Iran’s interior minister says moderate candidate Hasan Rowhani has won the presidential vote. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said at a press conference Saturday in Tehran that Rowhani obtained more than 50 percent of more than 36 million votes cast in Friday’s election. Rowhani was the lone moderate candidate in the race supported by reformists in […]
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Moderate Earthquake In Northwest Iran
Iran’s state-run television says a moderate 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled a small town in the country’s northwest on April 18. It says the quake shook the town of Tasooj, which is about 600 kilometers northwest of the capital, Tehran. There were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey put the […]
Moderate earthquake jolts eastern Iran
Iran’s state news agency says a 5.2 magnitude earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district in the country’s east.
Moderate cleric lauds internet and Facebook
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has praised Facebook, saying internet social media are a “blessing for the world.” ISNA reports that the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, at a recent gathering to discuss developments in the Middle East, said the role of the internet in these developments is commendable.