Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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  Deal or No Deal, Iranian President Faces Headaches at Home

  Iran's president has been pursuing a nuclear agreement for two years but even if a deal is reached Hassan Rouhani and his government will soon face mounting political pressure at home.

• Iran's president tones down anti-Israel rhetoric

  The Iranian president's first speech to world leaders was absent anti-Israel rhetoric and offered up negotiations with the US and its allies over the disputed nuclear program, showing a more moderate face of the hard-line regime in Tehran.

• Barack Obama pledges diplomacy with Iran, puts onus on Hassan Rouhani

  President Barack Obama said today the United States was ready to engage diplomatically with longtime foe Iran but put the onus on the new Iranian president to prove he is serious about pursuing a nuclear deal.

• Iran President Hassan Rouhani says does 'not seek war with any country'

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a television interview, said his country is not seeking war and that Iran wants the Middle East to have "rule by the will of the people."

• After four years, Iran lifts ban on Facebook and Twitter

  Facebook and Twitter became widely accessible to Iranian users on Monday for the first time since 2009, when the services were blocked in the midst of widespread protests against former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to reports emerging from the country.

• Iran foreign minister to hold nuclear talks with world leaders

  Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has tasked the foreign ministry with handling the country's sensitive nuclear talks, his website said on Thursday, in a possible signal of a less confrontational approach with world powers.

• Iran President Hassan Rouhani pulls off cabinet balancing act

  By choosing ministers known more for their experience than their political views, President Hassan Rouhani has proposed a cabinet that achieves a rare feat in Iranian politics - it satisfies both reformist and conservative factions.

• Iran votes out of duty, hope and obligation

  Iranians queued today to vote for a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, many feeling a sense of national duty, others hoping for a better future and some because they thought they had to.

• Reformists hopeful as Iran votes for new president

  Iranians are voting today to choose a new president in an election the reformists hope their sole candidate will win in the face of divided conservative ranks, four years after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

• Iran's eight presidential poll candidates

  Iranians will go to polls on Friday to elect a new president among eight candidates who have been cleared by a vetting body.

• Iran president Ahmadinejad has helicopter 'incident': report

  Iran's official news agency says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's helicopter experienced an unspecified "incident" while touring a rural area, but the Iranian president's pilot landed the aircraft safely and the leader was unhurt.

• Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unhurt in helicopter 'accident'

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the northeast on Sunday after an unspecified "accident," the presidency reported, adding that he was unhurt.

• Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani joins Iranian election race

  Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades.

• Iran politicians register for presidential race

  Iranian election authorities say several new high-profile politicians including hardliners, reformists, and allies of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have registered for the June 14 presidential elections.

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under fire for hugging Hugo Chavez's mother

  Senior Iranian clerics have scolded President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez's mother with a hug - a physical contact considered a sin under Iran's strict Islamic codes.