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Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi waves to journalists during a news conference in Tehran in this April 28, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/Files
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Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi who has been put under house arrest. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)
Iranian security forces ease restriction on opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian authorities have eased restrictions on detained opposition cleric Mehdi Karroubi, one of the main leaders of the country’s opposition Green Movement as well as anti-government protests in 2009. Karroubi has been transferred from an...Caption:
Shahid Beheshti University Students in Teheran react to address delivered by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Iran: President’s Students’ Day speech calls for ‘internal consensus’
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a speech delivered to mark Students’ Day in Iran on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated his commitment to helping the country emerge from years of international isolation and maintaining its nuclear program. Rouhani gave...Caption:
In this photo released by the official website of the office of Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, Rouhani speaks in a conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 29, 2013 (AP Photo/Office of the President-elect, Hojjat Sepahvand)
Iran: Rouhani meets Revolutionary Guard leadership
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani met with with veteran commanders of the influential Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday, and outlined his plans for Iranian foreign policy. “The election had a message reflecting the...Caption:
Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani stands in front of a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, during visit of his shrine, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 16, 2013. .(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)