July 25, 2021 3:06 pm
New governments in Israel, Iran may provide room for negotiation for Palestinians.
July 03, 2021 8:31 pm
Iran, with a population of 83 million, has recorded 84,627 deaths from coronavirus, the highest toll in the Middle East.
June 20, 2021 11:27 am
The Iranian judge and cleric, who is subject to U.S. sanctions, takes office in August, while nuclear talks in Vienna under outgoing President Hassan Rouhani, a more pragmatic cleric, are ongoing.
June 18, 2021 12:36 pm
Iran's president oversees the civilian arm of the country's government. The president sets domestic policy, which is important as Iran has faced years of crushing sanctions from the US after then-President Trump withdrew America from Tehran's nuclear deal.
April 21, 2021 11:05 am
The steady drumbeat of attacks, which intelligence officials said were carried out by Israel, highlighted the seeming ease with which Israeli intelligence was able to reach deep inside Iran’s borders and repeatedly strike its most heavily guarded targets, often with the help of turncoat Iranians.
April 15, 2021 9:26 am
European powers meanwhile warned Tehran its actions were "particularly regrettable" and "dangerous".
April 14, 2021 5:35 pm
Tehran says it will produce 60%-enriched uranium as "revenge" for Sunday's attack that it blames on Israel. World powers are trying to broker a possible compromise that would revive the 2015 nuclear accord.
January 24, 2021 10:31 am
“Foreign vaccines are a necessity until local vaccines are available,” Rouhani said in televised remarks, without giving details of what foreign vaccines would be used.
November 26, 2020 3:07 pm
President Rouhani has shown his willingness to restart his government's relations with the US after four years of aggressive policies from Donald Trump. His words follow Ayatollah Khamenei's warnings against opening up.
November 25, 2020 4:03 pm
Rouhani's optimism contrasted the words of Iran's supreme leader who had warned against hopes of an "opening" with the West on Tuesday.
February 17, 2018 6:05 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday. He was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan where he inpected the Guard of Honor. Rouhani is in India for a three-day visit which he began at Hyderabad as the city shares historic ties with Iran.