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Iranian Oil Minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh defends his nomination for the cabinet of President Hassan Rowhani during a parliament session in Tehran on August 15, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
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Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi (right) walks with India’s Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily after a meeting in New Delhi May 27, 2013. (Reuters/Mansi Thapliyal)
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India reduces oil imports from Iran
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian oil exports face further setbacks after the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) announced plans to reduce its imports from the heavily sanctioned Islamic republic by 23 percent, according to Veerappa Moily, the Indian minister of petroleum and...Caption:
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) meets with Iran’s new President Hasan Rouhani (R) at his office in Tehran on August 5, 2013. Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani assumed Iran’s presidency promising to work to lift punishing international sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear program. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)
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Iran: Rouhani meets foreign leaders at inauguration
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, took official meetings with foreign leaders immediately before and after his inauguration ceremony on Sunday, while also appealing to the US to change its approach to Iran. Yesterday, Rouhani was sworn into...Caption:
Outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed on Iranian TV on July 28, 2013 (Office of the President of Iran)
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Iran: Ahmadinejad defends record in TV interview
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his eight years in office in a live television interview on Sunday, saying that Iran had made major progress in its nuclear program during his administration. Ahmadinejad’s second term as...Caption:
Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani (C) attends the weekly Friday prayer with Shi’ite Muslim worshippers during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 12, 2013 at the university of the Iranian capital, Tehran (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)
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