World news about “Iranian politics” published by euronews.
Iran’s Rohani promises ‘transparency’ but no end to nuclear programme Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rohani has said his country is ready to be more transparent over its nuclear programme, but it is not prepared to suspend… 17/06/2013
Rohani triumphs in Iranian presidential election It is a stunning electoral victory by any measure; the most moderate of the six candidates in Iran’s presidential election, Hassan Rohani has not just won, he… 15/06/2013
Iranians see Rohani win as potential game-changer The Iranian people have delivered a shock result in the country’s presidential election, massively throwing their weight behind the relatively moderate… 15/06/2013
Rohani ahead in Iranian presidential poll With around 18% of the votes counted in Iran’s presidential election the more moderate of the six candidates, Hassan Rohani, is in the lead. The latest… 15/06/2013
Voting ends in Iran electionsVoting has ended in Iran’s elections. The deadline was extended on four occasions during the day. The head of Tehran elections headquarters says he estimates… 14/06/2013
Iran’s Valayati a compromiser with West Ali Akbar Velayati is widely considered as serious competition up against rival Iranian presidential candidate Said Jalili, whom many would say is the… 14/06/2013
Iran’s Qalibaf presidential hopeful a former general and police chief Presidential candidate Mohammad Qalibaf is predicted to score well in voting in Iran’s big cities. The current Mayor of Tehran has done a lot for the capital… 14/06/2013
Hassan Rohani liberals’ hope in Iran Cleric and former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani enjoys the support of many liberal-minded Iranians and moderates and reformists in his bid to become… 14/06/2013
Iran’s presidential candidates cast their votes As Iranians went to the polls to choose their next President, so too did the six candidates wanting to replace outgoing leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Cleric… 14/06/2013
Iranians head to the polls to elect new president Polls opened in Iran at 08:00 local time (5:30 CET) in a presidential election that brings an end to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s eight years in power. Six… 14/06/2013
Iranian elections – Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi talks to euronews Iran is a country where the ruling class seems to thrive on hostility to the west and where much of the population is repressed, and living in dire… 12/06/2013
Aref drops out of Iran presidential race in favour of ‘dark horse’ candidate With just a few days to go, Mohammad Reza Aref has dropped out of the presidential race in Iran. On his website he explains that the head of the reformist… 11/06/2013
Iran presidential rivals attack nuclear negotiator Jalili in TV debate Iran’s final TV debate between next weekend’s presidential election candidates has seen the hardline nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili attacked by rivals over… 08/06/2013
Iran’s complex political systemThe Iranian people will choose the man to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 14 June 2013. The country’s complex and unique political system has always raised… 06/06/2013
‘Iran’s disinherited may clash with bourgeoisie’ Said Kamali, euronews: “On the eve of the presidential election in Iran, with municipal polls planned at the same time, on 14 June, we’re speaking with… 04/06/2013
Iran gets first presidential TV debate Iranian voters have been treated to their first-ever televised electoral debate between the presidential hopefuls. The eight leaders in the running took… 31/05/2013
Swedish Parliament debates Iran ElectionA member of the Swedish parliament said the political, social and economic system which Iran relies on is not long term sustainable in the long run. Not only… 29/05/2013
Tehran ditches election ‘headache’ Rafsanjani Iran’s most senior clerical authorities have ruled out the one candidate who might have been elected president who could have led reformists: Hashemi… 22/05/2013
Iran presidential elections: who are the eight candidates?The race to succeed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is entering the final stretch, with the list of candidates declared eligible to participate in the… 22/05/2013
Big names register in last minute dash for Iran’s presidency Former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has thrown his hat into the ring for the June elections just minutes before the deadline. He had… 11/05/2013
Tehran’s top human rights official says some Iranian laws need reforming Iran has continued to make headlines in recent weeks partly because of yet another round of futile international negotiations over its nuclear programme, and… 15/03/2013
Iran claims to have downed ‘foreign’ drone Iran is claiming to have brought down a foreign surveillance drone during a military exercise. Without mentioning who it belonged to, the official news… 24/02/2013
Iran resistance group seeks to build on non-terror status The National Council of Resistance of Iran is getting closer to transforming its image after it was removed from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organisations… 03/10/2012
Larijani on Iran’s new democracy A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader has told euronews that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency has effectively come to an end with more than a year to go… 13/03/2012
New Iranian parliament ‘less likely to compromise’ The 9th elections of Iran’s post-revolution parliament are steeped in controversy, reflecting the deep political divisions within the country. The ballot is… 02/03/2012
Economic woes put Iran vote in the shadeIran’s first parliamentary elections since the controversial presidential ballot in 2009 have failed to grab public interest and campaigning has been… 02/03/2012
Soltanieh: ‘Do not threaten or try to use force against Iranians’ The nuclear programme in Iran has proven to be an internationally divisive issue. Do the countries who themselves have nuclear power and perhaps also nuclear… 22/11/2011
‘Europeans paying for their leaders mistakes’ – Ahmadinejad Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is facing political isolation amid a brutal struggle for power in Iran. The country is also being crippled by… 05/08/2011
Iranian leaders ‘fear they will follow Mubarak’ Euronews’ exclusive interview with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came on the day that the former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, went on… 04/08/2011
Ahmadinejad – the full exclusive interview Jon Davies, euronews: Mr. President can I start with some compelling images which we saw today on Iranian TV, on TV throughout the Middle East and… 04/08/2011
Ahmadinejad defends ‘free’ Iran Faced with a growing power-struggle and political isolation in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck an unusually moderate tone in an exclusive interview… 04/08/2011
Political ticker Iran elections 2013This is the ticker 10/05/2013
Iranian president rejects Western pressureIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he will not negotiate his country’s disputed nuclear programme under pressure. He was speaking in Tehran… 10/02/2013
Why is the arrest of Ahmadinejad’s aide significant?Just after midnight on Tuesday, Tehran’s Revolutionary tribunal announced that they had arrested Saeed Mortazavi, a close aide of President Mahmoud… 05/02/2013
Ahmadinejad angry at arrest of former Tehran prosecutorIranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticised as “very ugly” a decision by the country’s judiciary to arrest one of his close allies. Saeed Mortazavi… 05/02/2013
Iran foreign minister hits back at jailing of journalistsIran’s foreign minister has responded to international criticism following the arrest of more than a dozen journalists. In an interview with euronews’ James… 04/02/2013
Iranian dissidents unable to collect EU awardTwo Iranian dissidents have been awarded the EU’s annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought but were unable to come to Strasbourg to collect it in person… 12/12/2012
Confirmed: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in SyriaIran has officially acknowledged for the first time that its Revolutionary Guards have been deployed in Syria. The commander in chief of the powerful group… 16/09/2012
Iran says Assad is willing to talk with oppositionA senior Iranian official has met President Bashar al Assad and claims the Syrian leader is willing to meet opposition representatives to end the… 27/08/2012
Mousavi released from hospitalIranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has been returned home from hospital, where he was admitted yesterday after complaining of heart… 24/08/2012
Iran warns of ‘illusion’ of Syria power transitionIran has warned other middle eastern countries of dangerous consequences should the Syrian government fall from power. Meeting his counterpart from Damascus… 29/07/2012
Iranian opposition hold rally in ParisTens of thousands of Iranians gathered on the outskirts of Paris for a meeting of the opposition movement, the National Council of Resistance of… 24/06/2012
Larijani re-elected as speaker of Iran’s parliamentAli Larijani has been re-elected as speaker of Iran’s parliament. The 55-year-old is a fierce critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Seen as a pragmatic… 28/05/2012
Iranians vote in parliamentary election run-offIranians cast ballots on Friday in an election run-off to decide who will fill the remaining 65 seats up for grabs in the country’s parliament. The vote is… 04/05/2012
Tunisian TV station fined over controversial filmA private Tunisian television station has been fined, after showing a film that includes a scene depicting God. Nessma broadcast the animated ‘Persepolis’… 03/05/2012
Iran’s president warns against foreign interventionIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned that the country’s armed forces will make the enemy regret any act of aggression. His comments came during… 17/04/2012
Iran casts doubts on Istanbul nuclear meeting with alternative venuesIran would rather hold talks on its nuclear programme in Iraq or China, rather than the most-likely venue of Istanbul. Meetings with officials from the… 04/04/2012
The view from Tehran: euronews speaks to Mohammad LarijaniIran’s recent parliamentary elections together with the warnings of a possible military strike by Israel have made the headlines recently. Euronews’ Jon… 12/03/2012
Polling ends after Iran parliamentary voteIranians headed to more than 47,000 polling stations on Friday for the first parliamentary elections since the disputed 2009 Presidential vote. Commentators… 02/03/2012
Iran launches media blitz to boost election turnoutThe Iranian regime is banking on a large number of voters turning out in Friday’s parliamentary election and state media is leaving nothing to chance. In a… 02/03/2012
Economic woes put Iran vote in the shadeIran’s first parliamentary elections since the controversial presidential ballot in 2009 have failed to grab public interest and campaigning has been… 01/03/2012
Iran’s vote ‘grossly unfair’ – Human Rights WatchIran is on the eve of the first national election since 2009, when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was returned to the presidency sparking a violent reaction to the… 01/03/2012
Divided conservatives clash in Iranian electionsIran’s parliamentary election on Friday will pit allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against those loyal to Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It is the… 29/02/2012
Iran warns of preemptive action against enemiesIran would take preemptive action against its enemies if it felt its national interest were at risk, a deputy head of the country’s armed forces said on… 21/02/2012
EU bans Iranian oil importsThe EU has agreed stricter sanctions against Iran. European foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday to formally agree the proposals. The embargo… 23/01/2012
EU draws up new sanctions against IranEU ministers meeting in Brussels have reportedly approved new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. The measures, including an oil embargo… 23/01/2012
Ahmadinejad completes Latin America visitIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been rounding off his tour of allies in Latin America. It comes as Iran faces increasing pressure from the… 13/01/2012
Tensions mount over Iran’s missile testFrance has described Iran’s long-range cruise missile test as a “very bad signal to the international community.” Iranian state television showed footage of… 03/01/2012
Ahmadinejad: “his people are good at pressure”There was a last minute change of destination during my summer holiday in 2011. I went to Tehran to sit down with one of the most distrusted and vilified… 25/12/2011
Ahmadinejad gets the shoe-throwing treatmentIran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was touring the northern province of Mazandaran, was attacked with a pair of shoes by a sacked labourer of a… 12/12/2011
Iran’s parliament votes to downgrade UK tiesIran’s parliament has voted to reduce diplomatic relations with Britain. The move comes less than a week after the UK tightened sanctions on the Islamic… 27/11/2011
Iran nuclear standoff galvanisedA frightening confirmation came recently that Iran has been working on a nuclear weapon, according to a report published by the International Atomic Energy… 22/11/2011
EU extends sanctions against Iranian officialsEU foreign ministers have imposed asset freezes and visa bans on several leading Iranians, targeting individuals associated with human rights violations. 29… 11/10/2011
Iranian president talks to euronewsFaced with a growing power-struggle and political isolation in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck an unusually moderate tone in an exclusive interview… 04/08/2011
Another Ahmedinejad ally arrested in IranThe political wranglings between Iran’s two most powerful men are becoming more tense. The rift between the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei… 24/06/2011
Iranian exiles demand protection for AshrafSome 15,000 supporters of the Iranian opposition Mujahideen have gathered near Paris for the 30th anniversary of their organisation. The meeting, which has… 19/06/2011
Iranian activist dies after hunger strikeIranian journalist Reza Hoda Saber began refusing food in prison in Tehran after hearing that a fellow activist died during a clash with police at her… 12/06/2011
Death of Iranian journalist on hunger strike – reportsA jailed Iranian journalist has died a week after going on hunger strike according to an opposition website. Hoda Saber was jailed after the disputed… 12/06/2011
Iran’s parliament rules president’s ministry move broke lawPressure continues to mount on Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after the country’s parliament judged that he acted illegally by declaring himself… 01/06/2011
Iranian activist dies in ‘clashes’ at father’s funeralThe daughter of a prominent veteran Iranian dissident has died after a scuffle reportedly broke out with security forces at his funeral. Haleh Sahabi, 54… 01/06/2011
Iranian president fires three Cabinet ministersIranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired three key Cabinet ministers. State media reported that Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi, Welfare and Social… 14/05/2011
Tehran troubles as president and Supreme Leader lock hornsA major power struggle in Iran threatens to shake the Islamic Republic to its core. Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sacked his intelligence minister… 09/05/2011
Moods and magic at the top in TehranIt is handbags at the moment in the Iranian leadership, with the president taking an unannounced week off cabinet meetings in a sulk after Ayatollah Ali… 06/05/2011
Rumours grow of a power struggle in IranSeveral Iranian MPs have called for the impeachment of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as evidence is growing of a rift between him and the country’s supreme… 28/04/2011
