Congratulations poured in for Iranian ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday for winning presidential elections even before official results were announced. Iran’s outgoing moderate President Hassan Rouhani said his successor had been elected in the previous day’s vote, without naming the widely expected winner, Raisi. “I congratulate the people on their choice,” said Rouhani. “My […]
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Iran’s Rouhani says new nuclear steps will ‘accelerate’ its nuclear work: TV
DUBAI: Iranian President Rouhani said on Wednesday that new steps to further scale back Tehran’s commitments under a 2015 pact with major powers will accelerate Iran’s nuclear activity, state TV reported. “We will announce (cuts in commitments) which will accelerate the activities of Iran’s nuclear program,” Rouhani was quoted as saying by Iran’s state TV.
Rouhani warns Macron of Iran’s looming nuclear step
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani spoke with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron Saturday, warning him Iran would take the next step in reducing its nuclear commitments unless Europe lives up to to its own undertakings. Tensions have spiked in the Gulf since May last year when President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from a nuclear deal […]
Iran must resist US sanctions through oil, non-oil exports: Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran must counter US sanctions by continuing to export its oil as well as boosting non-oil exports. Rouhani’s comments, carried live on Iranian TV, came a day after Washington acted to force Iran to stop producing low-enriched uranium and expanding its only nuclear power plant, intensifying a […]
Imran Khan makes a gaffe about Germany–Japan Border
Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the East Asian island nation of Japan shares a border with Germany which is a European country. It seems as though he had intended to mention France instead of Japan because it was France and Germany who signed […]
Rouhani: Iran will continue resisting US pressure
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said they will produce IR8 advanced centrifuges as part of the country’s nuclear program if the US continued to impose pressure. He defended the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as protectors of the Islamic republic a day after the United States labeled the group as a foreign terrorist organization, and said […]
Iran’s Rouhani makes first official visit to Iraq
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has hailed his country’s “special” ties with Iraq Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrived Monday in Iraq for his first official visit, as Baghdad comes under pressure from Washington to limit political and trade ties with its neighbour. Shiite-majority Iraq is walking a fine line to maintain good relations with its key […]
New protests in Iran after Rouhani calls for calm
New protests were held in Iran overnight, local media said Monday, despite President Hassan Rouhani calling for calm and vowing more “space for criticism” in a bid to head off days of unrest. Rouhani finally broke his silence on Sunday night about the protests that mark the biggest test for the regime since mass demonstrations […]