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  Iran can be reliable partner for India’s energy needs: Hassan Rouhani

  April 17, 2016 21:55 IST

  Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday assured External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj that his country can be a “reliable partner” for India’s energy needs, as the two nations decided to significantly expand engagements in

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  India a friend, no RAW talks with Pakistan: Hassan Rouhani

  World | March 28, 2016 8:20 IST

  Islamabad: In what may be viewed as a snub to the Pakistan Army, Iranian Pesident Hassan Rouhani has dismissed claims made by Islamabad, that the issue of Indian intelligence agency RAW was discussed with him.

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  Italian minister slams move to cover up nude statues

  World | January 27, 2016 21:23 IST

  Rome: Italy's Culture Minister on Wednesday said a decision to cover up nude statues during a visit to Rome's Capitoline Museums by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani was "incomprehensible"."Choosing to cover up the statues is incomprehensible.

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  Iran vows to expand missile programme against US sanctions

  World | January 01, 2016 9:09 IST

  Tehran: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Thursday ordered to proceed the country's missile programme "with high speed and seriously" and expand Iran's missile capabilities, in response to the US considered sanctions, state media reported.Rouhani's remarks

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  Iran wants India to invest in port of Chabahar

  India | July 18, 2015 11:15 IST

  New Delhi: Iran has asked India to invest in infrastructure projects worth $8 billion, including an expanded role in developing a strategic port that will open up access to Central Asia.Iranian envoy to India, Gholamreza

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  Iran can soon buy planes to add to ageing fleet: President Rouhani

  World | July 17, 2015 8:05 IST

  Tehran: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has pointed to another possible windfall from a nuclear deal with world powers - his country may soon be able to buy badly needed new planes for its aging fleet,

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  Terrorism not benefiting any Middle East nation: Iranian President

  World | June 19, 2015 15:18 IST

  Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned against growing terrorist activities in the Middle East, saying terrorism will benefit no country in the region."All regional countries are suffering from terrorism because terrorist acts benefit none

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  Iran not bound by time limit in n-talks: President

  World | June 14, 2015 10:07 IST

  Tehran:  Iran is not bound by the deadline for talks over a comprehensive deal on the country's nuclear programme, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said here on Saturday."Iran is serious in the nuclear talks and is

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  Iran arrests former vice president under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  World | June 08, 2015 23:15 IST

  Tehran, Iran: Iranian authorities on Monday arrested a former vice president who served under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in the second such detention of a senior official from the hard-line former leader's administration, the official IRNA news

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  Iran, Afghanistan join hands against drug trafficking, terrorism

  World | April 19, 2015 20:28 IST

  Tehran: Iran and Afghanistan have agreed to cooperate against illicit drug trafficking and the perils of terrorism in the region, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday."Concerning the issue of narcotics, which is a menace

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  Iran n-deal negotiations not with US, but with P5+1, says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani

  World | April 16, 2015 10:09 IST

  Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that his country is negotiating an agreement on its nuclear programme not "with the US Senate and Congress but with P5Ư group of world powers".Any agreement would include

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  Iran's Rouhani: Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen a 'mistake'

  World | April 09, 2015 17:05 IST

  Tehran: Iran's president today warned Saudi Arabia and its allies that their airstrikes' campaign in Yemen is a “mistake” and called for a halt to the strikes targeting the Iran-backed Shiite rebels who have seized

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  Sanctions removal should be outcome of Iran n-deal: Rouhani

  World | February 25, 2015 16:53 IST

  Tehran: The outcome of a potential nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers over Tehran's nuclear issue should be removal of "oppressive and illegal sanctions" against the country, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on

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  Iran:World must 'seize opportunity' of sealing nuclear deal

  World | February 10, 2015 19:18 IST

  Tehran: Iran has taken “necessary steps” and now it is the turn of the World powers to “seize the opportunity” of sealing a landmark nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani said on tuesday.“Right now good progress

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  Terrorism in the name of Islam reprehensible: Rouhani

  World | January 10, 2015 13:05 IST

  Tehran: Iran President Hassan Rouhani has censured terrorism and violence in the name of Islam in any part of the world."We condemn extremism, violence and terrorism whether in Palestine, Lebanon and the Levant or in

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  N-deal possible in a month: Iranian president

  World | October 28, 2014 13:14 IST

  Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that a final nuclear deal between Tehran and the six world powers may be possible within a month.In a meeting with Norwegian Ambassador to Tehran Odyssey Norheim Monday,

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  Israel PM vows to refute Palestinian ' lies'at UN

  World | September 28, 2014 18:06 IST

  Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to New York on Sunday, vowing to expose “slander and lies” laid out by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in his UN speech. In a Friday address to the

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  West's blunders turned Mideast into terrorists' haven: Iran

  World | September 26, 2014 7:15 IST

  United Nations: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday said the "strategic blunders" of the West in the Middle East have turned the region into a haven for terrorists and extremists.Declaring extremism a global issue, Rouhani

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  Airstrikes not enough to eradicate terrorism: Iranian president

  World | September 13, 2014 13:25 IST

  Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the idea of eradicating terrorism by airstrikes is "naive" and it does not suffice to eliminate terrorists, the Tehran Times reported on Saturday.Without the participation of regional

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  Iranian missile programme non-negotiable: Rouhani

  World | August 18, 2014 7:55 IST

  Tehran: Iran's missile programme is non- negotiable and will not be discussed in the nuclear talks with the western powers, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said here on Sunday.In a meeting with Yukiya Amano, the visiting