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  Iran president warns of possible new wave of Covid cases

  World | July 03, 2021 18:45 IST

  Iran remains among the countries hardest hit by the virus in the world and the worst hit in the Middle East. The capital Tehran and more than 90 other cities and towns have been declared red zones that require up to 70 per cent of office staff to work from their homes

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  White House responsible for crimes against Iran: Rouhani

  World | September 27, 2020 13:37 IST

  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has slammed the US over imposing "inhumane" sanctions, saying the White House is responsible for all the "hostile measures and crimes" against Tehran.

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  New oil field found with over 50B barrels, says Hassan Rouhani

  World | November 10, 2019 19:05 IST

  Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country’s proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions.

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  At UN General Assembly, Iran and US historically at odds

  World | September 23, 2019 9:47 IST

  As Tehran’s leadership prepares to address the U.N. General Assembly this week, there are fears that a wider conflict, dragging in Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, could erupt after a summer of heightened volatility in the region.

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  Stay out of Gulf, Iran warns US against sending troops to Saudi Arabia

  World | September 22, 2019 17:03 IST

  Rouhani's remarks comes a day after it was revealed that the US is sending more troops to Saudi Arabia in the wake of the September 14 drone attacks on a major oil field and a petroleum processing facility in the Kingdom.

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  Trump lashes out at Iran after 'insulting' statement

  World | June 26, 2019 7:06 IST

  The tweets came after Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said the move proved the White House was "mentally retarded", the BBC reported.

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  Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as Mideast tensions mount

  World | June 17, 2019 23:32 IST

  Atomic energy spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi suggested that Iran’s enrichment could reach up to 20%, just a step away from weapons-grade levels.

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  PM Modi's meeting with Iranian Prez Rouhani cancelled due to scheduling issues

  World | June 14, 2019 20:08 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday could not hold a bilateral meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the SCO summit here due to scheduling issues, official sources said.  

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  Rouhani slams 'unprecedented' US pressure on Iran

  World | May 12, 2019 16:49 IST

  Rouhani's comments on Saturday came amid rising tensions with Washington which last week deployed warships and warplanes to the Gulf. He said the renewed US sanctions had led to worse economic conditions than during the country's 1980-88 war with neighbouring Iraq.

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  Iran partially withdraws from nuclear deal

  World | May 08, 2019 15:25 IST

  In a televised speech, President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran was reducing its own commitments under the agreement and would no longer respect limits on its reserves of low-enriched uranium -- currently limited to 300 kg -- and heavy water.

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  ‘Maybe someday in future’, says Trump on meeting Rohani at UN

  World | September 26, 2018 7:55 IST

  Iranian leader Hassan Rohani on Monday said the conditions were not right to hold a meet after Trump had withdrawn the US from the 2015 nuclear deal.

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  As tension mounts, Trump says he is ready to meet Iranian President Rouhani 'without any precondition'

  World | July 31, 2018 7:05 IST

  "I believe in meeting, I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,” said the US president.

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  Iran shrugs off Trump's threat to Rouhani as war of words escalates

  World | July 23, 2018 19:22 IST

  Prominent Iranian analyst Seed Leilaz downplayed the war of words, saying he thinks it was “the storm before the calm.”

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  ‘Never ever threaten US or suffer consequences’: Donald Trump fires off explosive threat to Iran President

  World | July 23, 2018 13:47 IST

  The response came after Rouhani had issued a warning to the US president.

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  Lease contract on Chahbahar among 9 pacts inked after Indo-Iran talks

  India | February 17, 2018 22:31 IST

  In their nearly two-hour-long talks, Modi and Rouhani also held extensive deliberations on pressing regional and global issues such as ways to combat terrorism.

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  Iran will adhere to nuclear deal till last breath, says President Hassan Rouhani

  World | February 17, 2018 22:18 IST

  Rouhani’s comments come after US President Donald Trump had threatened to pull out of the deal. He had sought a review of the nuclear pact.

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  Iran, India call for ending selective approach in dealing with terrorism

  India | February 17, 2018 20:49 IST

  A joint statement said fight against terrorism should not only seek to disrupt and eliminate terrorists, terror networks, but should also identify and address conditions conducive to terrorism as well as extremist ideologies.

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  PM Modi holds ‘substantiative and productive’ talks with Iran President

  India | February 17, 2018 14:13 IST

  "Both leaders held substantive and productive discussion on cooperation in trade and investment, energy, connectivity, defence and security, and regional issues," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

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  Muslims worldwide must unite, rise above sects: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani

  World | February 16, 2018 23:59 IST

  Rouhani, who is on a three-day visit to India, said people who think Islam is a religion of "violence and terrorism" are wrong in their assessment.

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  Iran willing to relax visa norms, share oil & gas with India: President Hassan Rouhani

  India | February 16, 2018 20:24 IST

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is on a three-day visit to India, said the current century belongs to Asia where New Delhi and Tehran have an important role to play.