Iran: Privatization reforms on agenda
Financial Tribune – Economy Minister Farhad Dejpasand says considerable changes are in the making to reform the procedures of future privatization programs…
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 18
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday, January 18, and picked headlines…
Leaked video reveals new details about election of Iran’s Supreme Leader
Al-Monitor- A newly released video has shown the process in which a body of 74 clerics elected then-President Ali Khamenei to the highest position…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 10
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, January 10, and picked headlines…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 9
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, January 9, and picked headlines…
Moderate appointed to head Iran’s Expediency Council
Al-Monitor- On Aug. 14, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi as the new chairman of the Expediency Council. Ayatollah Akbar…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 11
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, July 11, and picked headlines…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 23
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 13…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on March 12
Iran Front Page- Iranian newspapers today covered the remarks made by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about the upcoming presidential votes.…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on March 8
Iran Front Page- One of the top stories today was the promise made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to report about his…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 8
Iran Front Page- All newspapers today covered the remarks made by the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a…
Why Rafsanjani’s real lasting legacy in Iran isn’t in politics
Al-Monitor- Much has been said about the political legacy of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani following his death Jan. 8 at the age of…
Gulf of mistrust mars Kuwaiti initiative for Iran-PGCC dialogue
Al-Monitor- When former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Jan. 8, it was thought that his death might be another nail…
West Minus US: Hashemi Rafsanjani’s foreign policy in an interview with Hossein Mousavian
Iranian Diplomacy- When Seyyed Hossein Mousavian was appointed as Iran’s ambassador to Bonn, then capital of Germany, the European power became the…
Kofi Annan calls on Iran to retain Rafsanjani’s pragmatic approach
Iran Front Page- “Iran has lost one of its most influential leaders and a strong voice for reform and for the improvement…
56 states’ flags half-mast as tribute to late Ayatollah
IRNA – Following demise of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, flags of 56 states were flown half-mast and 29 presidents extended their condolences.…
The Islamic Republic of Iran mourns an Ayatollah – Tehran is neither shaken nor stirred
RT|Catherine Shakdam: This week Iran lost one its most senior revolutionary figureheads: Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Hailed a hero and visionary by…
Chinese FM extend condolences to Zarif on Ayat. Rafsanjani’s demise
IRNA – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a message to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif extended his condolences on the…
German FM condoles Ayat. Rafsanjani demise
IRNA – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier condoled the demise of Ayatollah Hasehmi Rafsanjani. In a message to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad…
Rafsanjani’s family thanks nation for huge funeral turnout
Tehran Times – The family of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani issued a statement on Tuesday expressing gratitude to the Iranian nation for attending…
Turkish president condoles demise of Ayat. Rafsanjani
IRNA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sympathized with the Iranian nation and government over death of the late Expediency Council chairman…
Iranian Newspapers on the Day after Ex-President Rafsanjani’s Burial
Iran Front Page- Death of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council, a former president and parliament speaker, and…
Photos: Leader hosts memorial ceremony for late Ayat. Rafsanjani
Leader.ir- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday attended a memorial ceremony hosted by him for the…
Ayatollah Sistani extends condolences on late Ayat. Rafsanjani demise
IRNA – Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in a message expressed condolences on the demise of the late Chairman of the Expediency Council…
Putin offers condolences over demise of Ayatollah Rafsanjani
Tasnim– Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his condolences to Iran over passing of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran’s ex-president and chairman of…
Ayatollah Rafsanjani laid to rest in Imam Khomeini mausoleum
IRNA – Body of the deceased Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was laid to rest Tuesday at the mausoleum of…
Photos: Supreme leader leads prayers for body of late Ayatollah Rafsanjani
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei led mass prayers for the body of the deceased Ayatollah…
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pillar of the Revolution
Iranian Diplomacy- The untimely passage of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has saddened the Iranian nation, mourning the loss of a former president and…
Iran mourns Hashemi Rafsanjani death, veteran revolutionary
Alwaght– Iran plunged into mourning on Sunday following the sudden demise of a veteran revolutionary figure, Hujjat al-Islam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.…
Ayat. Rafsanjani hailed for supporting Lebanon
IRNA – Lebanese President Michel Aoun in a message to President Hassan Rouhani on Monday extended condolences on demise of the late…
IRGC statement: Hashemi Rafsanjani ‘served Revolution, Leader well’
MNA– IRGC has issued a statement to offer condolences on the death of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani on Monday. The statement hailed Hashemi’s…
Ex-president expresses condolences on Ayat. Rafsanjani’s demise
IRNA – Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message on Monday expressed condolences on demise of the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,…
Afghan president condoles demise of Ayat. Rafsanjani
IRNA – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani, in a message on Monday, condoled with the Iranian nation, particularly Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali…
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani obituary
The Guardian- Former president of Iran who played a key role in the Islamic revolution of 1979 From the period of Ayatollah…
220 lawmakers in a statement praise Ayatollah Rafsanjani
IRNA – Majlis lawmakers in a statement on Monday described Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani as a politician strengthening the pillars of the Islamic…
Demise of Ex-President Rafsanjani in Iranian Newspapers on January 9
Iran Front Page- Death of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council, a former president and parliament speaker, and…
Iran to mourn Ayat. Rafsanjani’s death for 3 days
IRNA – Iran will observe three days of public mourning to mark death of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi…
Iran mourns loss of Islamic Revolution’s figure
MNA – The death of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the key founding figures of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, shocked Iranians, leaving…
Funerals for Ayat. Rafsanjani slated for Tuesday
IRNA – Funeral procession for the late Expediency Council Chairman, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, will be held on Tuesday morning, the Expediency…
Iran’s FM Zarif condoles demise of Ayatollah Rafsanjani
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif extended his deep condolences over the demise of Chairman of the country’s Expediency Council…