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  • Iran to be more transparent over n-issue Hassan Rouhani

    Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani said Monday that his country would try to be more " transparent" in its nuclear issue to "build confidence". "The sanctions are problems which Iran faces today and all of us know that they are oppressive," reported Xinhua citing Rouhani during his first press conference, days after being elected Iranian president having garnered 50.7 per cent of the votes ...

  • Irans Rowhani Promises New Era

    Iran's newly elected president is giving a glimpse into what he says may lie ahead for relations between Tehran and the rest of the world. Cleric Hassan Rowhani spoke at a news conference Monday, during which he promised to follow a path of moderation. President-elect Hassan Rowhani took to the podium to make clear his victory represents a new era, hinting at a new start with world ...

  • Irans moderate presidential-elect Rowhani vows to fight extremism

    Iran' new presidential-elect Hassan Rowhani has hailed his election win as a victory over extremism. Major powers quickly offered to engage with the moderate cleric and former nuclear negotiator, who has promised a more constructive approach to talks. According to news.com.au, Iran's reformist press hailed Rowhani as the 'sheikh of hope'. The press added that Rowhani's victory promised a ...

  • Analysts cautiously optimistic following moderate Rouhanis presidential win in Iran

    The election of moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani as Iran's president is seen with optimism among analysts in Oman. Most analysts moreover see him as the best bet among the eight candidates in Saturday's elections. According to Gulf News, Turki Al Belushi, journalist who runs Oman's popular news portal Albaladoman.com., said that the reformist in Rouhani raises some hopes for the region, but then ...

  • Israeli PM says sanctions on Iran should increase despite newly elected moderate president

    Israel has warned the international community not to ease sanctions on Iran following the election of a moderate president. Israel said Iran's nuclear efforts remain firmly in the hands of the country's extremist ruling clerics. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued the warning a day after Hasan Rowhani won the presidential election in Iran. According to news24, although Rowhani is ...

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Few movies today have the courage to even briefly mention the kinds of issues that "Contact" makes its central focus: the existence of God, the essence of faith, the conflict between science and religion, the meaning of the universe, the real possibility of intelligent life outside our own. These are all questions that "Contact" addresses in one way or another, and the most intelligent aspect of t ... ...

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  • Shimon Peres Israel and Iran could negotiate

    Israel and Iran could sit down and talk to each other despite the bitter enmity that has pushed the two nations to the brink of war, Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, has ...

  • Obama Iranians seek new direction

    The victory of the most moderate candidate in Iran's recent presidential election demonstrates a desire on the part of the Iranian public to improve the nation's troubled international relationships, President Barack Obama said in an interview aired Monday. In his first comments on the subject since Hasan Rowhani was declared the victor in the voting, Obama embraced the message of the ...

  • Obama Iranian election a sign the people seek change

    WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to ...

  • Rouhanis victory heralds return to moderation for Iran

    The victory of Hassan Rouhani in the just-concluded Iranian presidential elections has positive implications for Iran, for Asia and for the world. The US, China and India too have reasons to cheer over the 65-year-old moderate becoming the president-elect of his country.Here is a man who hit the campaign trail speaking on taboo topics and pledging that he would accord high priority to restore ...

  • Barack Obama Iranian people want a different direction

    Barack Obama said Monday that Iran's election of a relative moderate shows that the country's people want to change course. But he stressed that Tehran still needs to show the international community that it's not pursuing a nuclear weapon. Obama said in an interview with PBS' Charlie Rose airing on Monday night that the Iranian election of cleric Hasan Rowhani showed that ...

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