Hassan Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani put forward a new cabinet line-up on Aug. 8 that again included no women, despite criticism of their absence from his reformist allies.

There were no major changes to Rouhani's government, which is expected to continue his push for greater foreign investment and a technocratic approach to reviving the country's stagnant economy. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was sworn-in for a second term on Saturday, has accused the United States of trying to undermine Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers, telling President Donald Trump that it will be his political suicide.

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Moscow and Tehran have agreed to strengthen military and technological cooperation as the Russian Deputy PM visited Iran following the latest round of US sanctions.

Iran said on Aug. 3 that new U.S. sanctions were a violation of its nuclear deal with world powers, piling pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as he started his second term.

Rouhani was sworn in by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Aug. 3 following his re-election in May.

In a country where literary censorship is official government policy, the fact that Iran has opened what could be the world’s biggest bookstore is all the more astonishing.

Located in the Abbasabad Hills in the north-east of the Iranian capital, the Tehran Book Garden was officially opened in July.

Serbia and Iran are ready readiness to intensify their overall bilateral relations, especially economic cooperation.

According to the Serbian government, this was confirmed on Thursday during the meeting held in Belgrade between First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Molla Abdollahi.

Iranian authorities have detained President Hassan Rouhani's brother, the judiciary spokesman said on July 16, in a corruption case that the president's supporters say is politically motivated.

Liberal democrats across the globe congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his convincing win in the French Presidential Election after he defeated anti-immigration nationalist Marine Le Pen earlier in May. However, the global reaction to the Iranian Presidential Election result was not so overwhelming.

Iranians yearning for more freedom at home and less isolation abroad have emphatically re-elected President Hassan Rohani, throwing down a challenge to the conservative clergy that still holds ultimate sway.

It was a rare night of open-air partying in Iran on May 20 as tens of thousands of supporters of President Hassan Rouhani took to the streets to celebrate his re-election.

For many, it was a chance to breathe easily again after a tense campaign between Rouhani and his hardline opponent Ebrahim Raisi.