Women claimed 30% of the 21 seats in last week's Tehran City Council elections, a record for the TCC.
Urban and rural council elections were held simultaneously with the 12th…
Iran Elections 2017
Following President Hassan Rouhani’s reelection this weekend, most people believe that Iran’s economy will be in a better position and the country open for international business, reads a…
A Tehran city councilor and member of the pro-reform National Trust Party is optimistic that President Hassan Rouhani's reelection earlier this week will usher in four years of stability, robust…
President Hassan Rouhani says the only way to stimulate the underperforming economy is to promote investment, which in turn requires engagement with the outside world.
The president…
Iranians reelected President Hassan Rouhani on May 19.
While he will be taking the presidency oath for the second time in August, speculations are rife about his choice…
With a decisive victory, all candidates of a reformist moderate alliance swept the seats of Tehran City Council, undoing the principlists' narrow majority in the 21-member…
Iranian business leaders were relieved on Saturday after moderate President Hassan Rouhani, a proponent of foreign investment and engagement with the world, had secured another four years in…
Hassan Rouhani will serve a second term as a solid majority of voters delivered the pragmatist incumbent a strong mandate in the Friday presidential vote that saw a turnout unseen in recent…
Iranian voters on Friday handed a decisive victory to incumbent President Hassan Rouahni in a race that had become polarized not just along ideological lines but also along economic visions.
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The stock market acts like the economy’s barometer. From a slight movement in a company’s balance sheet to international stimuli, it detects and reacts to them all, whether they are already in…
“Which country said ‘no’ to a referendum on giving cash handouts? Norway? Switzerland? Iran?”
“Remember when we envied Swiss rejection of dole-for-all last year? Now you can stand tall and…
Iran's Interior Ministry Sunday announced Hassan Rouhani the winner of the May 19 presidential election.
Some 41,220,131 of the 56…
Millions of voters converged on the polling stations Friday to decide the outcome of a fiercely contested race between two competing visions. The choice was whether to hand pragmatic…
Iranian stocks did not have much going for them during the past week, as the nation was transfixed on the presidential vote slated for May 19.
Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained just…
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran has dismissed claims that Friday's presidential election would trigger fluctuations in the foreign exchange market, reassuring the public that all is calm in…
Iranians go to the polls on Friday to decide whether the incumbent President Hassan Rouhani will keep his job in a head-to-head contest with principlist Ebrahim Raeisi.
Campaigning was in…
A senior parliamentarian said trusting the incumbent moderate President Hassan Rouhani for another term would be in the country's best interest as hawkish Republicans are in power in the US, which…
Vice president and presidential contender, Es'haq Jahangiri, announced on Tuesday he has dropped out in favor of incumbent President Hassan Rouhani, urging his backers to turn out in large numbers…
A large voter turnout in the upcoming presidential election will boost Iran's image in the international arena and its diplomatic power, making major powers take a more serious account of the…
Iranian expatriates in 104 countries will have the opportunity to vote in the country's 12th presidential election simultaneously with the polls at home, authorities said.
Mostafa Mirsalim, one of the five candidates running for president, stressed the need for devising plans to curb contraband and crack down on organized smuggling to support domestic production.
A political analyst defended the nuclear deal negotiated under the watch of President Hassan Rouhani against a barrage of conservative criticism ahead of the Friday presidential vote, in which…
Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf quit the Iranian presidential race on Monday, backing instead Ebrahim Raisi in Friday's vote.
"I should take an important decision to keep the unity of…
The spokesman of Guardians Council said the election watchdog is prepared to host representatives of the six presidential candidates on the day of voting slated for May 19.
Presidential candidate Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf vowed that his prospective administration would address the economic slump, inflation and unemployment, the main problems hobbling the staggering…
