Tag: Hassan Rouhani

• Saturday, July 13th 2019 - 15:46 UTC

  Royal Navy sends Type 45 destroyer to Persian Gulf amid escalating tension

  

  The Royal Navy has announced the HMS Duncan, a Type 45 destroyer, will join HMS Montrose which is due to go in for “pre-planned maintenance” while still deployed.

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• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Iran's Supreme Leader announces the demise or Israel and US civilization

  

  Iran's youth will witness the demise of Israel and American civilization, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday in comments published on his official website.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:06 UTC

  Trump designates Iran's Guards a terrorist organization; Teheran does the same with US troops in Middle East

  

  United States President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization. It is the first time the US has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organization. Iran retaliated by declaring US forces in the Middle East as a terrorist organization, Iran state news reported.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 11:41 UTC

  Women allowed in for first time as Iran defeat Bolivia in football friendly

  

  The friendly football match between Iran and Bolivia Wednesday in Tehran marked the first time women were allowed to attend a stadium since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The Iranian squad defeated Bolivia 2-1.

• Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Iran blames US for terrorist attack; “look at the mirror” replies ambassador Nikki Haley

  

  The US ambassador to the United Nations has dismissed Iran's assertion that Washington and its Gulf allies are to blame for a deadly attack at a military parade and says Tehran should look closer to home. Before leaving for the United Nations on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused other countries, including the US, of provoking the attack killed 25 people and wounded 60 on Saturday.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 07:31 UTC

  Trump ready to meet Iran leaders “anytime they want” and “no preconditions”

  

  United States president Donald Trump declared on Monday that he would meet Iran's leaders “anytime they want,” an invitation for face-to-face dialogue with a country he had appeared to threaten with war only days before and an affirmation of Trump's faith in his brand of personal diplomacy.

• Wednesday, May 9th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Despite Trump, Europe, Russia and China committed to the Iran nuclear deal

  

  Western powers, Russia and China remain committed to the Iran nuclear deal - after the US announced it was withdrawing from the agreement. The UK, France and Germany say they “will work with all remaining parties” and urged the US not to obstruct its implementation and the other signatories to the 2015 deal - Russia and China - have also stressed their continuing support.

• Saturday, December 17th 2016 - 05:40 UTC

  President Hassan Rouhani wants Iran to have nuclear-powered warships

  

  After accusing the United States of violating their nuclear deal, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the head of the country’s Atomic Energy Organisation to outline the development of nuclear-powered warships.

• Thursday, January 28th 2016 - 06:19 UTC

  Iran says economic growth crucial to defeating extremism in the Middle East

  

  Generating economic growth in the Middle East is crucial to defeating extremism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said putting forward his country as a regional trade hub and pillar of stability. Rouhani is on a four-day trip to Italy and France, looking to rebuild Iranian relations with the West some two weeks after financial sanctions on Tehran were rolled back following the implementation of its nuclear deal with world powers.

• Monday, August 24th 2015 - 11:05 UTC

  UK reopens embassy in Teheran and Iran in London; initially at chargé d'affairs level

  

  The British embassy in Iran has reopened, nearly four years after it was closed. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond attended a ceremony on Sunday in Teheran with Iranian diplomats to mark the reopening while Iran has also reopened its embassy in London.