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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes part in a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Rouhani Admits Regime Crisis, Hands Culture Ministry to Intelligence Colonel

by Adel al-Salmi | Nov 2, 2016 | World

London-Several weeks after a dispute emerged concerning the surprising cabinet shakeup approved by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani seven months before the end of his term, the president proposed to Parliament on Tuesday three of his candidates, asking lawmakers to...

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Opinion: Iran and the Struggle Caused by Opening Up

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 25, 2016 | Opinion

Three ministers from Hassan Rouhani’s government have resigned as a result of extremists criticising them with regards to the conflict caused by Iran signing a nuclear agreement with the west and the government’s promise to start a new phase of opening up. Since...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pose for a photograph before resuming talks over Iran’s nuclear programme in Lausanne March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The Iran Wars: Obama Appeased Iran

by Huda Al Husseini | Oct 25, 2016 | Middle East

London –Wall Street Journal chief foreign affairs correspondent Jay Solomon issued a book entitled: In “The Iran Wars” which took him ten years to be done. Solomon tells the story of Iran’s nuclear program and its projection of power in the region, and the American...

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (3rd L) and Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan (2nd L) stand in front of the new air defense missile system Bavar-373, in Tehran, Iran August 21, 2016, Reuters

U.S. Concerned at Sentencing Citizens in Iran, Rouhani Changes Ministers ahead of Elections

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 18, 2016 | World

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was “deeply concerned” at reports about the sentencing of U.S. citizens Siamak Namazi and his father Baquer Namazi by Iran and called for the release of all Americans being held by Tehran. “We are deeply...

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Ali Khamenei, shown at a 2009 clerical gathering, oversees an organization called Setad that has assets estimated at about $95 billion. REUTERS/Khamenei.ir/Handout

Khamenei’s Orders Reflect Fears for Iran’s 2017 Elections, Rift

by Adel al-Salmi | Oct 17, 2016 | World

London-Two weeks after Iran’s government warned the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, of the country falling into a wide rift, he ordered a score of decrees prohibiting authority from interfering into issues concerning partisanship or polarization. Iran now experiences...