by Eli Lake | May 23, 2017 | Opinion
Rouhani was the lesser of two evils, but Westerners vastly overestimate what an Iranian president can do. In the days before President Hassan Rouhani’s re-election victory in Iran this weekend, a video of one of his old speeches circulated on social media....
by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 16, 2017 | Middle East
London – The final stages of the Iranian presidential elections’ registration had few hidden surprises. Just before closing the registration, both competing parties, the conservative and moderates revealed their candidates. Confirmations have been made concerning a...
by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 14, 2017 | World
London – Mohammad Reza Aref, head of the List of Hope Reformist Parliamentarian bloc, warned against plots targeting the unity of his party, accusing ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of creating tensions that could result in Tehran revisiting the 2009 mass...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 29, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won big gains in Friday’s twin Iranian elections that could develop Iran’s engagement with the world after his government ended years of sanctions by agreeing to curb its nuclear program. Final results for the Tehran...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani met with leading moderates and reformists on Saturday, in an attempt to shore-up the political alliances that swept him into office. Rouhani met with former presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad...
