Special to WorldTribune.com Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is questioning the authority of the 7,000 undercover “Morality Police” who are tasked with reporting women for not wearing a full Islamic hijab and citizens who play loud music in their cars. Rouhani said such decisions should not be made by the government. “Our first duty is to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A top Iranian cleric accused moderates of colluding with “foreigners” in the Feb. 27 elections in order to block hard-line appointments to the Assembly of Experts. Sadeq Larijani said reformists and moderates had worked with “American and English media outlets” during the election. “Is this type of coordination with foreigners in order […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran’s supreme leader questioned “the reality” of the Holocaust on Jan. 27 – which was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a video titled “Are The Dark Ages Over?” posted to his official website, said “speaking about the Holocaust and expressing doubts about it is considered to be a great […]
Special to WorldTribune.com If relations between Iran and the United States are to be restored, the U.S. must apologize for its past behavior, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Nov. 12. Rouhani, who earlier had said the nuclear deal with world powers could pave the way for a warming of relations between Teheran and Washington, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hard-liners in Iran are “exaggerating the case” and promoting baseless arrests of journalists in a crackdown on freedom of expression, President Hassan Rouhani said. Iranian authorities detained five local journalists this week after accusing them of having ties to “anti-revolutionary” media. Rouhani, who had promised to end the stifling of expression during […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has forbidden future negotiations with the United States not only as a warning to Iran’s moderates, but in an effort to keep the nation’s disenchanted youth in line. Khamenei, who issued the ban on Oct. 7 in a speech to Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Obama administration is naive if it thinks the nuclear accord will lead to restored relations between the United States and Iran, a top Iranian cleric said on Sept. 24. “The U.S. wants to say that, following [the conclusion of] the JCPOA, the ice has been broken between the two countries; but […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran is determined to reopen nuclear talks in order to achieve the “complete lifting of sanctions” and the United States is listening, according to a report on Sept. 21. Foreign ministers from Iran and the world powers who negotiated the nuclear framework are slated to meet in New York next week to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United States “was forced into negotiating” the nuclear deal with Iran because of the “failure of the U.S. policy of sanctions and threats,” Iran’s foreign ministry said on Sept. 11. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham also shrugged off U.S. President Barack Obama’s claim that the Sept. 10 vote in the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States will not be allowed to use the nuclear framework as “a way to intrude” in Iran’s affairs. “They think that through this agreement — the fate of which is not clear as no one knows if it will be approved here or […]