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File photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Ebrahim Yazdi, founder of the Freedom Movement of Iran and ex-foreign minister (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Iran’s Ex-FM on Assad, the US and Israel
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...Caption:
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani (R) arrives in parliament in Tehran, accompanied by the Islamic Republic’s former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (L), in this August 4, 2013, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)
Rafsanjani warns US military strike on Syria could “engulf region”
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...Caption:
A handout picture released by the Iranian president’s official website shows Iranian president Hassan Rouhani (L) handing over the decree to newly appointed foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) during the handing over ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran on August 17, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/HO/PRESIDENT.IR)
Iran’s new ministers take office
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...Caption:
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani (L) greets judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani (R) at the Iranian parliament in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, August 4. (EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH)