![Opinion: Iran’s Heroic Flexibility](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/roi.jpg)
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Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, addresses the media during a press conference on the sidelines of the 68th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 27 September 2013. (EPA)
![Opinion: Iran’s Heroic Flexibility](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/roi.jpg)
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File photo of Iranian woman in colorful dress. (Fars)
![Iran: Rouhani treads carefully in dress code controversy](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/red2.jpg)
Iran: Rouhani treads carefully in dress code controversy
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian president Hassan Rouhani raised the issue of the conduct of specialist police units enforcing Islamic dress codes on the public at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, tasking his government’s cultural committee to further investigate...Caption:
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (R) walks with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said ahead of a meeting in Tehran in this August 25, 2013 photo provided by the Iranian state news agency (IRNA) (REUTERS/IRNA/Handout via Reuters)
![Sultan of Oman meets with Rouhani, Khamenei](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1377516500040033800-e1377527841573.jpg)
Sultan of Oman meets with Rouhani, Khamenei
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Sultan of Oman became the first foreign head of state to visit Iran during the new Rouhani Administration, with a trip that began this weekend. His visit is to discuss energy cooperation between the two states. After meeting with President...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)
![Opinion: A conspicuous absence](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/khatami.jpg)
Opinion: A conspicuous absence
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami did not attend Rouhani’s inauguration ceremony. I examined the faces of everyone in attendance while watching the event, which was held in the office of the supreme leader. Khatami’s absence raised a lot of questions. Why was...Caption:
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks in his first press conference since taking office, at the presidency compound in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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