Category: Domestic Politics
Don’t Expect Drastic Changes From Rowhani
Hassan Rowhani held his first press conference since being elected as Iran’s new president and answered questions from Iranian and international reporters regarding his proposed policies on internal and foreign affairs.
On Monday his answers were surprising for all observers.
Hassan Rowhani Elected As Iran’s New President
Hassan Rowhani becomes Iran’s new president after winning 50.7% of the votes.
Iran’s Minister of Interior Mostafa Mohammad Najjar officially announced the final results of Iran’s presidential election (held yesterday Friday).
A 72.7% turn-out of voters shocked foreign observers who didn’t predict such a high participation.
Latest Iran Election Info: 80% Turn Out Moderate Rowhani Leading With 50%
Latest Iran Election Info: 80% Turn Out Moderate Rowhani Leading With 50%
Iran’s Leader: Vote to Any of The Presidential Candidates is a Vote to The Islamic Republic
On the Commemoration of the 24th anniversary of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayed Rohollah Mousavi Khomeini, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei delivered an important speech to a gathering of millions at the Imam Khomeini’s Mausoleum.
In Photos: Iran is Commemorating the Passing of the Imam Khomeini
Iran is commemorating the 24th anniversary of the passing of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayed Rouhollah Mousavi Khomeini.
Iranian President Ahmadinejad Safe After Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a number of officials had an accident on Sunday, but the pilot managed to land the aircraft safely, Iranian president’s website reported.
Iran Weathers The Not So Crippling Sanctions Storm
This year at the UN General Assembly Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Iran with a military attack to prevent Iran from becoming what he calls a nuclear state. This is nothing new to Iran. 34 years after Iran’s revolution the country is constantly facing threats and the recently hyped nuclear issue is just such a pretext. Because even when Iran’s nuclear program was halted, threats kept on coming as we saw in the Iran-Iraq war which lasted 8 years.