A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj.   Politics Supreme Leader Ali Khameneimet with Judiciary officials earlier today. In his speech, he discussed the implications of the elections and the nuclear ...

AFP -The Iranian rial has strengthened by more than 15 percent against the dollar since the victory of moderate Hassan Rowhani who was elected president more than a week ago, reports said on Sunday. The Iranian currency was trading at under 30,000 to the dollar on Sunday morning compared to 35,000 a week ago, media and dealers said. The rial had ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's armed forces joint chief of staff is accusing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of trying to manipulate public opinion. It is the latest exchange of harsh rhetoric between outgoing Ahmadinejad and his conservative opponents ahead of the June election. The conservative Khabaronline news website on Tuesday quoted Gen. Hasan ...

(Reuters) - Iran's hardline nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, a strong contender in next week's presidential election, came under fire from rival candidates in a televised debate on Friday over the lack of progress in intermittent talks with world powers. The June 14 vote will be the Islamic Republic's first since the 2009 re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...

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Tehran, Dec 25, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that much to our regret some individuals failed to get message of people from the presidential election. The President criticized the extremists for anti-government speculations at their partisan media networks. Victory of President Hassan Rouhani in the election came against backdrop ...

Tehran, Sept 4, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the democratic election last june thwarted the threats to Iran. Addressing the 14th Experts Assembly meeting, Rohani said many of the threats were thwarted by the election and Iranian status changed to a new level in proportion to the public opinion in the aftermath of the democratically ...

Tehran, Aug 30, IRNA Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here Thursday that the Iranian nations solidarity today is stronger than anytime before, referring to the nations epic created in 11th presidential election. He said that the Iranian nation created and epic, but preserving it is tough, adding, Preserving the Islamic Revolution was a very ...

Last week the US Housevoted400-20 to dramatically increase sanctions on Iran, including measures to cripple Irans oil exports. Two days ago three-fourths of the US Senate sent aletterto President Obama demanding that the US toughen sanctions and reinforce the credibility of our option to use military force against Iran. Ominously, the Senate warned ...

A political analyst describes the Islamic Republic of Iran as a unique system of functioning democracy as indicated by the peaceful transitions of power in the country through popular elections,Press TVreports. What you are seeing in Iran is quite unique. We live in a region that either doesn't have elections in certain countries - kingdoms, emirates;...

Iran Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar says the nation added another shining page to Iranian history through mass participation in the countrys June 14 presidential election. Addressing participants in Hassan Rohanis endorsement ceremony on Saturday, the Iranian Interior Minister presented a report on the countrys 11th presidential election....

[caption id="attachment_33439" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran president-elect Hassan Rohani talks to domestic and foreign reporters in his first press conference following June 14 presidential poll, in Tehran, June 17, 2013.[/caption] Paul Pillar has aptlyexplainedwhy the vote this week in the House of Representatives for even more sanctions ...

Can Iran strike a deal with the west that finally allays the worlds fears that Tehran seeks to build a nuclear bomb? As Iran prepares for the inauguration of Hassan Rohani as president this week, the question returns to the forefront of the international security agenda. Throughout the year, the primary concern of the US and its allies in the Middle ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj.   Politics President-elect Hassan Rouhaniaddressed the 21stVeterans of Jihad and Martyrdom Familiarity Conference in Tehran and highlighted the role of the ...

[caption id="attachment_13968" align="alignright" width="166"] Former Iran nuclear program negotiator[/caption] The June 14 election of Hassan Rouhani, nicknamed the diplomatic sheik during his service as Irans chief nuclear negotiator from 2003-05, received hopeful celebrations inside Iran. But reaction from key world leaders has been much cooler....

TEHRAN Hassan Rouhanis surprising victory in the June 14 presidential election has left Irans conservative political establishment, which dominated Iranian politics for the past decade, wondering what went wrong. Conservatives, known for their adherence to the founding principles of the Islamic Republic, have long contended that they represent the ...

Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani has hailed the massive participation of people in the 11th presidential election as a turning point in the countrys recent history. In an address to a conference attended by the managers of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in Tehran on Saturday, Rouhani said the Iranian nation created a political ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's president-elect called his win in national elections this month a vote for change and vowed Saturday to remain committed to his campaign promises of moderation and constructive interaction with the outside world. Hasan Rouhani's promises of outreach could lower the political temperature between Iran and the West and perhaps ...

The election of Hassan Rouhani has split Iranian analysts into three groups: the overly enthusiastic, the destructively pessimistic and the cautiously optimistic. The enthusiasts and the pessimists both present potentially inaccurate analyses of Irans current situation, views that could ultimately lead to disappointment and lost opportunities. The ...

The Iranian people have elected Hassan Rouhani in the hope that his government would reverse the failed economic policies of the Ahmadinejad years. President-elect Rouhani understandsthe challenges ahead and has stated that his administration will develop and implement short and medium-term plans to reverse the current economic trends. He has also ...