by Ladan Salami | Nov 15, 2013 | Features
Hassan Rouhani’s surprise victory in the June 14 Iranian presidential elections generated a wave of optimism that has reverberated far outside Iran’s borders. Very similar to the election of Barak Obama in the United States after the George W. Bush years, Rouhani was...
by Farahmand Alipour | Oct 24, 2013 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ebrahim Yazdi served as deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Iran in the short-lived government of Mehdi Bazargan in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 revolution. As such, he found himself close to the center of the storm that...
by Ali M. Pedram | Sep 1, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Reports from Tehran reveal that President Rouhani updated the Expediency Council, chaired by Hashemi Rafsanjani, of the latest development on the ground in Syria and Tehran’s likely responses to an expected US military strike against the regime...
by Ali M. Pedram | Aug 18, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The 15 ministers who passed the votes of confidence in the Iranian Parliament on Thursday evening officially assumed their posts on Saturday morning in Tehran. President Hassan Rouhani chose to accompany foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to...
by Ali M. Pedram | Aug 4, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Today, Sunday, August 4, Hassan Rouhani took the oath of office in a ceremonial event before Iran’s parliament, formally assuming his presidential responsibilities. At an event attended by more than 55 foreign dignitaries, including 11 visiting...
