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Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks in his first press conference since taking office, at the presidency compound in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)


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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) meets with Iran’s new President Hasan Rouhani (R) at his office in Tehran on August 5, 2013. Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani assumed Iran’s presidency promising to work to lift punishing international sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear program. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)


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Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani (C) attends the weekly Friday prayer with Shiite Muslim worshippers during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 12, 2013 at the university of the Iranian capital, Tehran (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)


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Iranians attend a street celebration, in Tehran, after their national soccer team qualified for the Brazil 2014 World Cup, after defeating South Korea, as they hold a poster of reformist former President Mohammad Khatami, left, and the Green Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who is currently under house arrest, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)


Opinion: Real Prisons and Imagined Crimes

Opinion: Real Prisons and Imagined Crimes

In a public appeal earlier this month, former President Muhammad Khatami called on “the authorities” to end the house arrest of former presidential candidates Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karorubi before President-elect Hassan Rouhani takes office in August. Even...
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In this Monday, June 17, 2013 file photo, Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, places his hand on his heart as a sign of respect, after speaking at a news conference, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)


Iran: Rouhani pledges to work with parliament

Iran: Rouhani pledges to work with parliament

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, pledged to cooperate closely with the Iranian parliament during his administration in a speech to the body in Sunday. The promise stands in contrast to the position of his predecessor, outgoing president...