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  • Moderate Iranian president Rouhani promises to enhance mutual trust with West

    Newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has promised to reduce tensions with the West. Rouhani has also promised to show more transparency on its nuclear front and bring moderation back to the forefront of Iranian politics. According to the Guardian, Rouhani has presented himself as a moderate politician willing to enhance mutual trust between Tehran and the international community, ...

  • 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 ...

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Contact

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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  • 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 ...

  • New Iranian President Known As The Diplomat Sheikh

    Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. Today, the new president of Iran vowed to follow the path of moderation and justice, not extremism. Hasan Rowhani talked of enhancing ...

  • President of Azerbaijan congratulates newly elected Iranian leader

    President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to the newly elected President of Iran. The letter notes the great importance attached by President Ilham Aliyev to relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. "These relations are based on the will of our peoples, who historically have lived in an atmosphere of good neighbourhood ...

  • Moderate leaders election in Iran stirs local hopes

    Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani expresses hope Iran can reach agreement with world powers on its nuclear program.Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani claps during a press conference in Tehran on June 17, 2013. Rowhani expressed hope that Iran can reach a new agreement with major powers over its disputed nuclear programme, saying a deal should be reached through more transparency and ...

  • Outside View Irans Show-Me president

    Iran's former top nuclear negotiator and presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani shows his ballot paper prior to voting in Iran's presidential elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran on June 14, 2013. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged all Iranians to vote and slammed suggestions by the United States that the election would be a sham. UPI/Maryam ...

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