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European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wait for the start of talks in Vienna May 14, 2014. Six world powers and Iran launch the decisive phase of diplomacy over Tehran’s nuclear work during three-day talks starting in Vienna on Wednesday, with the aim of resolving their […]

Opinion: Wrap up the nuclear deal before Ashton leaves!

by Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | May 25, 2014 | Opinion

After the P5+1 world powers met with Iran last week, the whole world was engulfed by speculation that a final deal over Iran’s controversial nuclear program wouldn’t be reached by the July 20 deadline. The disappointing rise of new issues during the Vienna meeting,...

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Iranians look at newspapers displayed on the ground outside a kiosk in Tehran on November 25, 2013. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Iran’s liberal media continue decline under Rouhani

by Maha Mehrgan | May 14, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The history of journalism in Iran is a story of more than 150 years of struggle between journalists and those in power. Depending on the political circumstances of the day, this struggle has sometimes put journalists on top, sometimes sent them...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waits to meet with the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Georgieva Bokova (Unseen) in Tehran, on April 29, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)

Hardliners criticize Iranian negotiators ahead of nuclear talks

by Behrouz Saeidi | May 5, 2014 | Middle East

Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian hardliners have increased their criticism of President Hassan Rouhani’s handling of nuclear negotiations the week before the latest round of talks between Iran and world powers. Iranian news agencies said a number of Iranian MPs,...

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Relatives of people who have gone missing in Pakistan’s restive province of Baluchistan hold up signs as they walk towards Islamabad, in Rawalpindi February 27, 2014. Relatives of rebels, activists and ordinary people who have gone missing in a lawless Pakistani province appealed to the United Nations for help on Thursday after a 2,300 km […]

Opinion: A Hero for All Iranians

by Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Apr 20, 2014 | Opinion

President Rouhani was in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan in southeastern Iran on April 15. To the cheering crowds who met him, he proclaimed: “We don’t have second-class citizens; all Iranians are equal.” Rouhani thanked local Sunni and Shi’ite leaders and the...

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In this Thursday, February 6, 2014 photo provided by the office of the Iranian President, Hamid Aboutalebi, an Iranian diplomat who was recently named as Iran’s ambassador at the United Nations, speaks at his office in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)

Rouhani considering new UN envoy, say sources

by Ali M. Pedram | Apr 13, 2014 | Middle East

London and Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sources from the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday that discussions were being held on nominating a new Iranian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. The decision comes...