Iran’s hard-liners in tug of war over parliament speakership
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Iran’s new parliament, which is to be inaugurated May 28, is seeing an spirited battle between a number…
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Iran hard-liners storm shrines closed due to coronavirus
Al-Monitor – As of March 17, the coronavirus epidemic in Iran had killed nearly a thousand people and infected over 16,000 others.…
Iranians go to polls as hard-liners expect big win
Al-Monitor – After a week of lackluster campaigning, Iran held a parliamentary vote Feb. 21, with the country’s leadership issuing persistent calls…
With election rivals barred, Iran’s hard-liners resort to infighting
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: The race for the Islamic Republic’s 11th parliament is likely to turn into one of the most peculiar…
With reformers sidelined, Iranian elections looking like hard-liners Vs. conservatives
Radio Free Europe | Golnaz Esfandiari: With Iranian parliamentary elections just a month away, there are increasing signs that the vote will…
Trump offensive leaves Iran’s hardliners ascendant as poll nears
Bourse and Bazaar | Golnar Motevalli and Arsalan Shahla: After a dozen years as speaker of Iran’s parliament, half of them allied…
How Iran’s hard-liners tried to ride wave of protests
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Feeling the heat, Iranian hard-liners are distancing themselves from the government’s fuel price hike. The government announced Nov.…
Iran’s hard-liners say fresh nuclear deal breaches don’t go far enough
Al-Monitor – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has started work on a fresh phase of scaling back commitments under the…
Iran’s hard-liners praise Rouhani for boosting trade with Iraq
Al-Monitor – The geo-economic aspects of President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq couldn’t be more pleasing to Iran’s conservatives. Ever since the…
European pressure over missiles unites Iranian hardliners, moderates
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: There are indications that French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s recent visit to Iran was not very successful…
Can Iran hard-liners make Rouhani a one-term president?
Rouhani’s opponents – who see him as a threat to many of their interests – are targeting a struggling economy and the…
Iranian hardliners call for rejection of nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting around 50 hard-line students and activists have staged a rally, calling…
Will nuclear deal boost Iran moderates or hard-liners?
Middle East future hinges on which force emerges as main beneficiary of expected accord ISTANBUL—Reformers and hard-liners in the Iranian regime have…
I’ve been respecting freedom of expression for over 30 years
Tehran, May 1, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif answered some Iranian critics about his interview with Charlie Rose, but his…
Students stage sit-in in protest at Lausanne statement
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian University Students are staging a sit-in in front of the parliament to voice protest at the results of several…
Framework for Iran nuclear deal may sideline hard-liners
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As Iran’s nuclear negotiators returned home with the framework of a deal with world powers, joyous revelers joked…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reaches out to hardliners
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the country’s diplomatic heavyweight behind the nuclear deal, has reached out to Iranian hardliners. Zarif, who…
Iranian hardliners criticize nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s hard-liners are criticizing a tentative nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, saying the deal was a bargain…
Iran’s hardliners warn Zarif not to go soft in nuclear talks
(Bloomberg) — Iranian hardliners warned their top diplomats against making concessions that contravene red lines set down by the country’s highest authority,…
Why Iran’s hardliners fear a deal
A nuclear pact means our regime will have to surrender its No. 1 justification for its actions: anti-Americanism. he nuclear negotiation between…
Iranians defy hard-liners to mark ‘festival of fire’
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians lit bonfires, set off fireworks and sent wish lanterns floating into the night sky Tuesday to celebrate…
Iran lawmakers won’t derail nuclear deal: official
Iranian MPs will not derail a nuclear deal with the West, as US lawmakers have threatened to, if the country’s supreme leader…
Qom said a big No to hardliners
It came after senior clerics based in the holy city threw their weight behind President Rouhani’s administration during his recent visit to…
Nuclear deal could increase pressure on Rouhani
The possibility of a nuclear deal between Iran and global powers is the subject of much debate in the Islamic republic. The…
Iran MP wants Washington Post journalist ‘confession’ aired
Hard-line Iranian Parliament member Hamid Rasaei has been on a mission to connect the case of detained Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb. 1
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 16 of them. IFP has…
Iran daily: Rouhani stares down critics of nuclear talks
With nuclear talks showing little advance towards a comprehensive settlement, President Rouhani has again challenged hardline critics in Iran. Speaking at a…
Spoiler alert ahead of Iran’s nuclear deal
The United States and Iran are making partial diplomatic headway as they resumed nuclear negotiations onJanuary 18 in Geneva. Although the six world…
Political sabotage over a deal with Iran
LONDON — America and Iran took a step toward a final nuclear deal on Jan. 18, but they should be making leaps. The negotiators…
Iran’s hard-liners irked by Zarif’s geneva stroll with Kerry
A 15-minute stroll in Switzerland with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has landed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in hot…
Mr. Rouhani, admit that you don’t know the US
Dariush Sajjadi, a reformist blogger, challenges Rouhani’s call for a referendum, saying people’s direct vote will do little to make a breakthrough…
Iran daily: Rouhani makes a play for support with public votes — but on which Issues?
Iranians are considering the significance of President Rouhani’s declaration on Sunday, amid his escalating fight with hardliners, that Iran should have direct…
Iran leader suggests direct votes on issues
TEHRAN — Iran’s president said Sunday that he might invoke a powerful but neglected tool in his fight with hard-liners, suggesting the possibility…
President Rouhani for referendum on significant topics
Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani highlighted an article of the Iranian Constitution which proposes public referendum for setting up…
Domestic pressures in U.S., Iran threaten slow-moving nuclear talks
(Reuters) – A seven-month extension in talks between world powers and Iran on a deal to curb its nuclear program emboldened critics in Washington…
Will extension of Iran nuclear talks give opening to hardliners?
Negotiators in Vienna missed today’s deadline for a nuclear agreement. Some observers have expressed concern over the length of the extension announced…
Iran talks: taking stock a week before deadline
VIENNA (AP) — Iran and six world powers are closer than ever to a deal that would crimp Tehran’s ability to make…
Rouhani era gets guitar soundtrack as ‘thunder’ rocks Iran
In the 10 months since his band was given official permission to perform, Iranian rock singer Ardavan Anzabipour has learned when to…
Iran daily: Are hardliners ready for a nuclear deal?
With Iran’s nuclear talks with the 5+1 Powers entering a critical phase, the Tehran Friday Prayer of Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami (pictured) put…