Ex-nuclear negotiator named to Iran arbitration body

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 21:27

Hardline former top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili was on Thursday appointed to Iran`s top political arbitration body, the Expediency Council, state television reported.

Iran replaces hardline top security council secretary

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 00:47

President Hassan Rowhani appointed decorated admiral and ex-defence minister Ali Shamkhani to replace hardline Saeed Jalili as secretary of the key Supreme National Security Council, media reported.

US attack on Syria to spell `disaster`: Iran`s Khamenei

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 17:24

Any military intervention by the United States against Tehran`s ally Syria will spell "disaster" for the region, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday.

Khamenei appoints Ahmadinejad member of expediency

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 09:45

Iran`s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a member of Expediency Council, an administrative assembly.

Ahmadinejad gets post-presidency seat in top Iran council

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 21:10

Iran`s supreme leader on Monday appointed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Expediency Council, the country`s top political arbitration body headed by an avid critic of the outgoing president.

Iran`s Rouhani takes oath, Ansari attends ceremony

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 18:40

Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric who was a surprise winner in the recent elections, took oath on Sunday as Iran`s seventh President at a ceremony attended by a galaxy of world leaders, including Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India, with which he has pledged to expand ties.

Nuclear solution `easy`: Iran`s top leader

Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 16:34

Iran`s supreme leader says a solution to the nuclear impasse with the West is "easy" if the country`s foes are serious about reaching a deal.

Keep up nuclear pressure on Iran: Netanyahu

Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 18:15

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said world should keep up pressure on Iran to rein in its nuclear programme and avoid thinking the election of a moderate president will bring change.

Iran Presidential Elections 2013: Facts you must know

Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 15:34

Iranians vote on June 14 in a Presidential Election in which a successor to hard-line Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Khamenei calls for high voting in Iran elections

Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 13:15

Iran`s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for a high turnout as over 60,000 polling stations opened across the country on Friday for the 11th presidential elections.

Iran contenders urge calm as officials report big turnout

Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 09:18

6 contenders for Iran`s president issued appeal for calm as officials extended polling hours in first election since outgoing President Mahmoud`s Ahmadinejad`s 2009 re-election sparked mass protests.

Iran media praises heated presidential debate

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 22:10

Iran`s media on Saturday hailed the latest televised debate of presidential candidates, highlighting sharp exchanges among them on topics such as the nuclear issue and political freedom.