Iran and U.S.: New hope on nukes?
Source: CNN
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 17:05:36 -0700 | political-news
It would be easy to dismiss Friday's election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran as little more than a sham -- a rigged election that changes nothing. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei still calls the shots in Tehran. The...
SPEAKING FREELY : Modernity makes a mark in Iran vote
Source: Asia Times Online
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-19 01:43:14 -0700 | political-news
Modernity makes a mark in Iran vote Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say...The June 14 election in Iran has not only shattered many prejudgments about the supposedly predetermined results of...
From Cheney to China
Source: CNN
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 14:49:11 -0700 | political-news
The president covered a world of issues, including how some critics now liken him to a particular Republican adversary. Here are his thoughts on seven of the topics he discussed on Monday evening...When asked if there is enough transparency in...
Salman Rushdie: 10 quotes on his birthday
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 14:27:23 -0700 | political-news
But it was Rushdie's fourth novel, "The Satanic Verses," published in 1988, that caused his fame to escalate. In 1989 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or death sentence based on Islamic law, against Rushdie, and he was forced into...
Outgoing Iranian president summoned to court over lawsuit
Source: United Press International
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 11:59:45 -0700 | political-news
Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been summoned to answer charges filed in a criminal court in Tehran, a government website says. News of the summons was published on the Iranian government website dolat.ir only days after a moderate, Hassan...
Iran: The outgoing President will have to face court
Posted by: KhanhElegant
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 14:55:51 -0700 | political-news
Yesterday 17-6, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad outgoing Criminal Court was Tehran summoned after President Ali Larijani Congress filed complaints. Ahmadinejad is expected to make a court appearance next November, months after handing over power to the new president Hassan Rouhani....
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call to the court in November
Posted by: NaveedAhmed72
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 14:55:51 -0700 | political-news
Name of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , who had gone into the shadows before the presidential election, again on the front pages of Iranian newspapers. The outgoing head of the government in August, the Islamic Republic has received a subpoena....
Iran: denied troops to Syria
Posted by: KhanhElegant
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-19 02:33:09 -0700 | political-news
Iran plans to send military forces to support Syrian President Bashar Assad, a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (18/6), denied reports on the media that Tehran has prepared to intervene directly in the war. Newspaper The Independent...
Punishments no effect on Iran's nuclear program
Posted by: KhanhElegant
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 06:38:09 -0700 | political-news
On 17/6, Agency International Atomic Energy (IAEA), said Iran continues to achieve steady progress in building a new heavy water reactor at Arak and to expand its nuclear program, the He affirmed that the international sanctions can not weaken the...
Iran's president meets newly elected successor
Source: Boston.com
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 14:56:18 -0700 | political-news
The report said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated Hasan Rowhani on his victory in the Friday election. Rowhani won the election outright by gaining nearly 51 percent of the vote, eliminating the need for a runoff. He is considered relatively moderate,...
PM: Rouhani Talks, and Enriches some more
Source: Israel National News
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 21:26:29 -0700 | political-news
Israel will persistently demand Iran cease all uranium enrichment, remove all uranium from its territory, and close all illegal nuclear facilities.
Six reasons the West should not rejoice Rouhani's electoral victory
Posted by: hsaqib
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 22:39:38 -0700 | political-news
Hasan Rouhani, a moderate Iranian cleric has been elected to Iran’s next president. The West, and particularly the US, is optimistic if not jubilant about his election. According to Foreign Policy, there is cautious optimism that popular support for moderation...
Hassan Rouhani, moderate successor Ahmadinejad
Posted by: rana1985
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 22:39:38 -0700 | political-news
Say goodbye to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In a few weeks, will hand over power to Hassan Rouhani, who emerged victorious on Saturday after the national election. Rouhani, 65, is a cleric and political moderate who enjoyed the backing of...
Iran's new president interrupted by a protester
Posted by: fibonnaci
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-18 23:01:48 -0700 | political-news
An agreement should be based on transparency and mutual trust, Rohani said today at his first press conference after he was selected Friday Iran's next president. - But the world and the United States must respect Iran's right to have...
Blair: Not interested in military option, nuclear Iran worst
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-19 01:19:53 -0700 | political-news
Those who have power in Tehran should feel our resolve and understand that we will not back down. Of course, every military option is something we do not want, but a nuclear Iran the worst thing." (Noam Dvir)
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