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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 ...

  • Israeli premier pressure on Iran must continue

    JERUSALEM -; Israel's prime minister says the international community must not ease pressure on Iran because of the election of a reformist ...

  • S Koreans angry over Iran victory

    Ulsan, South Korea - Hundreds of fans hurled bottles and debris on to the pitch Tuesday as Iran beat hosts South Korea 1-0 to reach the World Cup after an angry build-up involving taunts from both ...

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  • Iranians express cautious optimism after Hassan Rouhanis victory

    Hassan Rouhani stood a good chance of emerging victorious from the previous day's presidential ballot, Masoud says he travelled the 105km (65 miles) from Garmsar to celebrate with people in Tehran. Across the country, there were raucous celebrations in dozens of cities through the night.Masoud cites the release of Green Movement leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi from house ...

  • Hollande New Iran president welcome at Syria peace talks

    French President Francois Hollande speaks during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit near Enniskillen, Northern Ireland on June 18, 2013. Hollande said Tuesday that Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani would be welcome at Syria peace talks "if he can be ...

  • Frances Hollande open to Iranian presence at Syria talks

    Paris had previously ruled out Iran taking part in the proposed conference, saying Tehran had no desire for peace and would use the Syria talks to detract from negotiations later in the year with major powers over ...

  • Venezuelas Maduro to meet Irans new president-elect Hassan Rowhani further strengthen ties

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says he'll meet soon with Iran's President-elect Hassan Rowhani to further strengthen already close relations. Maduro announced plans for a meeting through Twitter on Tuesday, saying that he recently spoke with Rowhani and they agreed to meet. He did not offer details. Venezuela deepened trade with Iran under the ...

  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets successor amid talk of Iranian nuclear progress

    Iran's outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met his successor Hassan Rowhani for the first time since voters embraced the moderate in Sunday's election, a result that raised hopes of rapprochement between Tehran and the ...

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