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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Majid Tavakoli Wins the International Student Peace Prize
Friday, 31 Shahrivar 1391 (September 21, 2012) Majid Tavakoli has won the 2013 International Student Peace Prize. According to Daneshjoo News, Tavakoli, one of the leaders of the Iranian student movement and a member of Tahkim Vahdat (the Office for Strengthening Unity), was announced as the winner of the International […]
Japan mulls cuts in Iran oil imports to win US sanctions waiver
By Tetsushi KajimotoTOKYO Jan 5 (Reuters) – Japan is weighing various ways of securing a waiver on new U.S. sanctions against Iran, with reducing Iranian oil imports and dealings with its central bank possible options, government sources said on Thursday.