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Iran’s Rouhani claims victory over protests

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Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said government forces have suppressed a mass protest that erupted last week over a hike in fuel prices, according to state media. "The Iranian nation came victorious out of yet another historic test and showed that despite the country's economic problems and existing grievances about the manner of its management, they would never allow the balance to tilt in favor of the enemy," Rouhani said during a cabinet meeting in the capital of Tehran on Wednesday, state-run Press TV reported. Rouhani said the government's strong response has ended the protest, which he claims was orchestrated by a few well-organized "hooligans" on behalf of the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other adversarial nations. "Our people have foiled the enemies' ...

Aug272019 by adminNo Comments

Rouhani: U.S.-Iran relations won’t improve until sanctions are lifted

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Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A day after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated he'd be open to talks with Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said there will be no progress in U.S.-Iran relations until Washington lifts sanctions off Tehran, according to state-run media. "In the relations between Iran and the United States, we will not witness any positive development unless the United States abandons the sanctions and corrects the wrong path it has chosen," Tasnim News Agency reported Rouhani as saying during a ceremony in the nation's capital. He said Iran is not looking to create tension and prefers regional security and will abide by its commitments to a 2015 landmark multination accord aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon if other countries uphold their end of the bargain. Trump...

May122019 by adminNo Comments

Iran facing ‘unprecedented’ pressure from international sanctions, Rouhani says

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Iran is facing "unprecedented" pressure from international sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani has said.Renewed US sanctions had led to worse economic conditions than during the country's 1980-88 war with neighbouring Iraq, Mr Rouhani said.His comments came amid rising tensions with the US, which last week deployed warships and warplanes to the Gulf.Mr Rouhani, who has come under domestic political pressure, called for political unity to face down sanctions."During the war we did not have a problem with our banks, oil sales or imports and exports, and there were only sanctions on arms purchases," Mr Rouhani told political activists in the capital, Tehran."The pressures by enemies is a war unprecedented in the history of our Islam...

May62018 by adminNo Comments

Iran's Rouhani warns Trump of 'historic regret' over nuclear deal

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned that the US will face "historic regret" if Donald Trump scraps the nuclear agreement with Tehran.Mr Rouhani's comments come as the US president decides whether to pull out of the deal by a 12 May deadline.Mr Trump has strongly criticised the agreement, calling it "insane".The 2015 deal - between Iran, the US, China, Russia, Germany, France and the UK - lifted sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.France, the UK and Germany have been trying persuade the US president that the current deal is the best way to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is travelling to Washington on Sunday to discuss the matter with White House officials. Media playback is unsupported on your deviceThe UN al...