Hassan Rouhani

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The Khomeinist Regime Continues to Defy International Law

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Editor 10 Views Abdol-Reza Hashemzai, China, Chinese companies, circumventing sanctions, European companies, European Union, figurehead, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), financial groups, friendly countries, Gholam-Reza Mesbahi-Moghaddam, Guardian Council, Hassan Rouhani, high-ranking clerics, Islamic Parliament (Majles), multi-billion-dollar trade, Palermo Convention, reformist MP, resolve disputes, Russia, subsidiaries, treaties, UN Convention Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), unelected clerics, United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

By The Free Iranian Staff Islamic Regime officials bewildered over Iran joining Palermo convention, days after Mike Pompeo warns  

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The Hat, the Turban And the Cap: Which Can Save the Mullahs?

October 4, 2019October 5, 2019 Editor 25 Views aggression, Ali Khamenei, backbone, candidates, Chief of Staff, conciliatory theme, developing nations, enmity, exile, Fatimah, fomenting insecurity, frontman, General Congress, Hassan Rouhani, historic development, Iran-watchers, key objectives, Khomeinist regime, Major General, Major-General Qassem Soleimani, military chiefs, military establishment, Muhammad Baqeri, permanent feature, political authorities, political party, political power, power struggle, presidency, regional cooperation, security establishment, sell-by-date, speculation, Sufi commander, Supreme Guide, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, turbans

By Amir Taheri Source: Asharq Al-Awsat   As Hassan Rouhani’s presidency drifts towards what promises to be less than a

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Iran And EU Increasingly Divided As Europe Reportedly Threatens To Leave Nuclear Deal

September 28, 2019 Editor 41 Views Aramco facilities, barrels of oil, Brian Hook, British newspaper, centrifuges, challenges, diplomatic defeat, Emmanuel Macron, enriched uranium, EU foreign policy chief, Europe's position, European sides, European signatories, Federica Mogherini, France, Germany, Hassan Rouhani, International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA), international community, isolate, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), major changes, oil revenue, reduction, repatriation, Saudi oil facilities, The EU, the Guardian, trigger mechanism, U.S. Special Envoy, UK, UN nuclear watchdog, worst-case scenario

Source: RadioFarda Iran and Europe appear to be increasingly divided and their views regarding the 2015 nuclear agreement seem to

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Trump Calls Iran Regime A ‘Repressive Security Threat’, Says Sanctions Will Remain

September 24, 2019September 27, 2019 Editor 39 Views Antonio Guterres, Assembly of Experts, broker a deal, Chairman Ahmad Jannati, Commander Hossein Salami, Emmanuel Macron, EU trio, EU-3, European support, French President, Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s nuclear programme, Iranian media, long-term framework, menacing behavior, Missiles, missiles programme, nuclear accord, nuclear deal, oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, peace-loving nations, permanent enemies, Persian Gulf, regional security proposal, rising tensions, Saudi oil establishments, subsidize Iran's bloodlust, UN Chief, UN Chief Antonio Guterres, Western European countries

Source: Radio Farda U.S. President Donald Trump has defended U.S. sanctions against Iran and called on all nations to act

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Iran warns foreign forces to stay out of Gulf, amid new US deployment

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 Editor 56 Views Abqaiq and Khurais facilities, aggressive, air and missile defenses, angry rhetoric, arms race, attack of explosive drones, brotherhood, continuing tensions, crisis, dangerously inflamed, Defence Secretary, deployment, disaster, drone attack, easing sanctions, extend the hand of friendship, flashpoint, General Assembly, Gulf kingdom, Hassan Rouhani, historical moment, Houthi rebels, Iran-aligned, Iran-Iraq war, Iran's nuclear activities, Iranian involvement, knee-jerk reaction, locked and loaded, Mark Esper, military equipment, military escalation, military parades, missile attack, nuclear deal, oil facilities, pain and misery, peace initiative, Pentagon, Persian Gulf, President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, regional neighbours, regional rival, retaliatory strike, rocket attacks, Sanaa, stay away, Strait of Hormuz, strongly denied, Tehran, terrorist organisation, the Gulf, Yemen

Source: BBC News Iran’s president has warned that foreign forces are threatening the security of the Gulf, after the US

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Turkey, Iran, Russia Discussed Four Issues at Summit

September 21, 2019September 22, 2019 Editor 32 Views Aleppo, Ankara, bilateral consultations, collective, constitutional reforms, Daham Jarba, Damascus, de-escalation zones, full-scale offensive, Hama, Hassan Rouhani, heavy weapons, Idlib, International Coalition, Jarba, joint military arrangements, joint security mechanism, Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), Kurdish separatists, Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), mobilizing to fight, north Syria, northeastern area, patrols, political benchmark, Russia-Turkey-Iran summit on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin, safe zone, Syria constitutional committee, Syrian refugees, terrorists, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UN Security Council Resolution

By Ibrahim Hamidi Source: Asharq Al-Awsat During the fifth round of the Russia-Turkey-Iran summit on Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip

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When Negotiation Is Impossible and War Is Unnecessary

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 Editor 26 Views 5+1 group, American public, anti-American, Arab countries, balancing act, Barack Obama, basic costs, Bill Clinton, Bush (Sr.), chorus, Communist allies, diplomats, Domestic propaganda, endorse, export revolution, exporting revolution, foreign currency reserves, foreign tutelage, full-scale war, global banking, Great Satan, Hassan Rouhani, hostages, humanity, humiliation, imperialism, Iran nuke deal, Islamic Civilization, Jimmy Carter, Khomeinist regime, Mehdi Bazargan, military policies, missiles development project, neither negotiations nor war, Obama deal, pensioners, pin-prick operation, Prime Minister, Pundits, Ronald Reagan, Saudi oil installations, stark choice, status quo, stipends, sunset clause, surrender, tension, tyranny of the underdog, US Embassy in Tehran, victim, Western democracies, Westerners, World Economic Forum in Davos

By Amir Taheri Source: Asharq Al-Awsat Will the attacks on Saudi oil installations last week upset the status quo that

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Economy IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Oil Slider Terrorism 

Mike Pompeo Just Ended Any Hopes for Iranian Oil

September 15, 2019 Editor 43 Views Abqaiq attack, Anthony DiPaola, Barack Obama, barrels, breakthrough, civilian deaths, crude price, damage, diplomatic, disruptions, drone, drone strike, dropped to zero, East-West Pipeline, energy industry, evidence, exports, facilities, Hassan Rouhani, hawks, Houthis, human rights abuses, humanitarian catastrophe, incentive, invasion of Iraq, Iranian crude, Javier Blas, John Bolton, Memories, National Security Adviser, non-existent, nuclear deal, OPEC, output, President Donald Trump, processing facility, raised hopes, rapprochement, retaliate, retaliatory strikes, Riyadh, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, skeptical, sparsely-populated, stalemate, sudden departure, Tehran, territory, vulnerability, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), Yemen

The chances of the U.S. easing sanctions fell to zero after the secretary of state blamed Tehran for the attack

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Universities In Iran Implementing Tough New Regulation To Deter Students From Activism

September 15, 2019 Editor 28 Views Academic Affairs, academic circles, arbitrary, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, caught off guard, Chairman, citizens, confrontation, cyberspace, daily E'temad's website, Danial Eslamipanah, disciplinary action, disseminating, dress codes, family gathering, found guilty, Freedom, Hassan Rouhani, hearing session, illegal, immoral acts, independence, information-sharing, Iran Students News Agency (ISNA), Islamic Azad Universities, Jamasb Nozari, lawyer, Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi, Mojtaba Dadashi, networks, new regulations, peaceful online activities, photos, political behavior, Political Organizations, presidential campaigns, pro-reform, prosecute, Protest, Publishing, Secretariat of Disciplinary Committee, student rights activist, students in Iranian universities, summons, Supreme Cultural Revolution Council's Committee for the Islamization of Universities of Iran, un-Islamic, under pressures, unethical, Union, university students, unlicensed media products, violations

Source: RadioFarda Harsher regulations aimed at controlling the political behavior of students in Iranian universities are being implemented, regardless of

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Iran says Bolton’s departure will not push Tehran to talks with US

September 11, 2019September 12, 2019 Editor 36 Views belligerent policies, Hassan Rouhani, John Bolton, Majid Takhteravanchi, maximum pressure, nuclear commitments, Tehran’s United Nations envoy, television address, US National Security Adviser, US-Iran tensions, warmongering

Source: Reuters via AlArabiya Iran said on Wednesday the firing of John Bolton as US national security adviser will not

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