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Rouhani pledges to ease restrictions on artists

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 10, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—President Hassan Rouhani has promised to promote artistic freedom in Iran during a meeting with a group of prominent Iranian artists in Tehran on Wednesday. During the meeting, Rouhani said that unlike previous Iranian administrations, his...

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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)

Iran: Khatami lambastes government surveillance

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2013 | Uncategorized

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iranian president Seyed Mohammad Khatami spoke out against the widespread surveillance on prominent figures in Iranian public life on Tuesday, accusing Iran’s intelligence service of fabricating incriminating evidence against him, using...

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A handout picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows outgoing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking during a meeting with Iranian officials at Khamenei’s office in Tehran on July 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO/HO/KHAMENEI.IR)

Ahmadinejad to establish university after leaving office

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 28, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The outgoing Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has received a license from the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCRC) to establish a private technical university in the capital, Tehran. According to the conservative Tasnim news...