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Iran court summons Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on Monday summoned to appear before the criminal court following a complaint lodged by parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, the government website announced.

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Rohani: Sanctions against Iran are brutal

Iran's new president Hassan Rohani said that the sanctions against Iran are brutal....

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Rohani: Iran-US ties must be based on mutual respect

Iran's president-elect Hassan Rohani said during his first press conference held on June 17 that his country plans to have good relations with all countries...

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EU expresses high hopes for new Iranian president

EU nations have reacted positively to the news of the election of a moderate candidate as Iran's next president, Deutsche Welle reported. They are hoping for a change in tone from Iran, particularly regarding its disputed nuclear program....

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Iran FM spokesman: Democracy to enhance Iran’s status in the world

Iran foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi has said that democracy will enhance Iran's status in the world, the Mehr News Agency reported....

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Rohani says problems will not be resolved overnight

Iranian president-elect Hassan Rohani has said that problems will not be resolved overnight, IRNA reported....

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Iran plans to finance development projects by issuing $32 billion bonds

The Central Bank of Iran has been authorised to issue 392 trillion rials (about $32 billion based on official rate dollar of 12,260 rials) in bonds to finance development plans in the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 21, the Fars News Agency reported....

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Iran’s Relations With Russia Will Hardly Change

In order to have arguments in its dialogue with the U.S., Iran needs to develop institutionalized strategic relations with Russia. Iranians think that their relations with Russia are of strategic partnership nature. They think that Russia gets more political advantages from its relations with Iran, then the Iranians. ...

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Iran to send 4,000 Revolutionary Guards to Syria - report

Washington’s decision to arm Syria’s Sunni Muslim rebels has plunged America into the great Sunni-Shia conflict of the Islamic Middle East, entering a struggle that now dwarfs the Arab revolutions which overthrew dictatorships across the region, The Independent says. ...

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