Posts Tagged: President Hassan Rouhani

Iran at Risk of Fifth COVID-19 Wave as Delta Variant Spreads
Iran may face a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads through the Middle East's worst-hit country,...

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei Jabbed Against Coronavirus with Iranian Developed Vaccine
i24 News – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country, state television...

Iran Presidential Candidates Trade Barbs in TV Debate
Candidates in Iran's presidential election this month traded strong barbs in a debate on Saturday, accusing each other of treason or of lacking the education...

Iran Says Fugitive Businessman Charged With Corruption Returns Home
A fugitive Iranian businessman charged with financial crimes and accused of ties to President Hassan Rouhani's brother, who has been jailed for graft, has returned...

Iran Claims Its Armed Forces Are Not a Regional Threat
President Hassan Rouhani said Iran's armed forces did not pose a threat to its neighbors as he addressed a display on Thursday of Iran's latest...

Iran Warns Protesters Who Pose Major Challenge to Country’s Leadership
Iran warned of a crackdown on Sunday against demonstrators who pose one of the biggest challenges to the government and clerical leadership since a revolution...

Top Tehran Official Taunts Trump, Says ‘Newcomer’ Wouldn’t Dare ‘Press His Luck,’ Suffer ‘Unprecedented Defeat’ by ‘Iron Dam’ of Iran
A top Iranian official taunted US President Donald Trump on Sunday, asserting that the “newcomer” wouldn’t dare “press his luck” by waging war on the...

Iran Arrests 8 Models for Posing Online Without Headscarves
Iranian police have arrested eight people in a new crackdown on models who post images of themselves online without their hair covered, state media reported...

In Speeches Marking Iranian New Year, Supreme Leader, President Offer Contrasting Visions for Economy
Iran's two most powerful figures offered contrasting visions for the economy in speeches marking Iranian new year on Sunday, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

Iran Expert: Election Results Signify Victory of ‘Bad Over Worse’ (INTERVIEW)
Because the Iranian elections were engineered prior to the day when they actually took place, the choice for voters was extremely limited, an expert on...

Iranians Head to Voting Booths in First Key Election Since Nuclear Deal
Millions of Iranians are voting in two key elections - the first since a deal with world powers over Iran's nuclear program and the lifting...

Rouhani: Iranian Military Intervention in Syria, Iraq Helped Its Nuclear Negotiations
President Hassan Rouhani said Iran's military intervention in Syria and Iraq helped Tehran in its nuclear negotiations with world powers, the Saudi-owned pan-Arab news outlet Al Arabiya reported...

Senior Iran Official: No Change in Stance on Israel, Which ‘Should be Annihilated’
JNS.org - A senior Iranian official on Tuesday called for Israel’s annihilation and rejected the claim by British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond that Iran’s government...

Rouhani Ridicules Failed Efforts of ‘Warmongering Zionist Regime’ to Prevent Nuclear Deal
JNS.org - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ridiculed Israel for its “failed” effort to thwart the nuclear deal, the Iranian leader said in a live televised...