Hassan Rouhani
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Rouhani demands US apology for downing Iranian airliner in 1988
Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has demanded an apology from the US government for downing an Iranian passenger flight in 1988 after more than three decades. On July 3, 1988, a surface-to-air…
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Ebrahim Raisi as President means ultra-conservatives have absolute control over Iran
Nicosia: Hard-line Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi won Friday’s elections in Iran, getting 17.8 million votes, while his main opponents – former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei got only 3.3 million, and moderate…
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Iran alleges ‘misinformation campaign’ against president-elect Ebrahim Raisi
New Delhi: Iran has alleged that “a few hostile forces” are waging a disinformation campaign against its President-elect Dr Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, aiming to “manipulate public opinion” against him. In a press…
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Iran’s central bank chief dismissed for taking part in upcoming presidential elections
Tehran: President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday has rejected Iran’s central bank chief, Abdolnasser Hemmati’s candidature for the upcoming presidential elections on June 18. The Iranian cabinet on Sunday said in a statement…
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Iran approves seven candidates to run in presidential elections on June 18
Tehran: Iran’s Guardian Council, a 12-member constitutional vetting body overseen by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has announced seven candidates to run for the country’s upcoming presidential elections on June 18. The…
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Iran state TV: 7 approved for June 18 presidential election
Tehran: Iranian state television announced Tuesday that only seven candidates have been approved by the country’s constitutional watchdog to run for president next month, drastically narrowing the field of hopefuls for who…
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Iran begins candidates’ registration for presidential polls
Tehran: Iran’s Ministry of Interior Affairs on Tuesday has officially started the registration of candidates for the country’s 13th presidential election. The registration will last for five days and each candidate will be…
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Rouhani: Iran ready to take steps when US lifts sanctions
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday his country was prepared to take steps to live up to measures in the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as soon as the United States…
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Clock is ticking for Biden if he wants to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran
Nicosia: US President Joe Biden has stressed many times that the US will return to the nuclear deal reached in 2015 with Iran -officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…
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Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, calls Trump ‘tyrant’
Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect Joe Biden to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by outgoing President Donald Trump’s administration.…
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Iranian President says Trump would meet same fate as that of Saddam Hussein
President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani in an attack on US President Donald Trump described him as “madman” and said that he would suffer similar fate as that of Saddam Hussein. Rouhani reportedly…
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Iran president says Israel was behind killing of scientist
Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Monday claimed that Israel was behind the killing of a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s in an effort to start…
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Hassan Rouhani: Iran to Retaliate Assassination of N. Scientist
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned assassination of the country’s nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, vowing retaliation for the criminal act. “All think-tanks and enemies of Iran should know well that the Iranian…
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Hassan Rouhani accuses Israel of killing nuclear scientist
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday accused Israel of being behind the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.The President said that the incident will not disrupt the “scientific growth” of the…
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Hassan Rouhani hopes Biden unravels Trump’s Iran policies
Tehran: Iran’s president reiterated his hope Wednesday that US President-elect Joe Biden would return America’s Iran policy to where he left things as vice president four years ago, state TV reported, rejoining Tehran’s…
