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In this Monday, June 10, 2013 photo, Iranian President elect, Hasan Rouhani, a former Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, boards his plane leaving northwestern city of Oroumieh to the city of Tabriz, during his presidential election campaign tour to the northwestern, Iran (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran: Nuclear talks on hold until Rouhani sworn in

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 10, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—International negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program will remain on hold until Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, has been sworn in, a foreign ministry spokesman confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters during a weekly press conference,...

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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)

Opinion:The lessons of Iran’s elections

by Shahir Shahid Saless | Jul 7, 2013 | Opinion

During the recent Iranian presidential election Saeed Jalili, the hardliner candidate and Iran’s top nuclear negotiator since 2007, collected approximately 4 million votes, 11.4% of the total ballots. Notably, President-elect Hassan Rouhani defeated Jalili by a margin...

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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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A video grab from Iran’s official English-language satellite news channel, Press-TV (Press TV/AFP/Getty Images)

Iranian channels dropped by Intelsat

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 2, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a new phase of western sanctions on Iran, communications satellite service provider Intelsat took several Iranian channels off the air on Monday, including Press TV, Hispan TV and Al-Alam as well as IRIB 1 and 2 and Sahar TV. Press TV had...

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A dock worker rides his bicycle past shipping containers at the main Sri Lankan port in Colombo June 19, 2013 (REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)

Iran’s busiest port threatened by sanctions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 25, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s busiest commercial port faces the loss of its remaining international container traffic thanks to US sanctions and domestic mismanagement, according to local press reports. According to the Tabnak news website, the last foreign shipping...