President of Iran

The world continues to worry about the situation in Iran, a week after the start of violent protests, BNT reports. 13 people have so far died in clashes between demonstrators and police.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Dec. 3 that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani appointed two women vice-presidents on Aug. 9, but made no changes to an all-male list of cabinet ministers criticized by reformists for its lack of female representation.

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.

Many firefighters were feared trapped under the rubble after Iran's oldest high-rise, the 15-storey Plasco building in downtown Tehran, collapsed live on TV on Jan. 19, following a fire.

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pugnacious moderate who survived for decades despite challenging his own turbaned elite, died on Jan. 8 after suffering a heart attack.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will travel to the Islamic Republic of Iran to meet with the country's senior officials.

On April 17, Nikolic will talk with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Vice President for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari, the president's press office said in a release.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will travel to the Islamic Republic of Iran to meet with the country's senior officials.

On April 17, Nikolic will talk with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Vice President for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari, the president's press office said in a release on Friday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won an emphatic vote of confidence and reformist partners secured surprise gains in parliament in early results from elections that could accelerate the Islamic Republic's emergence from years of isolation. 

"Iran is not Saudi Arabia," Iranians always say. They hold elections and women can vote. Indeed, people turn out from time to time to vote for presidential elections, parliamentary elections and such. People vote, but whether every vote counts is a big question mark. And being "eligible" to be a candidate is a tough job.