New York Times (blog) | Iran president talks moderation, maintains nuclear goal USA TODAY Western hopes that Iran's newly elected president signals a new moderate shift by the mullahs who run the country may be misplaced, given Hasan Rowhani's support of the leadership's nuclear program, some experts said. Rowhani's pledge to "build trust" ... Iran's president-elect urges US to 'look to the future' Iran's new president-elect seen as bridge-builder President-Elect of Iran Talks of Easing Tensions With US |
CBS News | Iran president-elect Hasan Rowhani suggests new "transparency" over nuclear ... CBS News TEHRAN, Iran Iran's newly-elected president said Monday he would follow a "path of moderation," and urged his country not to be held back by past policies, emphasizing messages from Western leaders since his victory that have brought hope of new ... |
Analysis: In choosing moderate president, Iran hopes for better relations with ... NBCNews.com (blog) TEHRAN, Iran - Dancing in the streets of Tehran greeted the news that Hassan Rowhani had won Iran's race for president over the weekend, as voters hailed the reformist cleric's victory. The mostly young Iranians lit Chinese lanterns and chanted slogans ... |
Wall Street Journal | West to Press Iran on Nukes Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Obama administration and its European allies—surprised and encouraged by Hassan Rohani's election as Iran's next president—intend to aggressively push to resume negotiations with Tehran on its nuclear program by August to test ... |
Israel skeptical new Iran president can ease tensions USA TODAY During a Cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday world leaders should not to be lulled into complacency after Iran elected Hasan Rowhani, a cleric widely perceived as more moderate than outgoing Iranian President ... |
Who is Iran's new president? Nine things you need to know about Rowhani NBCNews.com (blog) 12, 1948 near the northeast province of Semnan. Rowhani's family reportedly opposed the former Shah of Iran, who was ousted in the Iranian Revolution in 1979. He studied religion at an early age; he took classes taught by leading Shia scholars in his ... |
From Inner Circle of Iran, a Pragmatic Victor New York Times But Mr. Rowhani, 64, is no renegade reformist, voted in while Iran's leaders were not paying attention. Instead, his political life has been spent at the center of Iran's conservative establishment, from well before Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led the ... |
Rohani Victory May Curb Support for Israeli Attack on Iran Bloomberg “Those advocating an attack on Iran have been dealt a setback,” said Suzanne Maloney, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy in Washington. “The chances of an attack on Iran are even more remote than they ... |
Iran's next president promises more openness on nuclear program Los Angeles Times TEHRAN — Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani on Monday promised to make the country's nuclear program more transparent, fueling hopes that the moderate cleric can make headway on an issue that has wreaked havoc on the Islamic Republic's ... |
U.S. News & World Report | Iran Election Yields Surprising Outcome U.S. News & World Report Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei likely felt pressure to give way to the majority rule due to the country's economy, crippled by international sanctions, and the series of uprisings throughout the region. Protests that began in the Arab Spring in ... |