Tag: Hassan Rouhani
Iran will increase uranium enrichment to whatever levels it needs: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday warned that Iran would this weekend increase its enrichment of uranium to whatever level was needed beyond the...
Iran’s Khamenei: Tehran will not abandon its missile program
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Tehran would not be “deceived” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of negotiations and...
Rouhani’s brother handed jail term in graft case
An Iranian court has sentenced President Hassan Rouhani’s brother to an unspecified jail term, state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday, in a corruption...
Imran accepts Rouhani’s invitation to visit Iran
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday called prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan and extended an invitation to visit Iran, which Imran accepted.
The Iranian president...
Iran’s parliament summons Rouhani as economy falters under US pressures
LONDON: Iranian lawmakers have given President Hassan Rouhani one month to appear before parliament to answer questions on his government’s handling of Iran’s economic...
Rouhani says Iran may remain part of nuclear accord
DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that, if its interests were protected, Tehran would remain committed to its 2015 nuclear deal, which...
Rouhani says plans in place for any Trump decision on nuclear...
DUBAI: President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday Iran had plans to respond to any move by US President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear...
Iran pours scorn on nuclear talks, dismisses ‘tradesman’ Trump
BEIRUT: Iran’s president poured scorn on Wednesday on US and European discussions over Tehran’s nuclear agreement, and dismissed Donald Trump as a “tradesman” who...
Would make or buy any weapon for defence, says Iran
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would make or buy any weapons it needed to defend itself in a region beset by “invading powers”,...
Iran willing to hold talks with Arab states: President Rouhani
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Iran is ready to discuss regional security issues with its Gulf Arab neighbours as long as foreign...
Iran president criticises Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
HYDERABAD: Iran’s president on Friday strongly criticised the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and urged Muslims to support the Palestinian cause.
Hassan...
Iran opens first phase of ‘strategic’ Chabahar port
Rouhani emphasises the project would boost unity among regional countries
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the country's...
Anguish in Iran as Trump balks at nuclear deal
TEHRAN: A mix of anger and anguish among the Iranian public has greeted US President Donald Trump’s decision to declare that Iran is not...
Putin, Rouhani welcome Aleppo ‘victory’
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin welcomed the "Syrian army's victory against the terrorists in Aleppo" during a late-night phone...
Iran’s Rouhani says will not let Trump rip up nuclear deal
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday he would not let US President-elect Donald Trump rip up a global nuclear deal, warning of unspecified...
PM Nawaz, President Rouhani seek closer Iran-Pakistan cooperation in economic field
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday discussed with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani possibilities for bilateral cooperation in the field of energy, especially oil,...
Iran supports any move to stabilise oil market: Rouhani
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran supports any move to stabilize the global oil market and lift prices, the Iranian oil ministry news agency...