Iran’s President Hassan Rohani has harshly criticized hard-liners opposed to making a deal over Iran’s contested nuclear program with world powers, calling them “political cowards.” Rohani made the comments in a televised speech during an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors on August 11. Rohani said: “Anytime we negotiate, they start shaking. Well, to hell. […]
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Saving dying lake is priority for Iranian leader
The first cabinet decision made under Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, wasn’t about how to resolve his country’s nuclear dispute with world powers. It was about how to keep the nation’s largest lake from disappearing. Lake Oroumieh, one of the biggest saltwater lakes on Earth, has shrunk more than 80 percent to 1,000 square […]
Mandela funeral to bring together world’s most powerful people
Political and cultural elite set to attend funeral where Mandela’s spirit of reconciliation may offer backdrop to unusual meetingsWorld leaders are preparing to converge in unprecedented numbers on South Africa for Nelson Mandela‘s funeral, likely to be one of the biggest global gatherings of powerful people in modern history. As South Africa embarked on nine […]
President-Elect of Iran Says He Will Engage With the West
Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, said Saturday that he would engage with the West and fulfill his electoral promises to allow more freedom for the Iranian people. Mr. Rouhani, who calls himself a moderate, won the June 14 presidential election by a large margin, surprising many who expected Iran’s governing establishment to block any candidate […]