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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani waves to supporters as his motorcade leaves Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport upon his arrival from New York, on September 28, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)

Rouhani’s charm offensive at UN generate overwhelming support back home

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and US President Barak Hussein Obama held an unprecedented but rather friendly phone conversation at the last minutes on Friday afternoon. Barring the contradictory reports on who first initiated or requested...

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A picture taken on September 30, 2012 shows an Iranian woman paying with a 20000 rial banknote, bearing a portrait of Iran’s late founder of islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, to a grocer in the Iranian capital Tehran. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

New US penalties will greet Iran’s new leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2013 | Business

Washington, AP—As Iran’s new president takes over, new US penalties against the country appear a done deal. In a letter to President Barack Obama, 76 senators are demanding tougher punishment on Iran’s economy until the Islamic republic scales back its...

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In this Monday, May 5, 2008 file photo Russian army S-300 air defense missiles move during a final rehearsal of Victory Day parade at Red Square, with St. Basil Cathedral, right in the background, in Moscow. Source: AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev

Russia’s Putin to visit Tehran for nuclear talks—media reports

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2013 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet Iran’s newly elected president in Tehran next month to discuss restarting talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, Russian and Iranian media reports said on Wednesday. The Russian newspaper...