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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he arrives for a meeting in Tehran on June 23, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)

Ahmadinejad attempts to defend his legacy

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 8, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, defended his record as Iran’s leader in a major speech on Sunday, only weeks before the transfer of power to his successor. With little following in the Iranian parliament, and with his chosen...

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Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani salutes to the journalists after his press conference in Tehran on June 17, 2013. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

Iran: President-elect Rouhani courts Qom clerics

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 5, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rouhani met with a number of highly regarded Shi’ite clerics in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran on Thursday. During his visit Rouhani emphasized his determination to resolve the very complicated and...

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In this photo released by the official website of the office of Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, Rouhani waves as he leaves a conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Office of the President-elect, Hojjat Sepahvand)

Rouhani pledges to protect citizens’ rights

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 4, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a speech among a group of influential clerics on Wednesday, Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rohani said that his government will aim to ensure the people’s security and livelihood and protect their rights, in what has been widely interpreted...

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n this photo released by the official website of the office of Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, Rouhani speaks in a conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP)

Rouhani reaffirms election pledges and meritocratic government

by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 30, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s next government will be selected based on merits and prudence and there is no space for factionalism or partisan politics, president-elect Hassan Rouhani announced in his first official speech on state TV. The speech was part of a...

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In this photo taken on Friday, May 10, 2013, pro-reform former Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref, waves to media during his press conference, after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo)

Iran: Reformist candidate Aref to establish own political party

by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 30, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mohammad-Reza Aref, the reformist presidential candidate who withdrew from the race to consolidate the reformist–moderate front culminating in Hassan Rouhani’s victory at the polls, revealed that he is considering establishing an...