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Obama and Putin express cautious optimism after Iranian election
US, Russian presidents voice optimism that election of moderate cleric in Iran will open up dialogue with Tehran; two meet privately over new agreement on destroying nuclear material to prevent spread of nuclear ...
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Putin Obama hope Iran’s election to favour settlement of N problem
LOUGH ERNE, June 17 (Itar-Tass) - Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama hope the elections in Iran will favour settlement of the nuclear problem ...
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Video What does the new Iranian president mean for the rest of the world
The U.S. and Russia still disagree about the Syrian civil war and how to end it. The tensions translated to awkward body language at a meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Major Garrett ...
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Iran nuclear programme advances despite sanctions IAEA chief
VIENNA: Iran is making "steady progress" in expanding its nuclear programme and international sanctions do not seem to be slowing it down, the UN nuclear agency chief said on Monday. Yukiya Amano's comments underlined the difficult challenges facing world powers in seeking to persuade the Islamic state to scale back nuclear activities they suspect could be used to make atomic ...
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Recognizing nuclear rights precondition for U.S. talks Irans president-elect
Recognizing Iran's nuclear rights is a precondition for direct talks with the United States, Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani said Monday. "In order for the negotiations to be resumed, U.S. officials should not interfere in Iran's internal affairs; they should recognize all Iranian rights including the nuclear ones; and the United States should give up unilateral ...
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Iranian president-elect Rouhani promises better relations with west
Hassan Rouhani , whose sensational victory in Friday's election prompted nationwide celebrations, has promised to reduce tensions with the west, show more transparency on its nuclear front and bring moderation back to the forefront of Iranian politics.In his first press conference in Tehran, two days after being confirmed as the elected successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rouhani presented ...
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Rowhani US-Iran relations “a wound that has not healed”
When NBC's Ali Arouzi asked Iran's new president, Hassan Rowhani, if he would be willing to engage in a direct dialogue with the United States, he laughed and said the answer was ...
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Irans new president-elect seen as bridge-builder
(CBS News) LONDON -- Say goodbye to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president who has taunted America for eight years. Over the weekend, Iranians elected a new kind of president. By the time he cast his own ballot, Hassan Rowhani knew he was on a roll. During the final days of his campaign, his rallies were drawing vast crowds of young people, convinced he could bring ...
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Allies of Irans outgoing president suffer clear rejection
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds a press conference during the June Food Summit at the FAO headquarters, on June 4, 2008, in Rome, Italy. (Getty ...
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Rowhani Hopes for Better Relations Between Iran West
Iranian president-elect Hasan Rowhani has said that he hopes to improve relations with the world, considering the high turnout of the Iranian nation in the 14 June presidential election and the world's positive approach towards Iran as a result. "The mood that has prevailed over the world certainly plays a role and this new situation will surely turn into a new opportunity and I ...
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A 2005 nuclear deal that the US rejected could be the way forward with Iran
Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani waves as he attends a press conference in Tehran on June 17, 2013. Rouhani expressed hope that Iran can reach a new agreement with major powers over its disputed nuclear program, saying a deal should be reached through more transparency and mutual trust. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) In his first speech since the election, Iran's President-elect ...
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Putin Obama Optimistic About Future of Iran Nuclear Talks
US President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, June 17, ...
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Iran is not the enemy Peres says
Israeli President Shimon Peres remains optimistic about peace with Iran, citing historical co-operation, and with Palestine, driven by realities across the Middle ...
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The Lede Iran’s President-Elect Confronted With Plea for Detained Opposition Leader’s Freedom
first news conference since winning Iran’s presidential election, the moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was confronted, live on state television, with the raised expectations his election has stirred. Video of the incident, which was ...
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Iran an opportunity to be seized | Editorial
Iran 's influence has indisputably grown. Today its decisions affect Arab lives from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, from the Turkish border to the Gulf. Of all the options available to the US in trying to roll back this power - punitive sanctions, military confrontation or arming the Gulf states - negotiation is still the most attractive. ...
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Putin Obama find common ground in Northern Ireland
Obama and Vladimir Putin discussed some of the world's hottest issues in Northern Ireland Monday and found some common ground, if no solutions. After the two world leaders met privately at Lough Erne Resort where the Group of Eight meeting is taking place, they told reporters they didn't always agree on the issues, particularly the civil war in Syria, but said they found areas where ...
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Iranian President-Elect Hassan Rouhani Delivers Diplomatic Talk at First News Conference
Iran’s new president Monday held his first press conference since his election victory. It wasn’t filled with ominous messages aimed at the United States which was the hallmark of outgoing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hassan Rouhani was more diplomatic in his statements. ';The new government feels that a new opportunity for interacting with the world has been ...
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Iranian Woman Voter Shares Thoughts on Election Results
Hassan Rouhani is a cleric who’s worked for decades within Iran’s conservative establishment, but he was also the more moderate of the six candidates on the ballot last week. And he has a reputation for being ';pragmatic.'; That’s given hope to those who hope for a change in Iran. Before the ...
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Video Election wont change Irans nuclear ambitions Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's presidential election, which brought into power a cleric widely seen as a moderate, was unlikely to bring about any change in Iran's nuclear policy. Mana Rabiee ...
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Rouhani firm on Iran nuclear policy
Iran's newly-elected president Hassan Rowhani has ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions but hopes an early deal can be reached to allay the concerns of major powers.The moderate cleric, who won outright victory in Friday's presidential election on the hopes of millions for an end to the economic hardship caused by Western sanctions, on Monday pledged ...
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Agents nab “highly dangerous” Iranian wanted in France
Santo Domingo.- Iranian national Larki Ashtari, wanted in France on burglaries, grand theft and kidnappings was arrested in the city Wednesday, by National Investigation Department (DNI) agents. The DNI called Ashtari a highly dangerous criminal who entered Dominican Republic from Paris, via Punta Cana Airport on July 21, 2012, returning to that nation on September 15 of that year. It said the ...
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Iran president-elect Rowhani live tweets his victory
seasonal fireplace channel , you might describe your viewing style and attention span as rather Norwegian. The Scandinavian nation has produced successful television programs centered on everything from a 7-hour train ride between Oslo and Bergen to an 18-hour live stream centered on salmon swimming up a river. "If it feels a little too strange, then you're definitely on the right ...
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Iran vows transparency on nuclear programme
Iran’s new president Hassan Rohani has vowed more transparency over its nuclear programme but neighbouring Israel is not convinced. ';The Iranian election clearly reflects deep disaffection of the Iranian people with its regime. Unfortunately it doesn’t have the power to change Iran’s nuclear ambitions which are determined and guided not by the president but by the ...
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Hope for Change in Iran Tempered With Caution
LONDON -- Analysts are tamping down hopes of major changes in Iran, after the surprise election of relatively moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani as president. Supporters of the new president-elect marched through the streets of Tehran to celebrate. Rowhani’s election on the first ballot, with more than 50 percent of the vote, surprised many experts. On Monday, Rowhani told a news ...
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Not Just Iranians Involved in AMIA Case in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez requested to accuse the Iranians involved in the terrorist attack against the Israeli-Argentinian Mutual Association (AMIA) as the Agentinians accused of covering up. The president expressed her opinions about the case, which is still unsolved by justice after 19 years of the deadly attack, in her Twitter account, in ...
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Iran will have men in space within ten years
Iran will have astronauts in space within the next ten years, according to government officials who recently revealed to Iran news media the Iranian Space Agency’s long-term space objectives.
Iran has pursued an ambitious space program in recent years, entering the so-called ‘Asian Space Race’ and launching the country’s first rocket in 2004, followed in 2009 by the launch of an entirely domestically-built satellite, thereby becoming the 9th country in the world to have achieved orbital-launch capability. Read more
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