Daughter of head of the Expediency Council Faezeh Hashemi tells Rooz that the telephone conversation between Hassan Rowhani and Barak Obama can result in a face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the two countries. In an exclusive interview with Rooz, Faezeh said that if the current course between the two countries did not suffer […]
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Iran To Consider Resuming Flights To U.S.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has ordered aviation authorities to study the possibility of resuming direct flights between Iran and the United States for the first time in more than three decades. Iranian news agencies on September 30 quoted presidential adviser Akbar Torkan as saying Rohani wanted to study the option of resuming flights in […]
U.S., Iranian Presidents Speak By Phone
U.S. President Barack Obama says he has spoken by phone with Iranian President Hassan Rohani in the first direct conversation between U.S. and Iranian presidents in more than 30 years. The conversation came hours after Rohani called the United States a “great” nation, a stark reversal from his predecessors, as intense diplomatic efforts by […]
‘Don’t miss golden opportunity’ 500 Iranian activists tell Obama
It is now Obama’s turn to take steps at ending the 35-year long hostilities in US-Iranian relations, say a group of more than 500 Iranian dissidents, intellectuals and public figures. In a letter to US President Barack Obama, more than 500 Iranian intellectuals, former and current political prisoners, as well as civil society and […]
Iran, U.S. Preparing For Highest-Level Contact In Years
The United States and Iran are preparing for what could be their highest-level contact in six years. Officials say Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is expected to join U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for a meeting on September 26 with their counterparts from Britain, China, France, Germany, and Russia at the United […]
World Reacts To Iranian President’s No-Nuclear Pledge
Comments by Iranian President Hassan Rohani that his government would never develop nuclear weapons have sparked world reaction. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Rohani’s comments on September 18 to U.S. NBC television were positive, but cautioned that “everything needs to be put to the test.” That message was echoed by White House […]
Rohani Says Citizens Should Have ‘Access To Information’
Iranian President Hassan Rohani, in an interview with the U.S. network NBC, appears to support increasing Iranians’ access to the Internet. “In today’s world, having access to information and the right of free dialogue, and the right to think freely, is the right of all peoples, including the people of Iran,” Rohani says in […]
Facebook and Twitter Blocked Again in Iran After Respite
Internet users in Iran lost access Tuesday to Facebook and Twitter, a day after they were surprised to find that they could get on the sites without having to evade a government’s firewall that had blocked direct access to the Web sites for years. Iranian officials said that a technical glitch resulted in the […]
Obama Says He Exchanged Letters With Rohani
U.S. President Barack Obama has disclosed for the first time that he exchanged letters with new Iranian President Hassan Rohani. In an interview on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on September 15, Obama did not reveal the content of the letters but made clear that U.S. concerns about Iran’s nuclear program are a […]
Iran’s New Security Council Secretary Should End Illegal House Arrests
The newly appointed Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, should immediately review the situation of the opposition leaders under house arrest and prepare for their release, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Secretary Ali Shamkhani should address the issue of releasing Mir Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard, and […]