Date of Iranian president’s Swearing-In ceremony changed, MP says
Tasnim – The date of the swearing-in ceremony for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was re-elected for a second term by a…
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Financial market reforms in Iran can validate Rouhani’s victory
Financial Times | Gary Kleiman: The Tehran Stock Exchange index rallied to eliminate its 5 per cent loss since the beginning of…
Why India will stand to lose if it doesn’t strengthen ties with Iran soon
Youth Ki Awaaz | Sourajit Aiyer: The world is now aware of the victory of the incumbent Rouhani over the challenger Raisi…
Recent elections echoes nation’s trust in Islamic Republic
MNA – Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is addressing the official ceremony to commemorate 28th anniversary of demise of founder of the Islamic Republic…
Iranian MPs thank police for providing elections’ security
IFP – A number of Iranian lawmakers have expressed their gratitude towards Iran’s police forces for their efforts to ensure the security…
Analyst warns about post-election division in Iran society
IFP – A political analyst says advocates of different political camps in Iran should set their differences aside to pave the way…
Minister to brief MPs on Iran’s recent elections
Tasnim – Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli will go to the Parliament next week to give a report on the process…
There is no peace in the Middle East without Iran
Huffington Post | Georges Ugeux: Donald Trump might have missed the most positive news from the Middle East last week. It was…
President Rouhani: People true winners of elections
RNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the true winners of the May 19 elections were the Iranian people and…
Judiciary rejects voter fraud claims in presidential election
IRNA — Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on Wednesday rejected voter fraud claims in the May 19 presidential election. He made the…
Questions about Zarif as Rouhani’s second term agenda emerges
Al Monitor | Ali Hashem: It will not be an easy second term for recently re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. With the Middle…
Economic relations with Iran are on the rise
EPPM – VDMA, the German machinery trade association wish to continue building their business relationship with Iran, assisted by the lifting of…
Interior minister: Elections held in legal, healthy way
IRNA – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said on Monday that the May 19 elections were in a totally legal way and in…
Iranian street sweeper elected to City Council
IFP – Gholam-Hassan Alipour, who is a 42-year-old street sweeper working in the northern Iranian province of Gilan, has garnered enough votes…
Women win highest ever seats in Tehran council election
Tehran Times- Six women have been elected to Tehran’s 5th city council election, registering a record high out of the total 21…
50 tonnes of election campaign posters removed from Tehran streets
IFP – A Tehran Municipality official says more than 50 tonnes of waste paper remaining from Iranian candidates’ campaigns for the recent…
Castro congratulates Rouhani on re-election
IRNA — Cuban President Raul Castro in a message to President-elect Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday congratulated him on his re-election to the…
How re-election of Iranian president Rouhani could affect global economy
Sputnik – US economic experts interviewed by Sputnik expressed different views on how the re-election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for a…
Iraqi PM congratulates Rouhani on re-election
IRNA – The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said he has congratulated President Hassan Rouhani for being re-elected as president of Iran…
Iran envoy to UN praises US-based Iranians turnout in election
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo appreciated the Iranians residing in the North America for…
Over 30k Iranian expats in US voted in Iran’s election
MNA – Over 30,000 Iranian expatriates in various states in the US participated in the 12th Iran’s presidential election on May 19…
Iran President to meet Mirza Aqa, his most famous supporter
IFP – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to meet one of his supporters whose photo was widely circulated in his election…
Trump must read this story about Iran elections
IFP – The high turnout in Iran’s presidential election will leave the US president no excuse to circumvent the reality. Here is…
N. Korean leader congratulates President Rouhani on re-election
IRNA – The Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un on Monday congratulated President Hassan Rouhani for his reelection in Friday presidential…
Weekly report: Hassan Rouhani wins another term as president of Iran
May 21, The Iran Project – Opening ceremony of 5th Iran Rail Expo, 4 ATR aircrafts landing in Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, Massive…
Iraqi president congratulates Rouhani on re-election
IRNA – Iraqi President Fuad Masum, in a message on Saturday, congratulated Hassan Rouhani on his re-election as the president of Iran.…
Tehran city council primary results announced
MNA – Tehran’s governor Issa Farhadi announced the results of the fifth round of Tehran, Rey, Tajrish city council polls on Sunday.…
Photos: Rouhani reelection celebrated in Tehran
Fars News Agency – Cars packed the streets and horns sounded in celebration, as people of Tehran carried flags and portraits of…
Canada releases statement on outcome of Iranian election
MNA – Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in a statement on Sat. following Iran’s presidential election welcomed Pres. Rouhani’s commitment to continue…
Rouhani’s election to ensure predictability of Iran’s foreign agenda – Lawmaker
Sputnik – Leonid Slutsky, the chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee, called the victory of the current Iranian President…
Japanese PM, FM felicitate Rouhani’s win
MNA – Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and FM have sent messages of congratulation to President Rouhani for his winning in the election.…
Elysee: Rouhani reelection gives hope for Tehran’s compliance with nuclear deal
Sputnik – The office of French President Emmanuel Macron said that the reelection of Hassan Rouhani as Iranian President gives hope for…
Tillerson says he’ll talk to Iran’s Zarif ‘at the right time’
Bloomberg – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he’ll talk with his Iranian counterpart “at the right time” after elections in Iran…
Rouhani, a man of the Islamic Revolution, opens Iran to West
AP | JON GAMBRELL: As Iran’s chief nuclear envoy, Hassan Rouhani earned the nickname “diplomat sheikh” when negotiators in 2004 reached a…
Raeisi: Nation main winner of election
IRNA – Defeated presidential candidate Ebrahim Raeisi in a statement late on Saturday said that the Iranian nation is the first and…
In a dispirited Middle East, Iran’s election is the single beacon of hope
Iranian Diplomacy- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was…
Nabih Berri congratulates re-election of President Rouhani
IRNA — Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday in a message congratulated Hassan Rouhani on his re-election as president of the…
Trump’s Riyadh visit eclipsed by high turnout in Iran election
IFP – Maybe if Trump’s plane was allowed to fly across the Iranian airspace on its route to Saudi Arabia, he would…
Nasrallah congratulates Rouhani on Friday election
IRNA — Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah in a message on Saturday congratulated victory of Hassan Rouhani in 12th…
President-elect Rouhani to talk live to nation on TV today
IRNA – President-elect Hassan Rouhani will give a live televised speech to Iranians at 18pm local times (13:30 GMT) on Saturday. President-elect…