Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei called on presidential candidates on Tuesday to champion economic self-sufficiency and distance themselves from the west, in a clear criticism of the current president Hassan Rouhani. Iran made a historic nuclear deal [ More … ]
Out of 1636 registered candidates to run for the Iran’s presidential elections next month, six qualified candidates were chosen finally, including three conservatives and three reformists. Current President Hassan Rouhani is among those standing and is expected to face [ More … ]
Political divisions among the Iranian hardliners’ ranks became clearer after the former President Ahmadinejad announced taking part in the upcoming Iranian elections despite warning from the supreme leader Ali Khamenei, adding more challenges that Rouhani will face for [ More … ]
Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unexpectedly filed to run in the country’s May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race. Iran’s former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took [ More … ]
Iranian Shi’ite cleric Ebrahim Raisi seems is most likely to be the hardliners’ choice to compete with moderate President Hassan Rouhani in the next presidential vote in May, as their campaigns are expected to be focused on [ More … ]
As the hardliners in Iran keep criticizing Rouhani and his role, they have gathered and nominated a powerful cleric as their possible candidate to run in next month’s presidential election, Iran’s state news agency IRNA said. Iran made [ More … ]
As Iran’s presidential election will be held on May 19, president Hassan Rouhani keeps receiving hard criticism despite the economic benefits he brought to Iran, what threatens his odds to run for a second term. Iran [ More … ]
Iran’s armed forces said it has conducted a test of the Russia-supplied S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile system, which was bought recently from Russia, during its latest military drills while Israel voiced concerns over the incident. [ More … ]
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday accused his hardline critics of trying to deprive Iranians of basic life needs, as he is preparing to run for a second term and working to gather a social base around [ More … ]
In a rare incident, Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei made a direct criticism of the president about the economical situation in the country, months before Hassan Rouhani runs for re-election. Iran made a historic nuclear deal [ More … ]
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to begin a nationwide celebration of the 38th anniversary of the country’s 1979 revolution, chanting against the US and Trump after tension reached a critical [ More … ]
The past few days witnessed a quick collapse of the relations between the US and Iran after a short time of relative calm. However, this tension isn’t new and has old and deep roots, but [ More … ]
Iran said on Saturday it would take reciprocal measures in retaliation to Washington’s visa ban against seven Muslim countries, including Iran, is left adding that this ban is a gift to the extremists. Trump’s order bans Syrian [ More … ]
With the death of Hashemi Rafsanjani, many predict that the Saudi-Iranian relations will be far from going back to normal, as he was the man bringing the rivals together in the past. Rafsanjani, a pragmatist considered [ More … ]
The burial ceremony of Hashemi Rafsanjani became a prelude for the divide and factional feuding among Iran regime different bands, as reformists’ supporters used the chance to make demonstrations against the current ruling hardliners. Rafsanjani, [ More … ]
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