Hasan Rouhani

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  Iran Nuclear Deal Parties Try To Defuse Tensions Before Joe Biden Takes Office

  The remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear accord on Wednesday discussed ways to shore up a deal under mounting pressure from Iranian breaches, US sanctions and uncertainty before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in Washington next month.

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  If US Is Wise, They Won't Take Any Action: Iran Over General's Death

  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic republic's response on Wednesday to a US strike that killed one of its generals shows "we don't retreat in the face of America".

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  Iranian Parliament Removes Finance Minister From Office

  Iran's parliament sacked the minister of economic affairs and finance on Sunday, state media said, amid a sharp fall in the rial currency and a deterioration in the economic situation.

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  Hassan Rouhani India Visit LIVE Updates: Iran President Lands In Delhi

  Iran President Hassan Rouhani has entered the second day of his three day visit to India. Mr Rouhani reached Hyderabad yesterday and is set to visit a number of tourist landmarks, including Hyderabad's Qutub Shahi tombs, the Salar Jung Museum, Golconda Fort as well as Mecca Masjid.

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  Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Rebuffs Hasan Rouhani's Detente Policy Ahead Of Vote

  Iranians should not thank Hassan Rouhani's policy of detente with the West for any reduction in the threat of war, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, stepping up his criticisms of the president as elections approach.

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  Iran Sentences British Woman To 5 Years Imprisonment Over Security Charge

  Iran has sentenced a British-Iranian woman accused of trying to overthrow the cleric-run government to five years in prison, a news website affiliated with the judiciary reported on Sunday.

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  Iran Announces May 19 Presidential Election

  Iran's Guardian Council announced today that next year's Presidential election will take place on May 19 with embattled incumbent Hassan Rouhani expected to run for a second term.

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  Iran Hardliners Gain Authority In Backlash That Could Sideline Hasan Rouhani

  A year after Iran's nuclear deal with the West, hardliners are gaining authority in a backlash against pragmatic President Hasan Rouhani that his allies say could leave him sidelined or push him out of power in an election next year.

• Iran Ready to Cooperate on Nuclear Probe: United Nations

  Iran's president has promised to back a United Nations probe into suspicions that the country secretly worked on nuclear arms, the UN's chief nuclear inspector said Sunday after talks in Tehran.

• Iran won't unblock Facebook, Twitter: Official

  Iran does not plan to unblock Facebook and Twitter for the general public even if some top government officials use it, the minister of telecommunications and information technology said today.

• Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief criticises Hassan Rouhani for taking Barack Obama's phone call

  The commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards today said President Hasan Rouhani should have refused to take last week's historic telephone call from US counterpart Barack Obama.

• Iran's ministers open pages on banned Facebook

  Iran's entire Cabinet has opened Facebook pages in what is seen as a move toward greater openness - even though the social media site is blocked in the Islamic Republic.

• Iran appoints Marzieh Afkham as its first foreign ministry spokeswoman

  Iran's state TV is reporting the country has appointed its first ever foreign ministry spokeswoman.