‘Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States,’ US president says Companies doing business with Iran will be barred from the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, [ More … ]
US officials say that President Donald Trump is just days away from stepping up confrontation with Iran by “decertifying” the 2015 nuclear accord. US President Donald Trump is set to announce next week that he [ More … ]
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranian voters not to let the progress achieved in his role be gone, warning that they could face greater authoritarianism if they replace him with a hardline rival in May’s election. [ More … ]
Iran’s six candidates for the presidential election met in their first live television debate on Friday, where they showed off their plans, and their chances of winning started to be clear. Iran made a historic [ More … ]
Iran’s six candidates for the presidential election squared off in their first live television debate on Friday, where the current president Rouhani was put under heavy criticism over his economic policy. Iran made a historic [ More … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
US lawmakers voted to delay newly imposed sanctions on Iran as the Iranian elections, which may witness a significant change in Iran’s foreign policy, became closer. Iran made a historic nuclear deal with P5+1 powers [ More … ]
Presidents of Russia and Iran addressed the importance of oil output deal with OPEC in stabilizing the market, pledged to continue these efforts and mentioned the importance of new economic ties in oil and gas between the two [ More … ]
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani traveled to Russia to meet the Russian president and other prominent figures as part of their efforts to expand their power in the region, strengthen political and diplomatic ties, create new [ More … ]
According to deal signed after lifting the sanctions on Iran last year, An Airbus (AIR.PA) A330 airliner arrived in Tehran on Saturday, the third of 200 Western-built passenger aircraft ordered by IranAir. Iran made a historic nuclear [ 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 … ]
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