Political Affairs

Hassan Rouhani (Persian: حسن روحانی ; born on 12 November 1948) [1] is the 7th and current President of Iran and also a Muslim cleric [2] (with the status of a Shia Mujtahid), [3] lawyer, [4] academic and former diplomat. He has been a member of Iran's...

2002 January - US President George W Bush describes Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil", warning of the proliferation of long-range missiles being developed in these countries. The speech causes outrage in Iran and is condemned by reformists...

Iran Elections in Pictures

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی , Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī , Hashemi Bahramani هاشمی بهرمانی, born 25 August 1934) is an influential Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth president of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Persian: محمود احمدی نژاد , Mahmūd Ahmadinezhād [mæhˈmuːd(-e) æhmædiːneˈʒɒːd] ( listen), [2] [3] [4] born 28 October 1956) [5] [6] is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the main political leader of...

After a wait of almost two decades, the groundbreaking of $7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline will be performed on March 11 on the Pak-Iran border by the presidents of the two countries. Agreements for opening two more border crossings (Gabd and Pasni)...

Timeline: US-Iran ties A chronology of key events: 1953 US and British intelligence services engineer a coup in which Iranian military officers depose Prime Minister Muhammad Mussadeq, a leading exponent of nationalising the oil industry. Ayatollah Khomeini's...