready to halt 20% uranium enrichment, West must reciprocate – Lavrov
Iran has confirmed it is prepared to halt its enrichment of 20-percent uranium, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, urging Western nations…
Tehran Islamic City Council elected members announced
The final list of the elected members of Tehran’s Islamic City Council has been announced, Press TV reports. Some 200,000 candidates ran in the…
Iran dismisses remarks by Canada’s foreign minister about Iran election
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi has dismissed the recent remarks by Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on the June 14 presidential…
Iran increases precision capability of Persian Gulf ballistic missile to less than 10m
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the late commander and head of the…
Shimon Peres: Israel and Iran could negotiate
Israel and Iran could sit down and talk to each other despite the bitter enmity that has pushed the two nations to the…
The outgoing president Ahmadinejad meets with the president-elect Rouhani
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a meeting with President-elect Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Tuesday. During the meeting, President…
GCU alumnus to be next President of Iran
The President-elect of Iran, Dr Hassan Rouhani, is a graduate of Glasgow Caledonian University. He studied at GCU in the 1990s under…
At G8, Obama and Putin express optimism on Iran after election
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed “cautious” optimism on Monday that the election of a moderate cleric in…
Rohani vows to reset Iran’s relations with the world
Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rohani said his win was a ‘victory for moderation’ and vowed to soothe tensions with the US and factions inside…
China extends congratulation to Iran’s President-elect Rohani
China has congratulated Iran’s President-elect Hojjatoleslam Hassan Rohani on his victory in the Islamic Republic’s 11th presidential election. “China congratulates Hassan Rouhani…
Tajikistan congratulates Rohani over election victory
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has congratulated Hassan Rohani over his victory in Iran’s June 14 presidential election. In his message, which was…
Italy, OIC, Venezuela congratulate Iran on Rohani’s presidential victory
Italy, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and Venezuela have felicitated Hassan Rohani on his landslide victory in Iran’s presidential election in…
‘Iran verbally invited to Geneva confab’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic has been verbally invited to the Geneva conference on Syria aimed at…
Allies of Iran’s outgoing president defeated
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Allies of outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have suffered a resounding defeat in local council elections, a clear…
Britain says Rowhani should not doubt West’s nuclear resolve
Britain on Monday warned newly-elected Iranian president Hassan Rowhani that he should be in no doubt about the West’s resolve to prevent…
Japan urges Iran’s Rohani to engage in serious nuclear dialogue
Japan has called on president-elect Hassan Rohani to engage in “serious dialogue” with the international community to resolve Iran’s nuclear energy issue.…
Obama sees Iran’s election of moderate as hopeful sign
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran’s election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that…
