An Iraqi Kurdish push for independence from Baghdad appears likely to be a question of "not if but when," in a significant challenge to Iraq's stability, the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday.
President Hassan Rouhani’s win on May 19 was not the only election victory for Iranian moderates or reformists. After years of scant influence in local councils, the reformists achieved astonishing victories in several major cities.
Russian authorities are wrestling with how to handle an apparent surge in interest in political protests among young people, who have been forced to watch films and listen to lectures warning about the dangers of street politics.
A few days before voters went to polls, the Rouhani government published a 255-page plan, labeled Iran Again, which deals with all sorts of problems the country faces. But what this document says and does not say about the economy is revealing.
President Hassan Rohani has won an unequivocal victory over his conservative opponent in Iran's presidential election. What can we expect from a second term for the pragmatic Rohani?
Newly reelected President Hassan Rohani says the Iranian people are the "real victors" of the election and that Iran has chosen "engagement with the world" in voting for him, rejecting extremism.
Iranians yearning for detente abroad and greater freedoms at home have handed President Hassan Rouhani a second term, but the hardline forces he defeated in elections on Friday will remain defiantly opposed to his plans.
Iranian voters and journalists, continue to depict the election day under different hashtags on social media. Although access to platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are still not authorized, citizens use proxies to surpass filtering.
Iranians vote in a four-man presidential race on May 19 that could reinvigorate efforts for an economic and diplomatic thaw with the West or draw the curtain on a four-year interlude in hard-line domination at all levels of government.
In February 2016, Helga Kern boarded a plane to Iran, registered with the depository to trade stocks and within weeks opened a broker account and started buying shares, all with the aim of launching an Iran fund for Western investors.
As Iranian President Hassan Rohani bids for a second term, we look at how he fared in reaching the goals he set for his administration upon taking office four years ago.
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