Iranian rial climbs 10 percent as hopes grow over new president
(Reuters) – The Iranian currency, the rial, rose further on Thursday on hopes the country’s deep economic crisis could ease under its…
(Reuters) – The Iranian currency, the rial, rose further on Thursday on hopes the country’s deep economic crisis could ease under its…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s key reformist is urging supporters of the country’s newly elected president to have patience as Hasan Rowhani…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says a site in southern Iran has been selected for a planned new nuclear research…
Israel is pressing the European Union to take a more aggressive stance on Iran’s nuclear energy program, which Tel Aviv’s allies, especially…
LAHORE: To the sheer surprise of the whole world, India has announced support for Iran’s presidency of the 65-member Conference on Disarmament—-an…
An Iranian lawmaker says the terrorist anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) must be prosecuted and brought to justice for its acts of…
(Reuters) – This past weekend, centrist candidate Hassan Rohani won the Iranian presidential election by a landslide. Rohani beat the two perceived…
The chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office has congratulated Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani on his victory in Iran’s 11th presidential election. In…
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki says Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rohani is capable of resolving major problems in the region and the Muslim world.…
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has congratulated Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani on his victory in Iran’s 11th presidential election, saying that Islamabad…
Former Iranian president Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said oil income should be channeled into the production sector and a portion of it…
Iran’s Majlis Vice-Speaker Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard says the legislative body is prepared to work with the next administration at the “highest level.”…
Outside of Iran, there is no doubt that the biggest losers in Iran’s election this past weekend were the Likud government in Israel and…
Communications satellite services provider Intelsat has announced the suspension of its services to Iranian channels, especially the English-language news network, Press TV,…
The Guardian Council, Iran’s highest electoral supervisory body, has confirmed the validity of the country’s June 14 presidential election results. The Iranian…
Iran Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has met with president-elect, Hassan Rohani, stressing the need for interaction between the three branches…
WASHINGTON — The surprise election of pragmatic former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rouhani has won few converts on Capitol Hill, but new sanctions legislation could…
The only thing we learn from Iranian elections, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, is that we do not learn from Iranian elections.…
Glasgow Caledonian University has welcomed the election of one of its alumni, Dr Hassan Rouhani, as the next President of Iran. The…
My childhood was shaped emotionally, politically and physically by the Cold War. The Iron Curtain stood a 20-minute drive from my childhood home.…
Piecing together the mystery of Iranian nuclear strategy suggests that right now, the Islamic Republic is perhaps willing to speed up negotiations without…
Russia on Tuesday urged the West to consider relaxing sanctions against Iran, saying there was unprecedented hope of a breakthrough in the…
The current religious tourism season in the Shiite-dominated Iraqi city of Najaf is said to be the worst in years, given the low number of…
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the Islamic Republic’s key role in the region, saying regional crises cannot be settled…
A US poll has revealed that 10 percent of Americans view their country as the biggest threat to world peace, while similar…
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has set out on a three-nation tour of the Persian Gulf…
Head of Iran’s Judiciary Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani is due to meet the country’s President-elect Hojjatoleslam Hassan Rohani. Amoli Larijani is scheduled…
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran is prepared to further upgrade its mutual relations with Rome and discuss with the…
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…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected the idea of participation of Persian Gulf littoral states in the next round of nuclear…
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ramin Mehmanparast has stressed the importance of expanding cooperation with Indonesia in the media sector. In a meeting…
UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed has cast doubt about the legitimacy of last week’s Iranian presidential election,…
China has called on Iran and the group of six major world powers of the P5+1 to hold another round of negotiations…
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…
Israeli PM warns against new Iranian President Hasan Rowhani, saying his strategy is to calm the international community while quietly advancing the nuclear…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described as significant the presence of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the international conference on Syria…
(Reuters) – Years before he became Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation’s nuclear program and said that when…
(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…