Saeed Jalili Emerges as Establishment Favorite in Iran’s Presidential Race
“Welcome, living martyr, Jalili,” the audience shouted in unison, most of them too young to have witnessed the bloody conflict themselves but deeply immersed in the national veneration of its...
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Bye bye Mahmoud: Moderate cleric wins Iran election for Ahmadinejad’s successor
TEHRAN, Iran — Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential vote on Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit of...
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The Lede: Iran’s President-Elect Confronted With Plea for Detained Opposition...
At the end of his first news conference since winning Iran’s presidential election, the moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was confronted, live on state television, with the raised expectations his...
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Iran’s President Puts New Focus on the Economy
In an acknowledgment of the growing toll that international economic restrictions connected to Iran’s nuclear program are having on the population, both Mr. Rouhani and Ayatollah Khamenei made the...
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Rouhani, Blunt and Charming, Pitches a Moderate Iran
On Tuesday, he capped his speech to the United Nations General Assembly with a nod to the Torah and the Psalms, which elicited applause and then, the slightest hint of a smile. That day he also hosted...
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Iranian President Softens Condemnation of Holocaust
Mr. Rouhani, who has energetically sought to differentiate himself from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his predecessor who was known for bombastic anti-Semitic rants that included Holocaust denial, said in...
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The big news out of Hassan Rouhani’s charm offensive was that the Iranian president of smiling visage and urbane demeanor had turned away from the anti-Semitic Holocaust denials of predecessor Mahmoud...
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Benjamin Netanyahu never mentioned the thaw in US-Iran relations that came when President Obama spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani. But anyone listening to the Israeli prime...
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4 Held in Iran Nuclear Site Plot
The nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, who was foreign minister for three years under the previous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, warned that “some countries” are “not happy” now that Iran is trying to...
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Tehran Journal: Money Traders Fret Over Possible U.S.-Iran Pact
“Welcome to Tehran’s open-air casino,” said Behzad, a cheerful 34-year-old in the crowd around the statue. “Here everybody can become very rich or lose everything. In fact, most people here lose...
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