AFP - Iran President Hassan Rouhani's son-in-law resigned on Monday (Dec 17) just two days after his appointment as head of Iran's geological survey sparked accusations of nepotism, official news agency IRNA reported. Mr Kambiz Mehdizadeh, in his early thirties and reportedly married to Mr Rouhani's daughter in a low-key wedding this August, was ...

AFP - The appointment of President Hassan Rouhani's son-in-law as head of Iran's geological survey has renewed accusations of nepotism and led on Sunday to the resignation of a senior official, according to conservative media. The appointment of Kambiz Mehdizadeh, in his early thirties and reportedly married to Rouhani's daughter in a low-key wedding ...

Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: An interview with the son of prominent Reformist leader Mohammad Reza Aref, a member of the parliamentary Hopefaction, has led to a new controversy in Iran. The July 20 interview features Hamid RezaAreftalking about how the children of Iranian elites, locally known as "aghazadeh"(noble-born), have "good genes."The interview ...