Putin holds talks with Assad in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad in Moscow, the Kremlin press service reported. During …
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Case filed against Iran's ex-president Rouhani
Iran’s former President Hassan Rouhani faces several cases in a special prosecutor’s office for the clergy over his interventions in …
Cavusoglu rules out Erdogan-Assad meeting at SCO summit
There will be no meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria's Bashar al-Assad at an upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in September, Türkiye's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said …
U.S. fears Iran won’t scale back to 2015 nuclear deal
U.S. officials have extremely low expectations as world powers resume negotiations with Iran to curb its nuclear program, believing the Iranians aren't yet ready to negotiate seriously, Axios is told. Senior officials in the U.S. …
Iran–Azerbaijan crisis points to shifting regional currents
As diplomats from Iran and Azerbaijan work to defuse tensions between the two countries, is the region headed for greater polarisation or integration?
Iranian lawmakers lodge complaints against Rouhani
Deputy chair of the Iranian parliament’s Article 90 Committee Nasrollah Pejmanfar said they have lodged three complaints with the judiciary against former President Hassan Rouhani. According to Pejmanfar, the move addresses …
Inflation in Iran may skyrocket to unseen levels
Recently there's been a lot of discussion about budget reform in Iran: it's in the news, debated in parliament, and a preoccupation for Ebrahim Raisi’s cabinet
Outgoing Iran president says government not always truthful
Iran’s outgoing president on Sunday acknowledged his nation at times “did not tell part of the truth” to its people during his eight-year tenure, as he prepares to leave office with his signature nuclear deal with world powers …
Rouhani: Whenever Iran sees it necessary, it will carry out oil exports from the Sea of Oman
Iran officially inaugurated its new $2 billion exports terminal by loading 300,000 barrels on an oil tanker off the Sea of Oman, enabling the sanction-hit country to bypass the Strait of Hormuz for oil exports
Rouhani to share presidential experiences with next administration
Outgoing Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said his administration is offering a general outlook of the country’s economy to its successor and will share experiences with the next administration’s officials. Speaking at the …
Rouhani: Iran can enrich uranium to 90% purity if needed
Iran could enrich uranium up to 90% purity if the country needed it, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, amid efforts by Tehran and six world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal that Washington abandoned three years …
What Caucasus expects from new Iranian president
Like the rest of Iran’s neighbors, Armenia and Azerbaijan are trying to make sense of how the country’s newly elected conservative president Ebrahim Raisi may change Tehran’s orientation toward the region
Iran reimposes coronavirus restrictions
Iran announced Sunday it was reimposing coronavirus restrictions on major cities, as the spread of the highly contagious delta variant spurs fears of another devastating surge in the nation. After over a year battling the worst virus …
Iranians voting in presidential election
Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani regarded as hardliners. Opinion polls suggest Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative Shia cleric who heads the …
Iran election candidates and their programmes
Iranians have been called to the polls on June 18 to elect a successor to President Hassan Rouhani, who has served the maximum two consecutive four-year terms allowed by the constitution. The seven candidates, all in favour of efforts to …
Rouhani inaugurates construction of Sirik power plant
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that relations between Tehran and Moscow have grown in different fields during the past eight years. Rouhani made the remarks at the inauguration ceremony of four national projects related to the …
Iran's Rouhani dismisses central bank chief running in presidential election
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati, who is running in the presidential election in June, Reuters reported citing the Tasnim news agency. Hemmati in a Saturday night meeting on …
Presidential elections in Iran lack competition
Iranians go to the polls on June 18
Presidential election kicks off in Syria
Polling stations opened on Wednesday across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a fourth term in office. The government says the election shows Syria is functioning normally. Assad is running …
Iranian President: West agrees to lift all sanctions
The countries involved in negotiations on renewing the nuclear deal with Iran had agreed to lift all major sanctions on Iran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on Thursday, according to the Iranian Fars News Agency. "All …
