TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s new president said Saturday that his countrymen elected him to change the country’s foreign policy and shift away from the bombastic style
DUBAI (Reuters) – Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday with a resounding defeat of conservative hardliners, calling it a victory of moderation over extremism and pledging
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting Saturday, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a race
Iran: In the end, Iran’s presidential election may be defined by who doesn’t vote. As polls opened early Friday, arguments over whether to boycott the ballot still boiled over at
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran said Sunday that it set up its first space tracking center to monitor objects passing in orbit overhead. Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said the center was
Iran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged presidential candidates on Tuesday not to make concessions to appease the West, an implied rebuke to several of the candidatesrunning in June
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the northeast after an unspecified “accident,” the presidency reported, adding that he was unhurt. “The helicopter carrying
Iran (AP) — Iran’s president has slammed “foreign presence” in the Persian Gulf, claiming it’s the source of insecurity in the region. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran has “always guarded
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck south-east Iran, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports. The epicentre of the huge quake was 86km (53 miles) from the city of Khash in
TEHRAN: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did