Hassan Rouhani
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Iran’s $7bn battle: Tanker seizure ‘slap in the face’ to South Korea
- Middle East
- January 10, 2021, 17:28
Iran’s capture of a South Korean-flagged tanker at sea last week has been described by the United States as extortion. But Tehran says it is Seoul tha(...)

‘Like a dictatorship’: Arab citizens pour scorn on US over Washington riots
- Middle East
- January 8, 2021, 15:49
Arab governments have remained diplomatically silent as their citizens have poured scorn on Wednesday’s storming of the US Capitol by supporters of pr(...)

Qatar returns to Gulf council in major diplomatic victory
- Middle East
- January 6, 2021, 17:13
Qatar’s return to the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) after 3½ years of blockade by Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt is a major diplomati(...)

EU ministers back US return to Iran nuclear deal under Biden
- Middle East
- December 21, 2020, 19:08
European powers are backing president-elect Joe Biden’s suggestion that the US returns to a landmark nuclear deal with Iran in its existing form, and (...)

Iran says ‘satellite-controlled’ gun used to kill nuclear scientist
- Middle East
- December 8, 2020, 11:57
The assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a “(...)

The Irish Times view on an assassination in Iran: taking advantage of the US transition
- Editorial
- December 1, 2020, 01:40
It appears Israel, not for the first time, is playing with fire. The usual policy of non-denial notwithstanding, the sophisticated military-style kill(...)

Iran eyes sanctions prize despite scientist’s assassination
- Middle East
- November 30, 2020, 18:08
Jordan and the Emirates have condemned the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which Iran blames on Israel, although both A(...)

Iran says nuclear scientist killed by remote-controlled device
- Middle East
- November 30, 2020, 13:22
A senior Iranian security official has accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to carry out a remote assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientis(...)

Iran’s president upbeat on US relations under Biden
- Middle East
- November 25, 2020, 14:58
Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, said on Wednesday it would be easy to solve the country’s problems with the US so long as Joe Biden stuck to the com(...)

Trump plans weekly rounds of sanctions on Iran
- Middle East
- November 10, 2020, 15:46
The Trump administration has dispatched an envoy to Israel and the Gulf to prepare for the imposition of weekly rounds of sanctions on Iran ahead of U(...)