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Iran’s Rouhani says US policies important, not who becomes president

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday the result of the US election was not important for the country’s clerical rulers, but that the next president in Washington should respect international treaties and laws, Reuters reports. “For Tehran, the next US administration’s policies are important and not who wins the US election,” Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting. Democratic challenger Joe Biden has promised to rejoin Iran’s 2015 nuclear […]

today5 November 2020

International News

Trump says he is willing to meet Iran’s leaders without preconditions

Hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Iranian leaders without preconditions on Monday, an aide of Iran's Hassan Rouhani said Washington should return to the nuclear deal before any potential talks. "Respecting the Iranian nation's rights, reducing hostilities and returning to the nuclear deal are steps that can be taken to pave the bumpy road of talks between Iran and America," tweeted Hamid Aboutalebi, an advisor […]

today31 July 2018

International News

Trump tweets threat to Iran

US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani not to threaten the United States again after Rouhani cautioned Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran. “Never, ever threaten the United States again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before,” Trump said in a Twitter post. Rouhani on Sunday said “war with Iran is the mother of all wars”, […]

today23 July 2018

International News

Iran to negotiate with world powers to keep nuclear deal in place

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Tehran will bypass Washington and negotiate with the other signatories of a multinational nuclear deal, calling the US withdrawal from the landmark pact "unacceptable". Rouhani's comments on Tuesday came shortly after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), describing it "defective at its core". In response, Rouhani said: "If we achieve the […]

today9 May 2018

International News

Anti-government protests spread across Iran, as 52 arrested

Iranian riot police dispersed protesters shouting anti-government slogans in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday, as protests against corruption and rising prices spread to the capital Tehran. The outbreak of regional unrest reflects growing discontent with the government, as well as concern over the Islamic republic's costly involvement in regional conflicts such as Syria and Iraq. About 300 demonstrators gathered after what Fars called a "call by the anti-revolution" […]

today30 December 2017

International News

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani hits back at Trump in UNGA speech

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will not be the first country to violate a 2015 nuclear deal, hitting back at US President Donald Trump who has hinted he might pull out of the pact. Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday, Rouhani said his country would respond "decisively and resolutely" if the agreement - signed between Iran and world powers under which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear […]

today21 September 2017

International News

Iran’s Khamenei blames US for regional instability, creation of Daesh

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday blamed the United States for instability in the Middle East and said Washington’s fight against the Daesh militant group was “a lie”. “You (the United States) and your agents are the source of instability in the Middle East…who created Islamic State [Daesh]? America … America’s claim of fighting against Islamic State is a lie,” Khamenei said in a meeting with high-ranking Iranian […]

today13 June 2017

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