News Archive - 22 August 2017

(President Rouhani in his visit to Tajikistan in September 2014 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Adel Bazyar/IRNA)   By: Sam Sasan Shoamanesh   Given the volatile state of the Middle East’s security landscape, increasing conflicts and regional tensions, Iran’s projection of military might is crucial to safeguarding the...

Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani, the eldest son of the late Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was unanimously voted in as chairman of Tehran’s Fifth City Council on Saturday. The forerunner in Tehran’s city council election that was held in June this year, Hashemi was chosen for the position in presence of heavyweights...

It was said that despite their common approaches in major political issues, and close economic ties, Tehran and Ankara had serious differences in security issues regarding Iraq and Syria. Major general Mohammad Hossein Bagheri’s Ankara visit, upon an official invitation by Turkish military officials and agreed by Supreme Leader...

As Rouhani’s second administration starts work, his voter base seems frustrated, seeing a large portion of its demands unaccounted for. One in many is the disillusionment caused by the failure of a popular campaign aimed to persuade Rouhani to include women in the cabinet. Rouhani has implied that he...