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File photo of former Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Mohammad-Reza Aref: It’s too soon to talk about running for parliament

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...

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Technicians of the IAEA inspecting the site of the uranium conversion plant in Isfahan, central Iran, on 3 February 2007. (EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh)

Iran, world powers reach deal opening nuclear program

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 13, 2014 | Middle East

Tehran, AP—Iran has agreed to limit uranium enrichment and to open its nuclear program to daily inspection by international experts starting January 20, setting the clock running on a six-month deadline for a final nuclear agreement, officials said. In exchange, the...

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Hassan Rouhani—Asharq Al-Awsat

Opinion: Iran looking beyond the nuclear issue

by Shahir Shahid Saless | Jan 6, 2014 | Opinion

The dust had barely settled on the Iranian revolution when on 4 November 1979, less than a year after the Shah departed the country, a radical group of students fiercely loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini stormed the American embassy in Tehran. Thus began the stormy...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry after a statement early on November 24, 2013 in Geneva. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

Debate: Iran nuclear deal a game changer for US-Israeli relations

by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen | Dec 30, 2013 | Debate

Signs of a rapprochement between Iran and the United States have added a combustible new layer of disagreement to the already thorny relationship between Washington and Tel Aviv. In common with other US partners in the Middle East, Israeli leaders have long expressed...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry after a statement early on November 24, 2013 in Geneva. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

Opinion: The US is talking to Iran, but about what?

by Amir Taheri | Dec 27, 2013 | Opinion

Is Washington beginning to feel buyer’s remorse about the deal struck in Geneva over Iran’s nuclear program? Judging by recent statements by several members of the administration, that might well be the case, although President Barack Obama’s foreign policy often...