Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers "within hours" if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday. "If America wants to go back to the experience (of imposing sanctions), Iran would certainly return in a ...
Iran's president said Wednesday that his country will stand up to the United States and reciprocate for any new sanctions that Washington imposes on the Islamic republic. Hassan Rouhani's remarks came a day after the Trump administration announced new, non-nuclear sanctions while at the same ...
Hassan Rouhani was the lesser of two evils, but Westerners vastly overestimate what an Iranian president can do.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani was still celebrating his resounding re-election victory on Saturday when he came under pressure from the country's long-standing foe the United States. Rouhani, a 68-year-old moderate cleric who spearheaded a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, said Iranians had chosen the ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has an unassailable lead in the country's presidential election, an Iranian official source said Saturday, citing an early unofficial tally, and is on course to defeat his hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi. "It's over, Rouhani is the winner," the source said on ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday demanded that U.S. President Barack Obama block an extension of sanctions passed by Congress, saying Tehran will otherwise "firmly respond." In a speech to parliament, Rouhani denounced legislation passed by Congress to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday expressed willingness to visit Iran and boost economic ties with the country following the lifting of international sanctions on Tehran after a landmark nuclear deal it struck with six major powers in July last year. In a meeting with ...
Iranian moderates and reformists who support last year's landmark nuclear deal have won the largest number of seats in parliament following runoff elections, marking a shift away from hardliners and boosting moderate President Hassan Rouhani as he looks to secure a second term in ...
South Korea's president is to visit Iran early next month for what will be the two countries' first summit talks, her office said Monday. Iran has been seeking to integrate into the global financial system and improve ties with other countries since nuclear-related sanctions were ...
Reformers showed significant strength in Iran's recent election, but while the conservative grip has loosened, it remains strong.
Iran's president on Monday blamed Saudi "incompetence" for the mass deaths of Muslim pilgrims four days ago during the hajj in Saudi Arabia, comments that stoked already high tensions between the two Middle East rivals. The Saudi Health Ministry's latest figures, released Saturday, put the ...
The leaders of Japan and Iran met in New York, with Abe proposing increased investment as an impetus for the implementation of a nuclear agreement.
