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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)
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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
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...Caption:
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) talks to his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) before the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) at the Kremlin in Moscow, (EPA/Maxim Shemetov)
Ahmadinejad highlights Iran-Russia nuclear ties
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In what may be his final trip to the region, outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid tribute to Iranian-Russian nuclear ties against the sidelines of yesterday’s global gas summit in Moscow. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in...Caption:
Taken on June 14, 2013, Iranian moderate presidential candidate, Hassan Rowhani (C) flashes the sign of victory as he leaves a polling station after voting in Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
Opinion: Rouhani, the Unexpected Unity Candidate
To the shock of many Iranians—myself included—moderate, centrist cleric Hassan Rouhani was elected the sixth president of the Islamic Republic with almost 51% of the vote. Rouhani’s surprise victory has many practical and symbolic implications for Iran and Iranians,...Caption:
In this Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, file photo, Iran’s former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, attends a ceremony organized by his party, a group of pro-reform clerics, in Tehran, Iran, to announce he’ll challenge hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the country’s June 12, 2009, presidential elections. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)