Posts Tagged: Hassan Rouhani
No Lessons to Take From Iran Over Press, Judicial Freedoms: France
Iran should look at what is going on at home before criticising France, Foreign Minster Catherine Colonna said on Thursday, a day after Paris' envoy...
Iran Opens Oil Export Terminal in Gulf of Oman, Bypassing Strategic Chokepoint
i24 News - Iran has opened its first oil export terminal outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint patrolled by warships of its arch-foe...
Iran’s Sham Election
Western media, including in the United States, often portray Iran's presidential elections as a contest between a reformist and a hardline candidate, but US policymakers...
Iran Removes Central Bank Head Who Is Running for President
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed the central bank governor, Abdolnaser Hemmati, one of the few moderates running in a June 18 presidential election, who said he accepted the decision that he must step aside...
Iran’s Rouhani Says US Will Lift Sanctions, as Another Official Denies It
Iran's president said on Thursday that the United States was ready to lift sanctions on his country's oil, banking, and shipping sectors that were reimposed...
Two Main Contenders Sign Up for Iran’s Presidential Election
Two of the main contenders to become Iran's president, hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi and former parliament speaker Ali Larijani, registered on Saturday to run...
What the Recently Leaked Recordings Reveal About Iran
A recently leaked audio recording featuring Iran's foreign minister lamenting the dominance of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in setting Iranian policies, has given...
Iran Orders 10-day Shutdown Amid 4th Wave of Coronavirus Pandemic
Iran imposed a 10-day lockdown across most of the country on Saturday to curb the spread of a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, state...
Iran Launches Advanced Uranium Enriching Machines to Mark Nuclear Day
President Hassan Rouhani reiterated Iran's commitment to nuclear non-proliferation on Saturday while overseeing the launch of advanced centrifuges at the underground Natanz nuclear plant to...
Iran, China Sign Landmark 25-Year Cooperation Agreement
Foreign ministers from China and Iran, which are both subject to US sanctions, signed a landmark 25-year cooperation agreement on Saturday. "Relations between the two countries...
Supreme Leader Ushers in Iranian New Year With Message of Hope
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei welcomed the Iranian New Year as one of "production, support, and removal of barriers" in a live televised speech...
Iran Sees Risk of Fourth COVID Wave Fed by Mutant Virus
Iran's health minister warned on Saturday of a fourth COVID-19 surge with the possible spread of a mutated virus in the worst-hit country in the...
Iran Extends Traffic Curfew to Lower-Risk Areas to Sustain Virus Decline
Iran is extending a night-time traffic curfew to 330 lower-risk cities and towns in an effort to sustain a recent decline in the number of...
Iran’s Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 50,000 – Health Ministry
Iran's total deaths from coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Saturday, with more than one million people infected, although transmission rates in the Middle East's worst-affected country...
