It signaled the protege of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi had won a vote he dominated after the disqualification of his strongest competition.
June 19, 2021In recent presidential debates, however, Raisi said he would oversee a return to the nuclear deal reached by Rouhani.
June 17, 2021The nation would be informed "when an accord has been concluded", he said, adding that the intention had already been made public in January 2016 when President Xi Jinping visited Tehran.
July 6, 2020Pompeo said the United States was providing a 90-day waiver extension on Bushehr to "ensure safety of operations" but reserved the right to modify it at will.
May 28, 2020The bluster of world leaders appears to be designed to cover up their own failures in facing the coronavirus pandemic. Coming from the outrageous to the ludicrous, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed djinns and the US for spread of the coronavirus in Iran.
April 26, 2020No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack but Washington has blamed Iran-backed factions for similar attacks.
March 12, 2020Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani had called for a mass turnout to mark the anniversary of the revolution and condemn the "hostile" moves of the US against Iran.
February 11, 2020Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei swiftly pledged to take "severe revenge" for Soleimani's assassination.
January 22, 2020When the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was literally centre-stage at the Friday prayers, he utilised the opportunity to address a rare sermon that was intrinsically an attempt to debunk the likes of Donald Trump.
January 20, 2020The 2015 agreement was struck in Vienna between Iran and France, Britain, Germany, the United States, China and Russia.
January 18, 2020Within 24 hours of the catastrophe, video and other evidence had emerged, clearly indicating that the airliner was hit by a ground-to-air missile, yet Iranian spokesmen and diplomats persisted with their implausible denials.
January 14, 2020Khamenei added that the 'corrupt presence of the US in the region should come to an end,' saying it has caused 'war, division, and destruction'.
January 8, 2020Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani vowed revenge to US, while Iranian MP Abolfazl Aboutorabi threatened to attack the heart of American politics.
January 6, 2020General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were among the eight killed in US airstrike at Baghdad airport.
January 3, 2020The massive violent protests broke out on November 15 across Iran, whose economy has suffered under sweeping sanctions from the United States, after the government abruptly hiked fuel prices.
December 28, 2019Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday.
June 13, 2019The US last year shut its consulate in the protest-hit southern Iraqi city of Basra, blaming "indirect fire" by Iran-backed forces and warning its rival of retaliation for any damage.
May 15, 2019