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 Manouchehr Dinparast | Feb 6, 2014 | Interviews
Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mohammad-Reza Aref has long been a familiar name to many Iranians, but it was his role in the presidential election campaign last year that pushed him into the global media spotlight. A former minister of technology and vice-president under...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that foreign heads of state and officials would be invited to attend the upcoming inauguration ceremony of Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani. “Leaders and officials of all...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 30, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mohammad-Reza Aref, the reformist presidential candidate who withdrew from the race to consolidate the reformist–moderate front culminating in Hassan Rouhani’s victory at the polls, revealed that he is considering establishing an...
by Ali M. Pedram | Jun 15, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hassan Rouhani has been announced as Iran’s president-elect in a surprising victory over the principalist/conservative faction. More than 36 million Iranians went to the polls on Friday, representing a voter turnout of 72.7%. Iran’s interior...
