Hasan Rouhani

Gulf diplomatic crisis: Iran pledges support to Qatar amid boycott, says boosting ties with Doha could be 'common goal'

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said that his country wants to bolster ties with Qatar and rejected a Saudi-led blockade of the Gulf Arab emirate.

Hassan Rouhani defeats Ebrahim Raisi in Iran presidential elections, reports state TV

Iran's state television has declared incumbent President Hassan Rouhani the winner of the country's presidential election, giving him a second four-year term

Ex-Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defies supreme leader's call, set to run for top post in May

Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday unexpectedly filed to run in the country's May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race.

Iran's delegation at nuke talks under pressure after Ayatollah's speech

Last week, in a public address filled with technical detail, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran needs to significantly increase its uranium enrichment capacity.

Iranian Nobel laureate criticises Rouhani's human rights record

Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi strongly criticised the human rights record of President Hassan Rouhani, citing a dramatic increase in executions since he took office this year and accusing the government of lying about the release of political prisoners

Israel trying to undermine nuclear talks with world powers: Iran

Iran's foreign minister on Friday accused Israel of trying to undermine what he described as progress in Tehran's nuclear talks with world powers

Iran lays out proposal to end deadlock over nuclear programme

Iran today laid out a hotly-awaited proposal to break the deadlock in talks with world powers over its nuclear programme, diplomats said, in a test of a thaw under new President Hassan Rouhani

Despite outreach, Iranians protest against US after prayers in Tehran

Iranians chanted "Death to America" and burned the U.S. flag after weekly prayers in Tehran on Friday despite their new president's outreach to the West and promises of moderation and easing of tensions with the outside world

Obama to meet Israel's Netanyahu, Iran likely to be discussed

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at a time that the three-decade estrangement between the United States and Iran may be nearing an end

Don't be fooled by Iran's new leadership: Israel's Netanyahu to US, UN

Mortified that the world may be warming up to Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking an unpopular message to the White House and the United Nations this week: Don't be fooled by Tehran's new leadership